Algific Talus Slope

Algific Talus Slope

Ice Minnow

Iced over Bear Creek, notice the hole I managed to crack in the ice.  Somehow this energetic minnow hoped right out to get its picture taken. 

Mushroom Top

What a sweet mushroom roof for a bird or squirrel to enjoy the peaceful snow all dry!

Leafprint

Snowy Red Oak (Quercus rubra) leaf print during a light snow!

Let the Light In

This awesome photo was taken by Drew in Black Hawk, County

The return has been a long time in the making.  I finally got a new camera, two in fact!  I would like to thank my good friend for getting me fired up to start sharing my pictures with all my friends again! 

Enjoy, 

Western Fox Snake

This western fox snake (Elaphe vulpine) are common in river and stream valleys like the Skunk River Greenbelt  where I found this confident reptile!  This snake is a valuable consumer of rodents and kills its pray by constricting.  Young western fox snakes feed on frogs (this one was hunting frogs) or young mice.  Adults have been know to eat birds and their eggs out of nests.

Prairie Phlox

Prairie phlox (Phlox pilosa) was everywhere in bloom at Doolittle Prairie in white and dark pink!