Remember those giant sequoias that fell in the forest that I blogged about recently? Here’s a great follow up article to that story, ”A giant question: The Forest Service hears advice on fallen giant sequoias“. In the photo at left taken by the Sequoia National Forest, one of two downed trees lies across the popular Trail of 100 Giants [...]
Do you know how to attract pileated woodpeckers? Carl and Jean need to photograph a pileated woodpecker for an upcoming book. If you have a location where Carl and Jean can come and photograph a pileated woodpecker in flight please contact us at 1-800-552-1867 or info @ carlsams.com. Thank you in advance for your [...]
Have you ever heard of forest bathing? I hadn’t either until I read about it in The New York Times, “The Claim: Exposure to Plants and Parks Can Boost Immunity“. In a series of studies, scientists found that people who spend time in nature with plenty of trees experience increased immune function. It makes perfect [...]
It breaks my heart to hear about wildlife suffering due to the BP oil spill. Wildlife rescues are a challenge and after reading the article, ”Wildlife rescue effort is a challenge in the gulf“, in the Los Angeles Times, I have a better understanding of how hard it is to rescue wildlife. According to the article, [...]
Visit Carl and Jean this Friday afternoon, evening and this weekend at the Great Lakes Art Fair at the Rock Financial Showplace in Novi, Michigan. See us in booths 328 and 330. Autographed Products Purchase our best-selling children’s books and Carl and Jean will autograph them! Our stuffed toys and award winning movies will be available [...]
Thanks to trail cameras, there are now documented photographs that mountain lions exist in Nebraska and the mountain lion population is growing in that state. They now have 99 confirmed sightings in Nebraska. The cougars have even been sighted in western Iowa! The article “Mountain lion population growing” in the North Platte Telegraph is very interesting. [...]
Carl Sams and Jean Stoick stand near the”Blue Ice Rock” in the Huron Mountains in Michigan’s upper peninsula. Every year ice on this rock turns blue where most other rock outcroppings the ice is yellow. Snowmobilers come from miles away to see this unusual display of ice. Does anyone know why this ice turns blue? [...]
Caroline Daisy and Lainey Marie read our new board book When Snowflakes Fall at Carl Sams and Jean Stoick’s studio with office manager Becky Ferguson. This hilarious video shows how quickly young ones can learn about nature and wildlife.
Great Egret in Red This image of the great egret was taken in late March in Charleston, S.C. The great egret is the symbol of the National Audubon Society. Audubon was formed to protect this bird from extinction as its feathers were being used for ladies’ hats. (This image was taken with a Canon 5d [...]
Yesterday I decided to move a bird feeder over to our blossoming magnolia tree. Only a few birds came in but I was lucky enough to capture this image of a chickadee looking for places to hide seeds. (taken with Canon 5D Mark II with 100-400 canon zoom lens at 1/1250 of a sec at [...]
