{"id":12498,"date":"2025-03-06T07:03:02","date_gmt":"2025-03-06T07:03:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jwjphotoblog.com\/?p=12498"},"modified":"2025-03-06T07:07:16","modified_gmt":"2025-03-06T07:07:16","slug":"missouri-wildlife-in-july-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.jwjphotoblog.com\/?p=12498","title":{"rendered":"Missouri Wildlife in July 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"

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…..<\/p>\n

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

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…<\/p>\n

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