Fall harvest is progressing rapidly in east-central Illinois. The soybeans are nearly done and corn harvest is well underway.

During my time at Kodiak Island, it was generally rainy outside, with long periods of overcast and just sprinkles. It was amazing to watch the bears come down out of the mountains into the grass flats, where nothing seemed to phase them at all. These two bears played around and followed each other for quite…

Elk were reintroduced to Land Between the Lakes in the late 1990’s. They have a large area to roam and are intermixed with a Bison heard.

Happy New Year! We have some great weather the last few days. This Blue Jay was flying so close to the Red Tailed Hawk. The hawk just ignored it however.

I have had hummingbird feeders out since the late spring, but this year my visitors have been few and far between. Just the last couple of weeks, I have had some of these amazing critters starting to show up. In some of the Facebook groups I am in, others in Illinois have noticed the same…

The F-22 Raptor was one of the many outstanding aircraft at the EAA AirVenture 2024 held in Oshkosh Wisconsin July 21-28.

What an amazing performance by the United States Navy Blue Angels at the 2024 Pensacola Beach Airshow! Lots of great aviation, beach and hot weather!