Showing posts with label wildlife portrait. Show all posts
Showing posts with label wildlife portrait. Show all posts

Wednesday, June 21, 2023

Tongue In Cheek ...

“Any glimpse into the life of an animal quickens our own and makes it so much the larger and better in every way.”

     ~ John Muir

       ~ 1838 ~1914

My favorite button buck ~ Buttons, as I call him ~ strikes a “tongue in cheek” pose after eating an apple on a beautiful spring evening just before a late April sunset at Trexler Memorial Park, Allentown, Pennsylvania.

I began photographing Buttons as a precious white-spotted fawn, then a sweet button buck and then a beautiful yearling, until he migrated away in January 2020. Along the way I tossed him many apples, which he loved eating. It’s a true joy and blessing to me personally and as a photographer to have watched this white-tailed deer grow.

Tuesday, March 14, 2023

Morning Watch ...

 “Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.”

             ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

             ~ 1803 ~ 1882

Regal Red-Tailed Hawk peers from a high perch, gazing over the winter landscape in search of prey against a brilliant blue sky in the sunshine of a mid-February morning at Trexler Memorial Park, Allentown, Pennsylvania.

This bird of prey is the most common hawk in North America.

Wednesday, February 1, 2023

Bird's-Eye Morning ...

“The birds sing each morning as they know they have another day to live. Life and mornings are a gift. Learn to enjoy them as the birds do.”

         ~ Unknown

A male Belted Kingfisher ~ the first I’ve ever photographed ~ keeps an eye on the pond on a beautiful late November morning at Trexler Memorial Park, Allentown, Pennsylvania.


 

Wednesday, October 12, 2022

Stand Tall ...

“… I know that things are different than they were in Daddy’s days

But I still believe what makes a man really hasn’t changed

You’ve got to stand for something or you’ll fall for anything

You’ve got to be your own man, not a puppet on a string

Never compromise what’s right and uphold your family name

You’ve got to stand for something or you’ll fall for anything …”

           ~ “You’ve Got to Stand for Something”

     ~ co-written & recorded by American country music singer Aaron Tippin, 1990

         ~ also recorded by Charley Pride, 1992

A groundhog stands tall and takes in the beauty of spring on a late May evening at Trexler Memorial Park, Allentown, Pennsylvania.