Author: Matt
Dallas Area
During our trip to Dallas for the 2024 Total Solar Eclipse we stayed in Plano, Texas. We visited 2 parks while there, Arbor Hills Nature Park and the Heard Museum. Both were nice. Arbor Hills was a huge park and although crowded we were able to mostly get away from […]
Total Solar Eclipse 2024
The total solar eclipse was an amazing experience and so glad my whole family got to experience it with me. It is so crazy that something as “simple” as the moon passing in front of the sun can be such a unique moment. I picked Dallas a long time ago […]
Full Worm Moon rise over Skyway Bridge
The full Worm Moon rising over the Sunshine Skyway Bridge this evening from Fort Desoto. Clouds blocked the moon until it was well above the bridge which prevented us from getting the shots we wanted, but these aren’t too bad of consolation prizes.
Circle B and Lake Morton
Back to the Circle B Bar Reserve in Lakeland this morning to try to shoot a pair of Barred Owl babies that are getting close to fledging. The light was not good and they didn’t stay out for long but I got a few shots. Found a few other things […]
Same park, new finds
Back to check on my cranes again. Unfortunately nothing happening. However I was told by a friend that the other 2 hatched shortly after I left on this visit. Well at least I found a few interesting things to photograph anyway.
A few finds from a new park
Visiting the park where my cranes were but not much going on with them so did a little exploring. Ending up capturing a nice variety of things in less than an hour. Definitely worth some more exploring here.
Baby on Board
Yep, more Sandhill Crane pictures. I parked myself across the water from the nest this morning before sunrise. Within 10 minutes or so of arriving the whole family left the nest and walked almost directly up to me, feeding within 15 feet of me. It was mostly in the weeds […]
And then there was 2
I returned to the Sandhill Crane nest site tonight and to my surprise there were no birds there at all. I walked around the park a bit and then came back and the two parents are walking back to the nest followed by their 2 little chicks. The second one […]
Newly Hatched Sandhill Crane
A fellow photographer was kind enough to share with me a location with 2 Sandhill Crane nests recently. I timed it right today and arrived after the first egg hatched this morning. The little chick was up trying to walk around and even went in the water a little bit […]