
I may be arrested for this, but I brought home a few praying mantis egg sacs from the fields of Valley Forge last fall. I’ve done this for the last several years. Shhhhhhhhh. I put them in a glass jar with a little saran wrap on top and punched little air holes so there…

I had a spectacular hour this morning with a coyote in Valley Forge. He was not the least bit shy – even a little bored. My 600mm lens let me get mighty close. A few horseback riders came through and he trotted off to the den he shares with Mrs. Coyote and their new…

I often see robins fighting. This pair however could have been a mating couple play fighting in Valley Forge. They stayed together a long time. At one point another robin flew into their territory and was chased away. The first robin came back and they began their dance again. See the kiss at the…

It was raining cats and dogs yesterday, but I still had the itch to go out and take photographs. So I put on all my rain gear, put the raincoat on my camera and lens and was totally blessed by the little and big critters who came out to say hello. Here they are:…

A few weeks ago I saw a fleeting glimpse of a coyote in Valley Forge. Then a few days ago after it snowed, I saw two coyotes chasing each other far off in the distance. Then the day before yesterday I saw my two coyotes in the field and was able to get reasonably…