Nature Photographer and Music Producer
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I recently made a trip out to Sauvie Island. My main goal was to photograph Sand Hill Cranes. It turned out to be a very nice day. I achieved my
Here are some recordings of a practice session with a friend. I plan to record more of my jazz trio. We also are working out some fun arrangements and original
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It has been a challenging month for me. I took on some hard jobs that did not leave me with a lot of time or energy to go out and
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A few Anna’s Hummingbirds are year round residents. Some tough it out and stay all through the cold winter months. Here are a few pictures of male Anna’s Humming Birds
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Oaks bottom is home to many fishing birds and animals. Some of these include Sea Lions, King Fishers, Ospreys, Otters, Minks, Herons, Bitterns, Cormorants, and Grebes. Here is a video
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The July music track is First Arabesque by Claude Debussy performed by Jonathan Swanson...
There are some very colorful dragonflies in Oaks Bottom this time of year. Here are some very close shots using my powerful macro lens. !– wp:paragraph –> These photos where
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Recently I have been able to get some up-close photos of a Great Blue Heron in Oaks Bottom Wildlife Refuge. It is not easy to get close to these magnificent
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This video shows the long tongue of a butterfly. It has evolved a long tongue to be able to get the nectar inside a flower. Hummingbirds also have extremely long
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