Blue Jay Barrens

When actively engaged in management tasks, I’m unlikely to stop to take photos.  Completing the activity of the day is usually considered a ...

I am trying to compile a photographic record of all plants and animals found at Blue Jay Barrens.  At the moment, I am capturing images o...

Yesterday morning, I put a dead raccoon near the edge of my lawn to feed the vultures.  Within an hour there were seven Turkey Vultures t...

Sometimes you don’t even have to search for an interesting photographic subject.  I was lounging beneath a large cedar tree, waiting out ...

An immature Cooper’s Hawk has been hanging around beside the house for the past week.  Its usual perch is atop the stump of a limb rising...

Blue Jay Barrens is an excellent example of a xeric environment, meaning that the shallow, well drained soils cause the ground to be excee...

I was doing some work around my barn this afternoon and scared up this American Woodcock from a small clump of grass and Japanese Honeysu...

January weather typically includes a bout of cold temperatures and snow cover. These conditions bring an increase in activity at the Blue...