Raccoon heads back home to its den after a night of carousing
This was a fun surprise, as while trash pandas are quite common, I have only had a handful of opportunities to photograph them. This past weekend I was staking out…
Red-winged blackbird takes on a red-tailed hawk
Guarding the family home and your littles ones can be a bit hazardous sometimes, particularly when you don’t get along with the neighbors. Such was the case for this red-tailed…
Corno Grande in Gran Sasso and Laga Mountains National Park
The “great horn” at 9,554 feet high was an imposing figure as we crossed this national park in central Italy. We were immediately drawn to it as it was just…
Young red deer stag in the forest
Clearly a young one as judged by those spikes, he was handsome and standing proud as he grazed at the edge of a forest in central Italy. These guys are…
Scenes from Venice, Italy
The city of canals lived up to its reputation. We found it to be entirely enchanting, unique and beautiful. While there, we certainly saw all the usual, required tourist spots…
The twin falls of Cascata dell’Acquafraggia
One of the reasons we opted to rent a car while in Italy vice taking trains is that we wanted to have the flexibility to stop whenever we saw something…