In 2015, we were on vacation in Monterey, CA. We brought a camera my wife had purchased for her art class and were on a whale-watching boat ride. I held onto it after a bit and tried to watch the birds to catch a whale breaching. And well, I did. And that's how it started.

5/31/25: Had a bio blitz in my back yard where I went outside several times over a 24-hour period. Added photos to Birds (In the Wild), Bees & Wasps, Grasshoppers & Locusts, Ants & Flies, and Arachnids

5/16/25: Added Bird (In the Wild), a Butterflies & Moths, and a Bees & Wasps after a quick bicycle ride to the Linn County Bird Preserve. Shooting sports for Kirkwood and EIABL has cut into my wildlife time, but it's a good mix!

4/6/25: It has been a MINUTE. I got caught up shooting the Eastern Iowa Adult Baseball League last year and didn't get out for much more wildlife. I'm going to do a little less of that (still doing that) and a little more wild life this summer. Added photos to Birds (In the Wild), Ducks & Geese, and Turtles.

5/12/24: Added a new carousel to Birds (In the Wild), and added new pictures to Ducks & Geese and Dragonflies & Mayflies