Before the Rain

Wilderness Clouds

Muskrat in Marsh

Marsh Grass

Wood County Wildlife Dike

Wood County Wildlife Area Marsh

Prairie Chicken Boom 2010

Prairie Chicken Dance 1

Greater Prairie Chicken 1

Great Prairie Chicken 2

Greater Prairie Chicken Stand Off

Prairie Chicken Jump

Prairie Chicken Pounce

2010 Spring - Wetland Wildlife

Mink

Hooded Mergansers

Sandhill Crane Spring Dance

Muskrat

Pine Snake or Eastern Fox Snake

Sandhill Crane by Muskrat Lodge

Wisconsin Natural Resources Magazine Cover

The February 2010 Issue of Wisconsin Natural Resources Magazine cover featured one of my photographs  leading to the article "A low salt diet for roads". This is the second cover shared with the magazine and hopefully not the last. To visit the WDNR magazine website you can follow this link. 

Late Autumn - Necedah National Wildlife Refuge

Sunday November 8th I paid a visit to the Necedah National Wildlife Refuge. There were many opportunities for migratory birds but I decided to pass on them following the sky to this Oak Savannah. I found these scenes about thirty minuets prior to sun down. As the oaks and grass became awash in red five light (also known as dramatic light) I decided to create a deeper contrast emphasizing the blue sky with a circular polarizing filter.

Oak Savannah - Necedah National Wildlife Refuge

Sunset Cast Over Meadow Grass - Necedah National Wildlife Refuge

Sandhill Cranes Flying Over Oak Savannah - Necedah National Wildlife Area

Sandhill Wildlife Area Closed For Winter

At sunset on Monday November 2, 2009 the Sandhill Wildlife Area trumpeter trail closed for the winter season. The photographs below are the final moments from a wonderful year within this gem of Wisconsin.

View a top North Bluff - Sandhill Wildlife Area

Sandhill Wildlife Area Meadow

Sandhill Wildlife Area Meadow Panorama

Autumn Dike - Sandhill Wildlife Area

Last Week of Autumn Color

This autumn I took a week of vacation so I could work on my second full time job. I hope you enjoy the photos as much as I enjoyed creating them.

Tamarack Forest - Wood County Wildlife Area

Tree Skeleton in Marsh - Wood County Wildlife Area

Autumn Dike - Wood County Wildlife Area

Day before the moon was bombed - Wood County Wildlife Area

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North Wood County Park Autumn Colors

Shore on rainy autumn day - Wood County Wildlife Area

Autumn Leaves - Wood County Wildlife Area

Forest Art - Dexter County Park, Wood County

"Photo was created by breathing on the lens causing a fog ring."

Yellow River Run - Riverview Park, Pittsville Wisconsin

Forest Abstract - Wood County Wildlife Area

Sandhill Wildlife Area Sandy Flat

Autumn Awakens

As the warmth of summer fades to a brilliant palette of color, the wilderness awakens. Birds of feather flock together, those less fortunate to flee the callous season to come begin to prepare for an uncharitable time. The sky filled with leaf confetti is only a reminder of the riddle of the past season. The crisp air is far from a hint of the fading summer as the first frost coats the autumn canvas. The first snowfall congregates the final full season of the year as it passes. Absolute as the season falls.

Sandhill Cranes in Meadow - Wood County

South Bluff and Meadow - Wood County Wildlife Area

Meadow Moonrise - Wood County Wildlife Area

Last Light - Wood County Forest

Autumn Fern - Sandhill Wildlife Area

Trumpeter Swans with Cygnets - Sandhill Wildlife Area

Moss and Leaves - Sandhill Wildlife Area

Paper Birch Sunset - Sandhill Wildlife Area

Whitetail Running in Meadow - Sandhill Wildlife Area

Autumn Impressions - Wood County Wildlife Area

Red Moon Rise - Sandhill Wildlife Area

Autumns Arrival - Sandhill Wildlife Area

Autumn Clouds - Lake Dexter

Red Sunset - Pittsville Wisconsin

Wood County Wildlife Area Moon Rise

Golden Forest Impression - Wood County Wildlife Area