Wild Delmarva

It might be easy to confuse this juvenile Black-crowned Night Heron with an American Bittern. As an adult this bird will be gray with a black cap and back. But as a young heron the camouflage stripes on the throat look very similar to the bittern. I photographed this heron in August at Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge near Leipsic, Delaware.

Red foxes are one of my favorite subjects on the Delmarva Peninsula. Last year I was able to photograph several dens of Red Fox kits and there are six pages of foxes in Wild Delmarva.

Click here to see more of my Red Fox photographs on WBOC-TV.

Last June I found this Red Admiral on a Buttonbush. Last week WBOC featured my macro photography on their Outdoors Delmarva program. You can tune in here to see the segment:

Wild Delmarva on WBOC TV

Order Wild Delmarva now and you will receive signed and numbered books plus two free Wild Delmarva 2011 calendars while supplies last. Hurry as the free calendars will be gone soon! Wild Delmarva books will be delivered in early November.

This Outdoors Delmarva segment is all about the light. Just click on the link below:

Wild Delmarva on WBOC

Deer are Delmarva’s “big game” and, of course, they are very photogenic. I’m always happy to find them, especially this time of year during hunting season when they tend to make themselves scarce.

It is that time of year again when the White-tailed Deer bucks are sporting their still velvet-covered antlers. Soon, the rutting season will be in full swing here on the Delmarva Peninsula. I photographed this handsome buck in Delaware’s hilly Piedmont region.

Most sunrises are beautiful, some are spectacular like this morning last October. This was one of those mornings when I just couldn’t believe the color. The great light didn’t last long, by the time the sun came up the show was pretty much over. This is one of the WWII fire control towers in Cape Henlopen State park.

I’m in Europe now on assignment but here’s a look back at the last summer sunrise from last year at Herring Point in Cape Henlopen State Park. The Wild Delmarva books are on their way from China and will likely be shipping the first week of November. So far, this assignment has taken me to London – Jersey (Channel Islands) – Dublin – Amsterdam – Luxembourg – Strasbourg. Tomorrow Germany. I’m going to be happy to be home signing Wild Delmarva books soon!

You can now see me and my Wild Delmarva photography every Saturday at 7:30 on WBOC-TV, channel 16. Here’s a link to the Bald Eagle segment that aired recently, just click below:

Bald Eagles on WBOC

Seems odd to say that photographing this colorful Atlantic Bay Scallop along the ocean surf was a challenge but it was. The tiny shell would tumble in and out with the waves making it a very difficult subject. For this one frame, the shell, the bubbles and the sunrise light came together for a colorful photograph.