Greg Shchepanek

 A Wildlife Community Black-tailed Jackrabbit ( Lepus californicus ) Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge, Nevada, United States. Ramsar site no. 347. I have been a member of this community ever since the inception of the site back in 2010 and it is one of the main reasons I chose nature as my photo subject. It is the first citizen scientist platform that I was introduced to right after I began photographing nature as my main hobby and interest. I first began to photograph my travels on a trip to Newfoundland just using my mobile phone to document the wildlife I ran into there. Unfortunately I lost that phone in New York City just after my trip to the East coast. From there I graduated to using a camera,  Olympus FE47, X43  and an HTC Desire high definition phone. It 2011 when I finally got serious about photographing nature. Later I would purchase a Panasonic camera and begin my adventures into Macro photography. Now I am all about using Canon cameras I find that they p...

 Birds & Cats  Snow Buntings ( Plectrophenax nivalis ) Richmond, Ontario, Canada. While in the search for Snowy Owls, it was wonderful to discover a large flock of Snow Buntings in search for food in the farm fields of Richmond. It was a pure joy to observed them doing their thing in the fields. Most of the photos showed them pecking at the ground it would have been more favourable if there was more snow like we had this past week enduring heavy snow falls that we haven't seen since 2002, but then again it must be very hard to find food out there for the Buntings after such a snowfall.  Cats Spent some time with some feline friends on Valentine's Day this year. They are a favourite topic of mine and thank goodness my friend has some beautiful posers in her home. The only qualm I would have is the lighting was a bit difficult taking most the photos at night so they are a bit warmer than usual. Nigel and KC are their names and they have the most inquisitive stares I ha...

 Just Because Found this little guy on the the appropriately named Chipmunk Trail in the Stoney Swamp. Here is another video located in the Stoney Swamp but on the Jack Pine Trail.