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CRANES!
These sandhill cranes migrate up the Mississippi River from Mexico every year. They stop by Platte River, NE to feed and breed. I had a great opportunity to see them. It was incredible.
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Blue Jay Way
Such beautiful birds. They’re a little feisty and sound like an angry flying mule, but they’re so vibrant. The blue comes from light refracting off of the feathers rather than pigments
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Baby Snapping Turtle
I had never seen a young snapping turtle in nature before, this turt was posing for me. Perchance.
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A slightly peckish Caterpillar
These next few posts arent going to have a lot of text at the moment, but I will be sure to add more later. Look at this cute lil guy
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Harbingers of Spring
For the past couple weeks the House finches have returned to my balcony to make their nest. From what I understand they are an invasive species where I live, but I will be doing more research to confirm. I laid on my living room floor for about 20min with my camera taking pictures of them while drinking my coffee. I The red plumage of the male finch is especially captiviating.
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Welcome!
This is my first post on my website. Tall Grass Encounters is meant to be half a photoblog of my day-to-day life, and half a dispassionate list of every living thing I stumble across. Hopefully, I can increase in photography skill and wildlife knowledge on this journey and I hope you can all grow with me! Additionally, Some of these initial posts may not be in chronological order as I work through a back catalogue of photos. -Mina
