"Natural World" Through My Camera

 After a couple of days of above freezing temps the ice on Catoctin Creek began to break up. It began slowly at first with the water rising ...

A nice thing about snow is that it can help one see distant objects more easily. This fox was over 100 yards from the road and might have be...

  The cold spell has relented a little and most humans and other critters are glad of it. Here are some birds that take the weather in strid...

  I took a short drive yesterday, just to get out before the storm and the likely chance of being snowed in today. As luck would have it, I ...

 If you spend much time in agricultural areas, you may have noticed a small hawk-looking bird hovering over the corn stubble or harvested ha...