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This one on the road coming in near the Blueberry Farm. Taken with a Canon 300 f/2.8 lens from a car window.

During May 2009 there were several storms and several inches of rain. This rain primed the springs. When this happens and as the flow of ground water increases, so does the turbidity of the water. Rainbow Spring (aka; Double Spring) take on a pretty blue hue until it clears again in a few weeks.

Taken last October toward dusk when a few sassafras and sumacs were beginning to change colors.

This is a neat south and western Missouri lizard hunter. I caught him on a fence post near Dora.

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This is shortly after dawn, which is late, due to the massive hill to the east.

For this baby hummingbird.

At dusk, you can’t find a prettier place, the smell of pines, quiet and finally sunset, then stars rising.

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Crop from long lens at, estimated 130 feet, from center of main field to the walnut trees along the river. Using 840-mm Canon  lens (EF600L + 1.4 TC) on a Canon 1DS MKII. These woodpeckers are very common year round at ROLF.

My favorite bird; active pretty, feisty, and never stops moving. He nests 75 feet up old hickory or walnut trees. If you are not in the Tree Top Loft or the Log Lookout you will not have much of a chance to see or photograph one. Preferably in April-May.

This picture was taken in the morning on the opposite side of the river looking back at the ROLF side on May 24, 2009 using an Optima underwater camera. This was only 7 days after a minor river rise and debris, including water-cress, is still floating downstream. This picture gives you a good view of the clarity and color of the North Fork in the spring prior to summer’s gin clear water.