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Andrew Mease
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Mountains, Marshes, and Milestones: My Hiking History
This blog post shares my journey from hiking the breathtaking trails of Alberta’s Canadian Rockies to exploring and volunteering on the nature trails of Southwest Florida. Along the way, I discovered a deeper appreciation for wildlife, trail design, and the unique beauty found in both mountain peaks and marshlands.
https://www.measephotography.com/blogs/daily-observation/how-hiking-led-me-to-photography
This blog post shares my journey from hiking the breathtaking trails of Alberta’s Canadian Rockies to exploring and volunteering on the nature trails of Southwest Florida. Along the way, I discovered a deeper appreciation for wildlife, trail design, and the unique beauty found in both mountain peaks and marshlands.
https://www.measephotography.com/blogs/daily-observation/how-hiking-led-me-to-photography
The Three Sisters (Faith, Hope, Charity) can be seen from all over Canmore, Alberta and my favorite spot happens to be less than a 10 minute walk. In the Summer time, the bow flats conservation area is the perfect location for a reflections landscape! There is just enough water to fill in Fisherman's Creek, with little movement in the stream which adds a nice stillness to photos... as long as people aren't playing in the water, which happens a lot more frequently now that the area has grown significantly.
Rosy Wings - A roseate spoonbill lifts gracefully into flight, scanning the wetlands for food to bring back to its nest. The sky that day was a flat white, hazy overcast that offered little light to work with.
At the time, I remember feeling frustrated by the absence of blue skies and golden sunlight. But years later, while revisiting my collection of spoonbill images, I stumbled upon this 2019 shot and saw it with fresh eyes. What once felt like a limitation now lends the image a quiet, almost ethereal mood.
At the time, I remember feeling frustrated by the absence of blue skies and golden sunlight. But years later, while revisiting my collection of spoonbill images, I stumbled upon this 2019 shot and saw it with fresh eyes. What once felt like a limitation now lends the image a quiet, almost ethereal mood.
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Two Eastern Screech owlets take a peek out from the nest to survey the area around them. Eastern Screech-Owls are active at night and are far more often heard than seen. Most bird watchers know this species only from its trilling or whinnying song.
Tropical Lookout - A gray morph Eastern Screech owlet peers down from the tree above, newly emerged from its dark nest, its wide eyes taking in a world suddenly alive with wonder.
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Sometimes we take bigger bites than we can swallow… this burrowing owlet wanted to show off its latest catch
Shortly after Barred owl chicks start peeking outside of the nest, they get comfortable moving around the closest branches they have access to. This little chick was adventurous and curious to its surroundings. I was able to get close up to this one on multiple occasions during the seasons I followed this family. I was fortunate enough to see this one fledge and make it to adulthood!
Shortly after Barred owl chicks start peeking outside of the nest, they get comfortable moving around the closest branches they have access to. This little chick was adventurous and curious to its surroundings. I was able to get close up to this one on multiple occasions during the seasons I followed this family. I was fortunate enough to see this one fledge and make it to adulthood!
Master Diver - Osprey are truly the masters of diving and catching fish... The morning started out pretty active, there was an average of four or five Osprey usually at a time circling in the air. The winds were perfect this morning so that they were flying towards us when diving, with the light and wind at our backs. The Osprey really put a show, with over 50 dives in less than 2 hours. Their catch rate that morning was about 20% through the breaking waves, changing tide, and heavy winds.
The first hour of life for a hatchling is quite the struggle. Within half an hour of hatching, this snowy plover hatchling was already stumbling around.
Parents will call and encourage newborns to walk small distances at a time with many rest breaks. After a couple of rest breaks, the adult snow plover came back to provide protection and comfort.
Parents will call and encourage newborns to walk small distances at a time with many rest breaks. After a couple of rest breaks, the adult snow plover came back to provide protection and comfort.
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ITAP of a white-tailed kite
Grasslands and savannas are the perfect places to fly a kite and that's exactly where you will find the White-tailed Kite… flying as if it were attached to a kite string. With its body turned toward the wind and wings gently flapping, it hovers above the ground, a behavior that’s so distinctive it’s become known as kiting.
White-tailed kites are extremely rare in Florida, as there are very few breeding pairs in the entire state. Finding and photographing these awesome birds was a real treat.
Grasslands and savannas are the perfect places to fly a kite and that's exactly where you will find the White-tailed Kite… flying as if it were attached to a kite string. With its body turned toward the wind and wings gently flapping, it hovers above the ground, a behavior that’s so distinctive it’s become known as kiting.
White-tailed kites are extremely rare in Florida, as there are very few breeding pairs in the entire state. Finding and photographing these awesome birds was a real treat.
Osprey are truly the masters of diving and catching fish... The morning started out pretty active, there was an average of four or five Osprey usually at a time circling in the air. The winds were perfect this morning so that they were flying towards us when diving, with the light and wind at our backs. The Osprey really put a show, with over 50 dives in less than 2 hours. Their catch rate that morning was about 20% through the breaking waves, changing tide, and heavy winds.
The sun was just starting to rise above the trees, casting a strong light on the foliage behind this burrowing owl. This also happened to be my first time encountering a burrowing owl perched on a natural object.
Looking like it just heard the wildest gossip, a burrowing owl twists its head nearly 180 degrees, eyes wide and pupils blown—when really, it’s just dramatically reacting to the sunrise.
Owls have conscious control of their pupil size, unlike humans. They also expand and constrict WAY faster than our pupils, and they work independently of each other so they can have one large pupil and one small pupil at the same time.
Owls have conscious control of their pupil size, unlike humans. They also expand and constrict WAY faster than our pupils, and they work independently of each other so they can have one large pupil and one small pupil at the same time.
This is one of the first landscape photos I ever captured, taken in June 2018 from the Naples Beach & Golf Hotel during one of their unforgettable Summer Jazz concerts. For a brief moment, the sky turned an intense shade of red—so vivid it felt surreal. The entire horizon glowed like a wildfire, and I’ll never forget the way concertgoers rushed to the beach, drawn by the breathtaking sight, eager to capture the spectacle.
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Seeing the sun creep through yellow leaved birch trees is a wonderful way to enjoy sunrise. I was so happy to find this beautiful spot for a sun star while walking back to the car after photographing sunrise at Oxbow Bend.
Seeing the sun creep through yellow leaved birch trees is a wonderful way to enjoy sunrise. I was so happy to find this beautiful spot for a sun star while walking back to the car after photographing sunrise at Oxbow Bend.
