Category Archives: Lower Lake Ranch

goslings!

This morning at Lower Lake Ranch I found the Canada goose still sitting on the nest I’ve been watching. Then, I wandered around looking for something else to photograph and found a family of geese with six goslings near the creek. The parents didn’t want me close to the kids but I managed to get a few images [...]

Wet April Snow

Captured while snow shoeing on Lower Lake Ranch at Elk Falls during the storm. As I worked my way up the creek the snow fell harder and the camera only left the bag to make quick image here and there.
Back at home, my dog pauses at the top of the stairs as if unsure he needs [...]

Spring Snow at Lower Lake Ranch

An overnight snow fall last week made a perfect morning for a walk on the guest ranch in the valley below my house. Light snow was still falling as I began my walk.

 
I cross a new bridge recently constructed to replace a broken and abandoned one of long ago. Lots of restoration work has been done [...]

Swallow at Upper Lake

Catching insects above upper lake’s reflective surface, a violet-green swallow was my subject yesterday as I sat on a rock at water’s edge with the morning sun to my left.
Focusing manually as swallows and swifts darted and dipped over the lake, I watched their flight patterns through the lens. Then, every time I nailed the focus on a bird, I’d capture [...]