Bald Eagle – My Wildlife Wonders No. 6
Once pushed to the brink by habitat loss, persecution, and the pesticide DDT, the bald eagle was down to just a few hundred nesting pairs in the Lower 48 states by the 1960s. It remains one of the most dramatic raptor population crashes in modern North American wildlife history. Today, their comeback is considered a...
Loess Bluffs National Wildlife Refuge
I have been setting my sights on day trip destinations near Kansas City. I'm seeking places to branch out and shoot landscape and wildlife photography. I visited Loess Bluffs National Wildlife Refuge in northwest Missouri, about 90 minutes drive north of the city. Loess Bluffs is a birdwatchers' favorite thanks to its terrain of wetlands...