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 [...]

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 [...]

I didn’t see the alligator. All of my attention was on the group of wood storks that were fishing in the canal.
I wanted to get a little closer. Moving quietly so as not to disturb the birds that I wanted to photograph, I swung my leg over the large deadfall log and promptly forgot all [...]