The weather was our significant natural history moment this past week. A strong low pressure system wound itself into a tight ball of unstable air masses over t
Pheasants are a much sought after game bird. Its large size, relatively fast flying speeds, and ability to hold or break from cover vegetation when least expect
Swallowtail butterflies are named by scientists to help identify and classify these special insect critters into certain similar characteristic groupings. One s
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Photos by Garry Brandenburg Turkey time is time to check out all the gear the hunter may need for upcoming turkey hunting times. This author simulates a bow shot at a tom turkey without the advantage of pop-up blind. Rest assured that a blind, or full cam head to toe clothing, is essential to avoid detection by this wary gamebird. Another tactic this author will try this spring is a bow mounted turkey silhouette which is attached to my bow with long Velcro straps. This method may work. It will be fun trying.
GOBBLING TURKEYS may be one of the neatest sounds a hunter wants to hear Monday morning, April 12th, the beginning of season one for Iowa’s big wild and hard to get game bird. Last year Iowa hunters of wild turkeys killed 14,671 bearded birds. Marshall County hunters took about 115 turkeys with shotgun or bow. About one in five hunters takes a wild turkey home. Four out of five tried and had a great time, just no turkey harvest photos to share o
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PHOTOS BY GARRY BRANDENBURG Frost on the morning of January 3rd revealed a transformed appearance to everything on the landscape. With warmer air flowing over cold snow covered ground, atmospheric conditions were just right with temperature/dew points close together allowing freezing fog to form. It would be safe to say that lots of photographs were made of this Mother Nature inspired event across the entire Midwest. So here are my offerings: the Iowa River upstream from Indian Bridge, and a tree with the Moon in the sky. Can you see it?
FROST COVERED everything last weekend. It was an opportunity to get outside to record the event with my camera. It did not take long to appreciate how complete transformation of tthe landscape was. Every blade of tall grass, every branch of every bush and shrub, and every branch, twig and retained leaf on every tree was fluffed up with white decorations of frost. Those frost crystals grew well overnight to exponentially make e