I rarely take photos of birds, unless it`s an Eagle…have a few friends that shoot birds on a normal basis and I enjoy their photos and talents alot. One day in July I came out the back door, very hot outside as it normally is in Missouri in July…heard a water fluttering sound, and looked over at the neighbor`s house to see a bright red Cardinal washing itself off in the bucket of cool water that collects under the neighbor`s window air conditioner…..

It`s a good thing I had my telephoto lens camera in my hands, as he didn`t let me get too close.

A week later, I drove down to meet Bob Steele at a new site to do some scouting for Druse Quartz and I stopped off at the entrance to Council Bluffs Park to give Onyx a bathroom break. No sooner pulled in thru the gate and came upon two beautiful young bucks…