Chipz' Quipz

A composite image of the solar eclipse, created from a selection of my  personal photos. Golconda, Illinois - path of totality. Aug...

A chickadee at the feeder.  January 2011. Nikon D300 |   Nikon AF-S VR 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 IF-ED

A tobacco hornworm ravaging one of my pepper plants. A comparison of my two pepper plants, one that had hornworms and one that did no...

Even the moon needs a lift now and then. Near Meadview, Arizona. February 2016. Nikon D750 | Tamron SP 24-70mm f/2.8 Di VC USD

Sialia currucoides A beautiful Mountain Bluebird (male) at Rhyolite Ghost Town, Nevada. February 2016. Nikon D7100 | Tamron S...

Orangutan Cincinnati Zoo, July 2014. Nikon D300 | Tamron SP AF 180mm f/3.5 Di Macro Lens

I'm not really sure what these birds are. I suspect Plovers or Sandpipers, but I could not find this one in my bird books. If anybody...

Photographed these shells that had washed ashore at the  North Cape Lighthouse, Prince Edward Island, 2012. Nikon D300 | Nikon AF-S...

This morning's lunar eclipse, photographed from my front porch.  October 8, 2014. Nikon D7100 | Nikon AF-S VR 70-300mm f/4.5-5....

Deshaies, Guadeloupe. May 2014. Sunset view looking north on the boardwalk in front of our beach bungalow.