The little buck I spent the last few days attempting to photograph gave me another opportunity today.
He is either getting comfortable with my presence or he didn’t know I was nearby. I would imagine he was unaware of me because shortly after eating the leaves on that small branch he moved about fifty yards uphill and bedded down for the day.
This photo is poor because he was at least a hundred yards away when he lay down.
There was one new participant in my photo taking adventure today. I don’t know where this house cat came from but he/she was on a mission, passed right by and just kept going.
I’m glad to be able to finally get out and take some photos. Like a lot of areas in the country it has been bitter cold here in West Virginia.
I’ve been taking most of my recent photos in the Glen Daniel area. This one little button-buck just keeps showing up. Probably out of all the wildlife photos I have taken in the past, except for maybe the gray fox, this little buck has given me the most photo opportunities and I think a few of them have resulted in some of my best photos to date.
After basically a whole day of seeing this young buck he even made an appearance on my game camera that night.
I saw an area right by the game camera where a deer had bedded down for the night so I have high hopes of getting some more photos with that camera.
It has been sometime since posting here so first things first, Happy New Year. I hope everyone has a wonderful 2010.
I was out taking photos today in the snow. I have told folks around here that it will be March before we see our grass again. Since returning to West Virginia this is the worst winter so far.
I just wanted to share some pretty cool photos, I think so at least.
This post is partly about the battle against mountaintop removal coal mining and entirely about ignorance.
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One may look at the title to this post and wonder what in the world could Quiznos possibly have to do with mountaintop removal coal mining? My answer to that would be nothing but, in my opinion, their latest commercial has everything to do with the battle to stop this destructive form of coal mining.
I firmly believe the battle to save our homes is made tougher by folks perception of what it means to be a hillbilly. Quiznos has a commercial airing right now that leaves no doubt to what that perception is.
If you will notice at the bottom of the screen it states Dramatization: Do Not Attempt. Only hillbillies would do something this ignorant… right Quiznos?
It is things like this, in the 21st century, that leaves me wondering what in the hell is wrong with people today? Do you really think hillbillies are that ignorant and that we make hot tubs in our yards over an open flame… seriously?
I believe this is one of the main reasons the battle to save our mountains is all about the environment and nothing about our home. Unless we can get past true ignorance such as the Quiznos commercial we may never stop mountaintop removal coal mining.
For the record, this is a photo of a hillbilly hot tub. Does it look familiar to you?
I almost missed the peak color change this year as far as taking photos but I did finally get out in the mountains some today. I would say I was just in time because some areas are already past peak. I really do enjoy being on the trails especially during Autumn.
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