Blog Posts - Nature Nomad

Weather Shifting

8/7/2015

Summer can produce real extremes in the weather. When I photographed this evening storm, the moon was off to the east illuminating the night sky while stars twinkled to the northwest of the storm cloud. There's always something interesting going on in nature-even in the dark, evening hours.

Head Outside

7/14/2015

Sometimes you just have to get outdoors.

The Early Life of a Butterfly

6/17/2015

This interesting looking caterpillar is actually the larva of a Spicebush Swallowtail butterfly (Papilio troilus).

The Bees Needs

6/7/2015

A woman works to address broken honeycomb on her Top Bar Hive of honey bees.

Eastern Box Turtle

5/26/2015

This is the time of year when Eastern Box Turtles (Terrapene carolina carolina) and other reptiles show up on roadways. Please drive with care.

May is for Warblers

5/3/2015

May is such a beautiful month. This song of this male, Yellow Warbler (Dendroica petechia), seems to agree.

Fallen Magnolias

4/21/2015

Every day is Earth Day.

Tall-Grass Turkey Trot

4/10/2015

Spring turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo) stay hidden in the tall grass trying to avoid hunters and coyotes.

Song Sparrow

4/4/2015

How can you tell that spring is here? Listen.
Song Sparrow
(Melospiza melodia)

Crocus Spring

3/17/2015

A few days before the official start of spring Crocus flowers open from under the leaf litter. Nature starts the season off with a flash of color.