Eurasian Owl

I went to Owl Moon Raptor Festival held at Black Hill Regional Park in Montgomery County, Maryland last Sunday. It was sponsored by Owl Moon Raptor Center, a state and federally licensed wildlife rehabilitation center specializing in birds of prey located in Boyds, Maryland. They […]

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Snow Geese at Bosque del Apache

In addition to sandhill cranes, the Bosque is also the winter home for thousands and thousands of snow geese. We were lucky to witness their “dawn fly out” from the “Flight Deck” overlook one early and cold morning. The sunrise was spectacular and to see […]

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White Sands National Monument

White Sands National Monument in Southern New Mexico near the Town of Alamogordo is a truly unique place to see. The fantastic white sands (gypsum), exotic-looking yucca and the shape of sand dunes really present unlimited opportunities to photograph, especially during late afternoon and early morning […]

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Bandelier National Monument

In addition to touring Tent Rocks, we also visited Bandelier National Monument near Los Alamos while staying in Santa Fe last week. Like Mesa Verde we visited earlier, Bandelier is also the ruins of ancestral pueblo people. We took the main loop trail to see and […]

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Tent Rocks

Tent Rocks with official name of Kasha Katume (White Cliffs) Tent Rocks National Monument is located between Albuquerque and Santa Fe near Cochiti Pueblo in New Mexico. We visited this park while staying in Santa Fe last week and hiked a 1.2 mile Cave Loop trail […]

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The High Road To Taos

It’s a beautiful drive from Santa Fe to Taos: We took a detour to Chimayo village and visit Santuatrio de Chimayo Chapel, built in 1813-1816. We finish our day trip by stopping at Eagle Nest Lake at sunset

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Mesa Verde’s Cliff Dwellings

To tour Mesa Verde National Park in southwest cornet of Colorado state is to learn how Ancestral Puebloans lived for 700 years during A.D. 600 to 1300. They were also referred as Anasazi people or in Navajo’s word of “ancient people”. It is the best […]

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Shiprock of Navajo in New Mexico

Shiprock near Farmington, New Mexico is a legendary and sacred symbol for the Navajo Nation. It means the Rock With Wings towering 1,700 feet above the valley floor and can be seen miles and miles away. There are so many ways at different times of […]

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Backlight Landscape Photography

Backlight is where the light is shining towards the camera lens. It is a bit tricky but challenging to photograph. I have taken pictures of shadows and silhouettes this way in the past. During my recent trip to Letchworth State Park in western part of […]

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Harpers Ferry, West Virginia

Harpers Ferry is a historical small town in West Virginia. It is situated at the confluence of the Potomac and Shenandoah rivers where Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia meet. Because of the town’s strategic location, it was a “hot spot” during the American Civil War […]

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