This was shot at the St. Louis Zoo, inside the reptile house. Hand-held shot into his aquarium, this meant slow shutter speeds, I was afraid I would get no good shots at all.

Well this frog decided to pose for me. He moved from the middle of the aquarium to the front glass, giving me a wonderful closeup shot. He would move from the hanging on the front glass to the spot you see pictured.

He did this for about 15 minutes, each time stopping and holding perfectly still, once I got a couple shots and move the camera away from my face, he would move and then freeze again.

He gave me a great story and memory to go with this series of images.

And other birds…

We had overnight flurries that ended up leaving about two inches of snow on the ground. It was around sunrise when I went out and started watching the birds. Our resident Cardinal was defending his territory and his wonderful red color stood out even more with all the fresh snow.

…at least he was at the time, those are blades of grass next to this baby Killdeer, he was walking around at my cousins farm one day. The parents lost track of two of the babies and I just happened to be out taking photos when I spotted him. I grabbed a couple of shots and steered him back towards his family.

Well we have 7 inches of snow here right now, at least in my backyard, so I thought I would take the chance and grab a few bird photos….

This is Cardinal male is always around my house, usually with two females.

Actually it was a Do and her Fawn, they were walking the path right in front of us, about 20 feet away. This continued until we hit the end of the trail and they walk us to the car, then crossed the road and went up the hillside.

It was an amazing expierence needless to say, we were under the canopy of the forest so it was dark. Dark means slower shutter speeds and since flash photography of wildlife is not a very bright idea, I had to work with the light I did have, this was the best of the bunch.