Steven Helmer Publications

I'm not looking forward to winter being around the corner, but these mild September days aren't so bad. At least I can go for a walk without being swarmed by a bunch of mosquitos most days now.  Anyway, I managed to get out with the camera today and, other than just missing a blue heron that stayed well-hidden up until the point it took off and didn't let me get a pic, I had a moderately successful walk. Here are some of the photos.

It was a bit windy, but I managed to get out before the weather turned bad today. I didn't see much for signs of life, likely because the animals were taking shelter. However, I managed to get a few photos. Here are some of them.

 Just some photos from today's walk:

 Some photos from our regular summer trip to Mackenzie Environmental Center in Poynette, WI.

 A couple photos from my walk earlier today.

Timing is everything when it comes to nature photography. Some days (like yesterday), I'll go for a walk and not see anything worth taking a photo of. Other days (like today), I'll walk around a corner and there will be a snake with a frog in its mouth.

After a bit of a hiatus, I decided to grab my camera and hit the nature trails again today. As I expected, many of the trails were underwater from the recent rain and there were a ton of mosquitoes. But I still managed to get a few photos while I was out.

It's sunny and somewhat warm out today but also very windy. As a result of that (and because I forgot to grab my jacket), I wound up cutting my walk somewhat short. I did, however, manage to get a couple photos while out.

It's been too cold at night to plant my garden. But, fortunately, it has been warm enough during the day for me to get outside a bit. I got another walk in at lunch. Here are some of the photos.

It was beautiful weather today so I decided to duck out at lunch to see if I could get some photos. Overall, I think I was successful. Here is a selection:

We originally planned on going to Horicon Marsh again on Saturday. But, both because it was very windy and because we figured it would be extremely crowded, I took the family to Edgewater Park here in town and had them join me on my walk. I think the highlight of the outdoor time was the girls seeing and even petting a baby snake. And, I did manage to get some photos while we were out as well.