Your Bio

I am a retired field biology and lab instructor. Areas I taught included ornithology, entomology, zoology, biodiversity and anatomy. I am an avid birder and naturalist now living in NE Tennessee surrounded by the Appalachian Mountains and national forests. Photography provides a way to capture and share a bit of the wonder and beauty of the natural world around us.

My favorite photographic genre
is macro photography. I am a MACRONUT.

Please browse my galleries.

Galleries

Spring in Tennessee 2008 : Pictures taken at the many wonderful natural areas in NE Tennessee. Click on the small pictures on the left to see it featured on the right.

Spring in Tennessee 2008

Pictures taken at the many wonderful natural areas in NE Tennessee. C ...

Updated: May 28, 2008 7:00am PST

Flora & Fauna : These photos were taken at various locations in NW Ohio and NE Tennessee along the Appalachian Trail. Camera used-Nikon D70

Flora & Fauna

These photos were taken at various locations in NW Ohio and NE Tenness ...

Updated: Sep 15, 2005 7:57pm PST

Spring 2009 :

Spring 2009

Updated: May 03, 2009 5:55pm PST

Timber rattlesnakes & Copperheads at Buffalo Mountain, TN : These timber rattlesnakes and copperheads were in a city park on Buffalo Mountain in Tennessee. Part of the park trails are in the Cherokee National Forest. The snakes never acted aggressive, relying on their camouflage to be "invisible". I first found them on May 24th, 2009. The baby rattlers were found on August 26th. Scroll down and view

Timber rattlesnakes & Copperheads at Buffalo Mountain, TN

These timber rattlesnakes and copperheads were in a city park on Buffa ...

Updated: Nov 02, 2009 11:04am PST

Florida Jan. 2009 :

Florida Jan. 2009

Updated: Jan 23, 2009 1:40pm PST

Fall2008 : Scenes from the Doe River Gorge trail and a few shots along Rt. 26 - Tennesee-North Carolina

Fall2008

Rare Hummingbirds in Johnson City, TN : Rare Hummingbirds in Johnson City TN Fall 2008

Rare Hummingbirds in Johnson City, TN

Rare Hummingbirds in Johnson City TN Fall 2008

Updated: Dec 05, 2008 8:45am PST

Selasphorus Nov. 20, 21 : This adult female rufous hummingbird showed up on the 19th briefly, stayed all day on the 20th and continued to appear regularly on the 21st while it was snowing. Mark Armstrong banded the bird Nov. 22.

Selasphorus Nov. 20, 21

This adult female rufous hummingbird showed up on the 19th briefly, st ...

Updated: Nov 21, 2008 8:00am PST

Florida birds Dec.2007 : Hillsborough River, Honeymoon Island, John Chestnut Park Dec. 2007

Florida birds Dec.2007

Hillsborough River, Honeymoon Island, John Chestnut Park Dec. 2007

Updated: Jan 12, 2008 5:05pm PST

Florida 3/07 : John Chestnut Park Pinellas Co., FL: Honeymoon Island, FL: Hillsborough River, FL

Florida 3/07

John Chestnut Park Pinellas Co., FL: Honeymoon Island, FL: Hillsboroug ...

Updated: Mar 19, 2007 12:34pm PST

Findlay posterized :

Findlay posterized

Updated: Jul 27, 2007 7:17pm PST

Photos 2006 : This is a collection of some of my favorite pictures I have taken in 2006. Some in Hancock Co. OH and a few from Florida.

Photos 2006

This is a collection of some of my favorite pictures I have taken in 2 ...

Updated: May 04, 2006 5:46pm PST

New Mexico :

New Mexico

Updated: Feb 02, 2007 10:24am PST

Florida 12-06 :

Florida 12-06

Updated: Jan 06, 2007 12:35pm PST

Florida 12/05 : These pictures were taken at various locations around the Tampa area during a Christmas visit to my family.

Florida 12/05

These pictures were taken at various locations around the Tampa area d ...

Updated: Jan 17, 2006 3:35pm PST

FROGS! :

FROGS!

Updated: Jul 03, 2007 12:49pm PST

Birds at the Rieck Center : These shots were taken through the glass in the "window on wildlife" at the Rieck Center for Habitat Studies, Hancock Co. OH

Birds at the Rieck Center

These shots were taken through the glass in the "window on wildlife" a ...

Updated: May 28, 2005 7:10pm PST

SPIDERS! :

SPIDERS!

Updated: Sep 15, 2005 7:59pm PST

Posterized photos :

Posterized photos

Updated: Jul 25, 2007 1:21pm PST

posterized photos 2 :

posterized photos 2

Roan Mountain Salamanders :

Roan Mountain Salamanders

Updated: May 05, 2008 5:58pm PST

Banding Rita : An adult female Rufous Hummingbird was banded at my house on Sunday November 22nd by Mark Armstrong from the Knoxville Zoo.

Banding Rita

An adult female Rufous Hummingbird was banded at my house on Sunday No ...

Updated: Nov 30, 2008 9:31am PST

dwarf rattlesnake orchid :

dwarf rattlesnake orchid

Updated: Oct 03, 2009 6:06am PST

New Mexico 2009 : Trip to Las Cruces, NM Sept. 2009 Areas visited - Silver City, NM; City of Rocks Park, NM; Dripping Springs Park, NM

New Mexico 2009

Trip to Las Cruces, NM Sept. 2009 Areas visited - Silver City, NM; C ...

Updated: Oct 09, 2009 9:16am PST

Rattlers with babies :

Rattlers with babies

Updated: Aug 26, 2009 12:17pm PST

Tennessee Hiking : Places we hike - Laurel Fork Falls, Roan Mountain, Buffalo Mountain

Tennessee Hiking

Places we hike - Laurel Fork Falls, Roan Mountain, Buffalo Mountain

Updated: Nov 13, 2009 12:03pm PST