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Bucket of crab caught in marshy sound. See related short video on how to prepare the crab at BackyardDocumentaries.com. Photo taken July 6, 2008. To see all photographs click here or ‘Photography‘ left bar under ‘Categories‘.

Fall Flowers Photo taken October 23, 2008. To see all photographs click here or ‘Photography‘ left bar under ‘Categories‘.

Author Hector Bolitho wrote in ‘The Glorious Oyster’ (1929), “Oysters are the most tender and delicate of all seafoods. They stay in bed all day and night. They never work or take exercise, are stupendous drinkers, and wait for their meals to come to them.” I love seafood and especially oysters. I love them raw [...]

Want to learn about our area’s most colorful bird, the painted bunting? Join us with host Dr. Jamie Rotenberg ornithologist and from UNCW. Dr. Rotenberg will discuss the PBOT, Painted Bunting Observation Team, study going on through UNCW. Find out about how bird studies are conducted. This free workshop will cover all the basics including [...]

What happens when a world class chef and a master restaurant manager get together? The answer is Mason’s Haunt. Chef & proprietor David Herring and manager Jim Wright are definitely doing it right. They were kind enough to let me roam around the kitchen with them – watch the short video below. All I can [...]

I love seafood and any bird that specializes in feeding on oysters, clams, and mussels can’t be all bad. I saw the reddish-orange beak about 300 feet away and walked as close as I could get to snap this picture of one of a pair of American Oystercatchers. “The northernmost breeding populations, from Massachusetts to [...]

My friend Chris took this night picture of a eastern screech owl atop a bird house. I decided to post it with the red-eye – just because it looks cool ~ enjoy! Photo taken April 24, 2008 around 8pm. To see all photographs click here or ‘Photography‘ left bar under ‘Categories‘.

I was fortunate to be invited by my new friend Jill at Wild Bird & Garden to the Airlie Gardens morning bird walk. It’s every second Wednesday of the month and tons of fun. We saw a total of “25 species of birds including three pileated woodpeckers” according to Matthew Collogan Environmental Education Program Coordinator [...]

I saw an obstruction around the opening of this bluebird house. I got closer to see two baby bluebirds looking back at me. Photo taken May 9, 2008. To see all photographs click here or ‘Photography‘ left bar under ‘Categories‘.

This Eastern Fox Squirrel sciurus niger hangs on the side of a live large oak tree.. In the southeastern states the squirrel can be black with a white face. Although cute, they are related to rats and they can stash nuts like the best of them. ~ thanks to Dr T. To see video click [...]

As I walked out to bring in the refuse containers (garbage cans to some of us), I noticed that the sun had created a shadow of the tulips to give the white rabbit one to hold. Photo taken in a series April 11, 2008. To see all photographs click here or ‘Photography‘ left bar under [...]

A sea bird flew close but swiftly by on a windy night. I turned quick and followed the bird with the camera. This created a cool movement effect on the tree tops. It is traveling to the left. Photo taken 7:35pm April 9, 2008. To see all photographs click here or ‘Photography‘ left bar under [...]