The mountain town of Pinglin near Taipei is known for growing fine tea. On the river edge there is a small wooded area in the center of town and one can see hundreds of Taiwan egrets and night herons call it home. The bridge across […]
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Da-An Park, Taipei
Da-An Park in the city center of Taipei is like Central Park in New York City. There are many hiking trails, play ground, roller skating rink, flower gardens but the most attractive place is the small lake with island and trees in the middle of […]
Canada Geese at Blackwater NWR, Cambridge, MD
On our recent tour to the National Wildlife Refuges in the Eastern Shore, Blackwater NWR was our last stop on the way home. It is known to have lots of Canada geese for the winter, sure enough we did witness many in various pools and […]
Snow Geese at Bombay Hook NWR, Delaware
Yes, some of the snow geese have migrated to the Eastern Shores in Delaware for the winter. They came primarily from Canadian Arctic Region and will stay here until early March. According to Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge report there have been as many as […]
A Pair of Bald Eagles
I went to Conowingo Dam again yesterday with hope to see and photograph bald eagles in action of catching fish from the water. It was no such luck probably because of too much water through the dam causing turbulent current and high turbidity water. Nevertheless, […]
Love is in the air…..
I’ve photographed many birds and wildlife and occasionally caught their intimate moments. For instance, I’ve photographed great blue herons building the nest on the secluded tree top mating and raising the chicks. During our trip to Custer State Park in South Dakoda last September, we […]
Theodore Roosevelt National Park – North Unit
We spent two days touring Theodore Roosevelt National Park in North Dakoda recently. We were pleasantly surprised to find out the beauty of the landscape of the Park, especially the North Unit and with our luck the fall foliage of cottonwood and aspen trees really added […]
Pronghorns
We came across many pronghorns or sometimes referred as pronghorn antelopes while touring Custer State Park of South Dakoda last week. We saw these beautiful animals in Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks a few years ago. Pronghorn is considered as the second fastest land […]
Close Encounter with Bison
There are lots of bison in Custer State Park in the Black Hill Region of South Dakoda. While we were driving through the Wildlife Loop one afternoon last week , we encountered these animals crossing the road thus creating quite a traffic jam but providing […]
Prairie Dogs
While in Badlands National Park last week we saw the prairie dogs in the natural environment for the first time (vs.in the zoo). They are such a cute creature! As it turned out we came across prairie dog towns not only in Badlands NP but […]
More Hummingbirds
It’s a challenge to capture nice fast-moving hummingbird images. Of course, sharpness is the utmost essential criteria but the gesture of the bird and the simplicity of the background are important as well. I decided to take up the challenge again this morning and ended […]
Shenandoah National Park
We took an overnight trip to Shenandoah National Park this week. Instead of cloudy day with rain that we’ve been getting here lately, we got beautiful blue sky with fluffy white clouds when we arrived the Park. The mountain layers really showed the best We […]
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