Hello everybody it has been awhile since I have put anything on here but just had to share this with you. In the month of September I thought it would be nice to take my dad fishing down on the Texas Coast. So a good friend that comes into the store that I work...
Zilker Botanical Garden — located on 30 acres in Austin, Texas has often been called “the jewel in the heart of Austin”. Theme gardens such as rose, herb and Japanese garden are interconnected with streams, waterfalls and Koi-filled ponds. The Hartman Prehistoric Garden recreates local dinosaur habitat. This garden is a unique collaboration between...
Golden-cheeked warblers nest only in central Texas mixed Ashe-juniper and oak woodlands in ravines and canyons. Warblers eat insects and spiders found on the leaves and bark of oaks and other trees. They use long strips of cedar bark and spider webs to build their nests. They come to Texas in March to nest...
A couple of weeks ago I was out and about with a guy that hunts with a Red Tail Hawk. I don’t really know what to say about this, but wow it is something to see even though the hawk didn’t catch anything. It was so special to see her fly. She was nice...
Well 2010 is gone and 2011 is here a new year for new things and new photo’s and camera gear. This year I started out with 2 cameras and now down to 1, my D80 has found a new home. This year my main goal is to get a Nikon 200-400mm lens which I...
Well I know it has been awhile since I have posted any photos, there just hasn,t been much out for me to take photos of since it is so hot. This photo of the screech owl is my first photos of one ever. I hope to in the next few weeks get out and ...
Well it has been awhile since my last post, and since the wind wont let me get out and take any bird photo’s thought I would take some at home. I was looking at nature photographers.net and noticed people taking photo’s with a black background. I went down to my local flower shop at...
Well due to the weather I havent been able to get out and get many flower photos, the wind and rain have been there on the only days to take photos. The Bluebonnets were taken here in Williamson county, the rose is the one I like the best was taken at a family members...
Well sometime back I took off a few days at work to go take some wood duck photos. The place for you to go and to get close to them is at Landa Park in New Braunfels. The wood duck is one of only a few north american ducks that nest in trees. Many...
Well this weekend I went out to my little spot to get some Wood Duck photo’s. I thought that the sun was going to break out and shine so I left my apartment without my flash (yes big no no). But I did make do with what I had, this weekend the ducks were...
Well I hope everybody had a good new year. This is my first post to the Lodge for 2010. I have to say if i got these photo’s the first of the year who knows what the rest will be like. lol. I took these photo’s in Llano. I was invited by some other...
Well I have to say I am having fun with my new camera gear. These three photos are taken with my new Nikon D300s and a 70-200 2.8 lens. I dont know if this is the same hawk that comes back every year but it is of the same kind. When I am outside...
Well I went back down to south texas again to try out the new gear, and it was a good trip because I got my first good flight shot. While down south I did some fishing and caught some bass that were fresh and good to eat. The weather hasn’t been real good to...
This Giant buck was shot in southeast Nebraska by a Texas hunter. I don’t know the whole story on the hunt but I can tell you he told me it was shot without a fence in site. He told me the buck netted 281 5/8 and said it might be more once the final measurement...
I would like to take this time to thank all the Veterans and the people fighting for us now. I am proud for what ya’ll have done for us. I know I could go on for a long time on expressing my feelings, but that would take a while. I would like everybody to take...
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