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Daytrip to Mingo

Last Sunday (May 17,) I made the hour long drive over to Mingo National Wildlife Refuge near Puxico. I always enter the refuge via the Job Corps entrance and then turn left and go to the spillway. The road is normally closed at this point, so after backtracking to the Bluff Road, I follow it past the Board Walk and Visitor Center and exit through the Red Mill Drive area. But this time, a seasonal “driving tour” was open and I entered it from the Spillway area. […]

New Camera!!

For the last 3 years, I’ve been using a Canon Powershot A700. It’s a 6 megapixel camera with 6x zoom and I really like it. It works great for insects with a terrific macro capability and enough zoom so that I don’t have to necessarily be right on top of my subject. But […]

Shawnee Creek

I spent the work day driving to some of our field offices and managed to take my lunch break at Shawnee Campground. This is a small, primitive campground that sits at the mouth of Shawnee Creek on the extreme lower Jack’s Fork River. […]

Falcate Orangetip

If you’ve been waiting all winter to see a Falcate Orangetip (Anthocharis midea,) you’d best be out looking for one soon. […]