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Eric on
November 19, 2008
These photos are from my trip to the International Crane Foundation in Baraboo Wisconsin. I visited there in July of this year while enroute from Denver to Milwaukee. Its a great place as it has many nice nature trails and a well done habitat for the cranes. One of the things I’m most impressed with [...]
Posted in Closeup/Macro, Hiking, Wildlife
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Eric on
November 16, 2008
These are not from the elk rut event mentioned in the last post, but are from a week or two before after hiking in Rocky Mountain National Park. I took these from my car on the side of the road as the elk was about 20-30 feet away.
Posted in Hiking, RMNP, Wildlife
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Eric on
November 16, 2008
I’ve been taking some time over the last few weeks to go through the thousands of photos I have collected from my 13-months in Colorado. I’m only at early fall so far and thought I’d share a few of the fall color photos that didn’t make it into earlier posts. The following were taken on [...]
Posted in Fall Colors, Hiking, Landscape, RMNP
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Eric on
October 18, 2008
I took my first road trip this morning to High Cliff State Park, which is on the shores of Lake Winnebago - the largest lake in Wisconsin. I started the morning by heading out on the Lime Kiln Trail just as the sun was rising. As the forest was beginning to wake up, I discovered [...]
Posted in Hiking, WI Parks, Wildlife
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Eric on
August 30, 2008
I headed out to Minooka Park earlier today with a colleague for a 3-mile hike. As we walked along a small lake, we saw one of these guys flying around.
He happened to get too close to the frog below and ended up being a late afternoon snack! (look closely at the frog’s mouth, part of the [...]
Posted in Closeup/Macro, Hiking, Nature Walks, WI Parks, Wildlife
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Eric on
August 13, 2008
Here are two photos of Mallard Lake and the Falls at the Wehr Nature Center.
Posted in Hiking, Landscape, Nature Walks, WI Parks
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Eric on
August 13, 2008
Also from the nature hike at Wehr, some of the many wildflower photos. I will be adding more to the gallery as soon as I sort through them all.
Posted in Closeup/Macro, Hiking, Nature Walks, WI Parks, Wildflowers
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Eric on
August 13, 2008
I went for a nature walk at the Wehr Nature Center over the weekend and saw quite a few butterflies out and about. In fact, I think I’ve seen more butterflies in my last few weeks in wisconsin than I have seen anywhere else. I’ve also seen a lot of dragonflies around and have dozens [...]
Posted in Closeup/Macro, Hiking, Nature Walks