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 [...]
mallards on ice
This beautiful couple stood on an icy pond just before sunset yesterday evening.
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 [...]
storm cloud over lions head
Lower Lake Ranch Ducklings
One of the babes swam toward me for a closer look.
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 [...]
Wild Things: elk, heron, sparrow, red wing, and buttercup
Elk in the early morning yesterday after a night of rain showers in a Staunton Park prescribed burn area. The burned area is turning green with new growth, but the tall grass in the unburned area is still brown.
Some minutes later at upper lake, a heron, startled when I opened the ranch gate, flew across and stood [...]
