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2026-05-31T23:45:27Z

The first day of summer is Sunday, June 21, which is the date of the summer solstice, the longest day of the year, plus it's Father's Day - start making plans now for a wonderful day in the outdoors! This month, we have two extremes for everyone: a slow-paced hike in the woods to powerful motorcycles traveling over 160 miles per hour. You can decide which suits your style more, personally I like both of them.

If you ever find yourself in Northern California, in the little city of Chico, make sure to add a city park to your bucket list of must-see locations. One of the largest municipal parks in the nation, Bidwell Park is the crown jewel of the City of Chico. The image is from Upper Bidwell park, with a large number of hiking and mountain biking trails, picnic areas, golf courses and swimming holes. It is a city park that I have never seen before in my travels with something for everyone in the family. This image was captured while I was hiking along the Lower Yahl Trail. Apparently, a football player named Aaron Rogers lives in the city of Chico, it's his hometown - a little fact I did not know. Camera Data: 24mm 1/40 sec F16 ISO400

Our second image this month is hot off the presses, if we were still using printing presses for these calendars. This image was shot yesterday afternoon during an event in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin. The image is a classic rivalry between two big brands attempting to one-up the other. On the left is an Indian Challenger and on the right, the Harley Davidson Road Glide. While these models may look similar to the motorcycle your uncle or neighbor owns, these are true race-produced machines, but lucky for speed enthusiasts, the designs developed in racing are making it to the street models. So the brand war that was started in the early 1900's is still alive and well. Camera Data: 400mm 1/12800 sec F2.8 ISO3200

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2026-04-30T23:53:54Z

Who is ready for May flowers after the April showers? This past week, the Midwest has seen its share of showers, some severe and some just an inconvenience. Hoping all readers of this newsletter are safe and only suffering minor property damage, if any, was sustained. Last weekend I went to Ventura, California, for a race and enjoyed some mild weather; most people thought it was cold, I thought it was great - mid-50's, the majority of the time. I took a little time to relax, as much as I can handle, but I still shot photos to keep me occupied.

Our first image is from my first stop last weekend, from the Ventura Botanical Gardens. Unfortunately, I was unable to spend much time in the gardens since I arrived about 30 minutes before they closed. It's a location that I will return to one day and fully explore the various regions. From their website - "Spread out over 107 acres, our botanical collection consists of over 120,000 plants from the Mediterranean climate regions of the world". I was able to visit the Chilean garden, with this image being a Quisco cactus. Camera Data: 70mm 1/320 sec F16 ISO800

The next image is from the coastline of the Pacific Ocean, while a surfer is trying to find the perfect wave to ride. It was interesting to watch numerous surfers attempting to ride waves that were less than five feet high, nothing like watching surfers in movies. Those who know me well might be surprised to learn that surfing is one sport I have not tried yet. Maybe someday I will rent a board and try my luck - most likely I will not be riding waves like this young man. Camera Data: 300mm 1/1250 sec F5.6 ISO1600

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2026-04-01T21:22:49Z

Sorry for the delay - I originally scheduled this on an incorrect date.

Hoping that everyone reading this message is doing well and getting outside to enjoy the weather, at least when possible. Earlier this month, on my way to Daytona, I took a few extra days to take my time traveling plus visit some new locations. Rarely do we share both images from the same location but that is what we are doing this month, both are from St.Marks National Wildlife Refuge in St.Marks Florida, it's one of the oldest in the National Wildlife Refuge system. Honestly I had some ideas in mind but those did not work out, so I took advantage of what was provided. The St.Marks NWR was created in 1931 with the intent of providing winter habitat for migratory birds. My desire was to find large numbers of Sandhill Cranes and possibly another Whooping Crane and if I was lucky, more than one.The other photo subject I was looking for, a lighthouse on the Gulf of Mexico for sunset. Read on to learn what we found.

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The town of St.Marks was considered an important sea port in the early 1800's, but after it became common for ships to run aground or stuck in shallow muddy waters, there was a push by the state to get a lighthouse built by the Federal Government. Based on the need to have a port in the gulf to support the panhandle and southern Georgia, this was finally approved. While I liked the historic lighthouse, I was not thrilled with the images available, mostly due to the number of people walking around and vehicles in the angle I liked. I could use Photoshop to fix but that's always a last resort for me. While I was hoping the people would move on, they did not, appears they were waiting for sunset. I decided to focus on a different area. The area I decided on, a section of a former boat dock, with wonderful color of a setting sun and small section of clouds. Camera Data: 24mm 3.2 sec F13 ISO100

While I was hoping to find different species of birds, more of the cranes I photographed a few months ago. While stopping at the visitor center to learn more about the refuge and where species could be located, I learned of an abundance of a reptile that was enjoying the nice weather - the American Alligator. Apparantley a woman and her kids were out riding their bikes on trails and encountered numerous alligators on the trails. If you know me, you can guess what my first question was - 'what trail were you on'? Yes I wanted to photograph the alligators but from a safe distance, I really did not wish to have a close encounter while I was hiking. Expecting to see a couple of alligators along the hike, whilst hoping for a dozen would have been a good day for a Midwestern resident. Actually I lost count of the number of alligators spotted, my guess is around 75 over my 6 mile hike. This image includes a couple of alligators, probably around 6-7 feet long each. Camera Data: 300mm 1/1600 sec F8 ISO800

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2026-03-01T02:07:53Z

Spring is upon us, at least in the Midwest, unlike some sections of the West and Northeast United States who most likely feel like winter will never end. Most likely Mother Nature is messing around with us and will bring back winter conditions one more time, not uncommon for March. This time of year is also the start of motorsport events and racing outdoors, we will be hitting the road soon and this year’s calendar is filling quick. We will share more details once everything is finalized.

For readers in North and Central America, Australia and Eastern Asia, on March 3 there is a total lunar eclipse that is centered over the Pacific Ocean. Hopefully Mother Nature cooperates and provides me clear skies to capture some images. Unfortunately, I will be too far east as the eclipse progresses, with the eclipse ending after sunrise. Hopefully we can share an image next month, wish me luck!

The first image this month is a good reminder for everyone, including myself, to slow down and take a look around. I was hiking a trail in Larrabee State Park near Bellingham, WA look for interesting tree and moss formations, more detail style images. For some reason, I decided to look up and saw this view and I loved it. It was nothing like I was looking for but something I am very happy that I captured. Camera Data: 16mm 1/60 sec F11 ISO400

Our second image I would title "the one that got away", I was excited to be close enough to this immature Bald Eagle as it dropped down to capture something from the water. Talons out and obviously eye on the prize but unfortunately for both of us, whatever that was in the water must have dived down because the eagle turned away shortly after this image was captured. Maybe we both can have success the nest time. Camera Data: 800mm 1/1600 sec F5.6 ISO2500

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2026-02-01T01:33:01Z

Already to February and while I believe most areas of the US were having nice weather after the first of the year, Mother Nature has thrown everyone a curveball to end the month. Now, areas that don't normally get snow are and areas that are typically mild are getting cold. Hopefully whereever you are located, you and your family are safe.

The first image is from a sunset in Decemeber and I like the fire look but remembering how cold the day was. Guess they say why you should not judge a book by its cover. Camera Data: 70mm 1/250 sec F13 ISO3200

Our second image this month is from the annual Sandhill Crane migration. I like the artistic look with every other wing set in a pattern but we are missing one bird with its wings down. Camera Data: 560mm 1/1250 sec F5.6 ISO1600

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2026-01-01T01:08:40Z

WELCOME to 2026! Hope your celebration was enjoyable with family and/or friends. Wishing everyone a successful 2026 and that you learned from events in 2025 - we need to keep learning to help us grow, no matter what our age. Hopefully, everyone's holiday season was pleasant and you were able to relax and remove stress from your life.

Thank you to those who took the time to respond with comments and suggestions after last month's message. We have made one major change for this new year, the images are now sized for 4k displays, so depending on the image content, the file sizes will typically be larger than previous images. If you have a problem with the new size, please let me know.

Our first image this month is from Yellowstone National Park, which was captured in the Mammoth Hot Springs Terrace area. The section in this image is the Minerva Terrace and is one of the areas where it is easy to see how Mother Nature has taken over a section. While not visible in this frame, in person, you can see old sections of the walkway handrails that are not nearly fully covered with new travertine. According to the National Park Service, activity shifts dramatically around this terrace and is named for the Roman goddess of artists and sculptors. In the short seven years of multiple visits to the park, I can see that this region is definitely changing quickly, as I know there are some areas that I would not be able to reproduce an image captured previously because the colors are no longer there. Camera Data: 50mm 1/13 sec F13 ISO100

The next image was a surprise capture in more than one way. I had traveled to a new location in Indiana to attempt to capture the annual Sandhill Crane migration. Near the end of the day, I was in an area where numerous birds were flying overhead as they were going to socialize before heading to their roost for the evening. While capturing images, I noticed that one of the birds that flew over had banding on its leg, which seemed odd that a Sandhill Crane was banded. I recalled reading an article on the International Crane Foundation (ICF) website about reporting banded birds but could not recall all the details. Once I had returned home, upon looking at the images captured, I noticed the banded bird was not a Sandhill Crane! A little digging and I discovered I actually photographed a juvenile Whooping Crane, I was extremely happy to learn this as these birds are rare to see, much less photograph. I went to the ICF website and submitted a report of my sighting and after some correspondence back and forth, I was able to learn more about this particular bird. Those details are in the next paragraph; this was a very special day, even if I learned about what I captured a few days later. Camera Data: 560mm 1/1000 sec F5.6 ISO1600

From the ICF - "Information on the bird you saw, 35_25 is a first-year bird that hatched this summer at our headquarters in Baraboo, WI. Every year, we hatch and raise a cohort of Whooping Cranes to release into our Eastern Migratory Population (EMP) in Wisconsin. This reintroduction effort was started in 2001 and involved raising Whooping Crane chicks (also called colts) in costume to avoid them imprinting on humans. From 2001-2016, the released birds were led to Florida on their winter migration via ultralight aircraft in a project known as Operation Migration; however, by 2016, there were enough adults in the population to teach newly released chicks the migration route and the use of the aircraft was stopped. Each year, our cohort of captive-reared chicks gets a theme for names, and this year's theme was dinosaurs, with 35_25 being aptly named Sinclair. In the EMP, as of 1 December 2025, there are 65 wild birds. In the world, there are ~800 Whooping Cranes with approximately 650 in the wild and 150 in captivity. With only ~25 birds left in the world in the 1940s, this is definitely a big improvement, but there is still lots of work to be done." What is kind of amazing is the fact I was able to capture a few images on the fly over but also the fact that there were an estimated 10,000 Sandhill Cranes in the area, so seeing this young bird is extra special. If you want to learn more about the Whooping Cranes or the Foundation, visit https://savingcranes.org

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2025-12-01T03:07:40Z

Happy Holidays to everyone, hard to believe we are starting the final month of 2025 and what a year it has been. I have not fully processed all that has happened this year, nor how many images were captured over the past eleven months. Maybe I will try to determine that value before next month but I may not want to know the number either. I am already planning personal trips for the next two years and rescheduling one for next year, so more details on those once all is finalized. A few weeks ago, I was able to head west for a week of photography with visits to Badlands National Park, Yellowstone National Park and Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument. In case readers have not heard of the Little Bighorn Battlefield NM, it was originally named "Custer Battlefield National Monument" but was changed in 1991 to honor all who fought in the two-day battle in 1876. Both of our images this month are from the same day, November 11, which I did not plan but based on Christmas colors, I thought they were appropriate, plus most people don't want to see images of snow.

Would like to say thank you to those who responded to last month's newsletter question. We really appreciate the feedback. Wishing everyone a wonderful and safe holiday season and an even better beginning to 2026.

The first image this month was not something I was expecting during my visit to Yellowstone NP and honestly was not prepared for equipment-wise. I really needed a super wide-angle lens but those were 1000 miles away. About the time I arrived in the park, there was a coronal mass ejection that sent material towards Earth but the full magnitude of the event was not known until I was already in the park. In case you missed it, November was host to the strongest geomagnetic storms in 2025 and this particular event was the most intense I have seen in the lower 48 states. The storm was so large that I read reports people in central Mexico were able to see the aurora (aka Northern Lights). At my location in Mammoth, Wyoming, the sky was nearly completely covered at times; it was a wonderful experience - hopefully everyone had an opportunity to take a quick look. Camera Data: 24mm 6.0 sec F5.0 ISO800

Staying with Christmas colors, how about a Red Fox for the second image? Not sure if this fox was recently from the groomers or what but the coat of this animal was wonderful plus you can see it's ready for winter with the thick coat and tail. I was lucky enough to watch this beautiful animal hunt for food nearly an hour before I decided to leave it alone and hunt without me capturing images, most other people who had stopped took a quick few pictures with their phones and went on their way. I enjoyed the time and learned more about their behaviors while hunting for food, something you can not achieve at a zoo. Camera Data: 540mm 1/1600 sec F7.1 ISO1600

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2025-11-01T02:39:00Z

We are approaching the end of the year already and I still don't feel like fall has arrived; leaves are still on the trees while cooler temps have been here for a few weeks. Here in Central Illinois, the colors have not been great but we have seen some good color in patches, hopefully, your area has been colorful. Both images this month are from my trip out West in August this year and I am planning to make another trip west in the near future for a visit during a different time of year than I have done previously; hopefully everything comes together and Mother Nature is kind to me.

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The first image this month could give people chills with Halloween being yesterday. Without context, it's hard to imagine what this is without a size reference; it could be a macro image of a nest or honeycomb. This is actually an image of boxwork, a few hundred feet underground at Wind Cave National Park. Some of the structure walls are about the thickness of a credit card and to do the structure justice, read the article on the website for Wind Cave NP to get a better understanding of the origin and makeup of the walls. If I recall my tour correctly, Wind Cave has the largest concentration of boxwork in the world. Visit this link to learn more: https://home.nps.gov/wica/learn/nature/speleothems-boxwork.htm Camera Data: 24mm 1/60 sec F5.6 ISO6400

The next image this month will most likely help everyone think of Thanksgiving meals but hopefully with a little larger turkey. Of course, we are looking at the wild turkey, with a hen and a couple of chicks, taken while I was visiting Devils Tower National Monument. The tom was nearby but was lagging behind the family. In this instance, I arrived at the right moment, a few minutes after I found these birds, the chicks jumped off the log and were nearly completely hidden in the grass - right place and right time for sure. Camera Data: 300mm 1/640 sec F4 ISO2500

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2025-09-30T23:59:37Z

Fall is officially here and in the Midwest, the trees are dropping leaves - unfortunately, not colorful leaves. In Illinois, it has been really dry for a few months and I am not expecting any spectacular color displays. Might need to take a trip to find some color in the leaves. This month's images are from the Dakotas, one from each state, and a wildlife image for your mobile phone. I hope you enjoy them.

The first image was captured a couple of months ago near Midland, South Dakota. This particular location was about ten minutes off Interstate 90. As I have mentioned in the past, these sunflower fields are very similar to our corn fields in Iowa and Illinois. The challenge is finding the proper sun location in relation to the field entrance. I am always careful not to damage the crops since I know someone is feeding their family from the field harvest. Some day I hope to make it out to the region when they are actually picking the crops, just as a comparison to corn or bean picking. Camera Data: 150mm 1/2500 sec F10 ISO3200

Our second image is from Theodore Roosevelt National Park in Medora, North Dakota. Easy to identify this as a Big Horn Sheep, strange to think there are Big Horn Sheep away from the Rocky Mountain range but there is a considerable herd within the park. A large portion of the park is very similar terrain compared to Badlands National Park, but based on my experiences, there is more wildlife sightings at Theodore Roosevelt. While I hate large crowds, when I am outdoors enjoying nature, that is not a problem at Theodore Roosevelt, probably one of the smallest visitor counts of all the National Parks I have visited so far. Last year the park was ranked 31st out of the 63 National Parks in total visitors. This image was captured in the month of August, during my first stop at the park. The second time I visited the park, it seemed to have a larger number of visitors but I found a few hiking trails that nearly no one takes, at least during the times I have been there; it can be nice and peaceful, not hearing the sound of cars or people on their phones. Camera Data: 200mm 1/400 sec F6.3 ISO400

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2025-09-01T21:46:00Z

First off, apologies for not having this update message in your inbox first thing today. The intention was to have it completed and ready for viewing early this morning but there was a change in images and I was not fully prepared while traveling over the weekend.

The weather is changing in the Midwest and we are starting to experience fall-like temperatures, hopefully your area is having good weather and for those friends in the Southern Hemisphere, I hope your winter is ending and spring is showing its face. We would like to take some fall color trips this year, if you have any favorite locations, please share them with me and maybe one of your locations can be featured in a future edition of this newsletter..

Our first image this month is Devils Tower National Monument in Wyoming, captured early last month. This is actually taken from a roadside viewpoint south of the park, I wanted to capture the sunrise as the light breached the horizon but Mother Nature decided she had other plans. This particular morning, the sun was obscured by clouds initially but clouds started breaking to give some light, with this image actually captured about 30 minutes after sunrise - I was actually at this location about 45 minutes before sunrise, so I had some time to find other subjects to capture while I was hoping the sun would shine some light on the rock face, my patience paid off with this image. Camera Data: 200mm 1/50 sec F5.6 ISO100

The second image was the problem child for delaying the delivery of this month's update. Based on the fact that a couple of historic events occurred during the annual running of the American Flat Track(AFT) Springfield Mile event this weekend. For those who don't follow motorcycle racing, the Springfield Mile is one of the crown jewels of the racing series and could probably be considered the Indy 500 for the racers - not sure what else would qualify with that honor. The first historic event took place on Saturday when Australian racer Tom Drane, number 59 in the upper left corner image, won the AFT Singles Championship; this was the first time ever that a non-American racer has won a professional flat track title. There has been a good group of non-Americans in the series over the years, and amazingly, this is the first time. Congratulations to Tom and his team for accomplishing this feat. The other historic moment was on Sunday, when Indiana resident Trent Lowe, on the number 48, won his first premier class race plus on a Honda TransAlp-powered race bike, the first win for the bike after two years of development and racing. Trent was able to top the field but just barely; his victory interval was only 0.026 seconds oer second place and the top seven were separated by less than 0.6 seconds. This was the first win in flat track of a Honda-powered twin cylinder motorcycle since 1998, in addition, this was the first win for a Honda Twin at the Springfield Mile since 1993. The Springfield Mile is considered the fastest dirt mile track in the world, one of the reasons for this is the design of the track as both straights are 1/4 mile each and each set of corners is 1/4 mile each. This gives racers an advantage of not having to slow down as much as other mile race tracks, which tend to have longer straights and tighter radius corners.

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2025-08-01T03:08:24Z

Normally this time of year, I head west to enjoy some National Parks but this year, I am not sure I will be visiting any western parks. Maybe I can make an early winter trip to make up for it. I was in planning stages for a trip to Grand Canyon National Park next year, for a long hike starting at the North Rim. With the current Dragon Bravo Fire and closure of the northern section of the park for the remainder of this year, that trip might need to be changed. Currently here in the Midwest, our air quality is at 'unhealthy' stage with smoke from the Grand Canyon fire and fires in Canada combining to produce hazy skies in the central US region. If you have health risks and are living in the upper Midwest or the NorthEast part of the United States, take care of yourself if you are working outside.

Both images this month are from the same park, Badlands National Park in South Dakota, plus both were captured about one year ago. The first one is sunset over a rock formation, with the sun coming from the left side of the frame. Normally I can look at an image and have a good idea where it was captured, for this image I truly have no idea where it was taken. Based on the background and the focal length used, it appears I was at a higher elevation but the location is somewhat of a mystery. Guess I need to head back to the park and find this location again. Camera Data: 800mm 1/1250 sec F11 ISO1250

The second image is part of a Mule Deer herd found near the Yellow Mounds Overlook in Badlands NP, I was capturing some images of sunset, a group of deer started showing up - the sun had set behind a rock formation and these ladies were moving along in the shadows. Eventually the light was dropping fast, so I just spent a little time watching with my eyes. In total, there were around twenty deer in the area, not all appeared to be welcome to join the group, a few small bucks kept chasing another buck off; it was very interesting to watch. Camera Data: 400mm 1/1000 sec F4 ISO1600

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Tim Lester

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