As a wildlife photographer I have utilized all sorts of blinds. “Anything that works” is my motto.
In order to get the footage I want there are those times that I have set up in the middle of a stream with a few interesting results such as having a red winged black bird build its nest [...]

I was born and raised on an island located on the Fox River that flows near Oswego, Illinois.
The Fox is a most beautiful river and somewhat unpredictable, very much like a beautiful woman.
She, the river, could go for years without showing her ugly side, without overflowing her banks; but when she did, surprise! Flood was [...]

We have all heard of the mourning dove. Most of us recognize a dove when we see it and the cooing of this lovely bird is recognized by all as seeming somewhat poignant, even sad. But, have you ever heard of a mourning crow?
As a boy growing up in the Illinois of the forties, hunting, [...]

As I make my way down what I call ‘bear creek’, the thick jungle growth crowds down to the waters edge. The only solid footing is in the creek itself as its shallow waters slowly meander and twist along over the white sandy bottom.
Dense Ferns overhang and obscure the shoreline of the shallow waterway while [...]