Iowa Top Blog

"eastern iowa railpics" and "Buddy Burton Photography" has been selected as Iowa Top Blogs. 

It is such an honor to be a designated Top Blogger in the State of Iowa.

Thank you to all of the viewers and followers for making it possible.

Backyard creatures

Some flying and crawling creatures in my backyard-

before the rains came.

Bumblebee

Spider taking a Siesta.

An Admiral Butterfly perched on one of our flowery

plants in the backyard.

Another bumblebee.

Bumblebee and the Admiral join in the feeding.

And another bumblebee...

....and a housefly, plus another bumblebee.

Bumblebee feeding on Nectar.

The Admiral sitting on top of the world.

McLoud Run

Mixture of colors of McLoud Run

McLoud Run.

CN wooden truss crossing over McLoud Run.

Many small dams along McLoud Run.

McLoud Run is the only stream in Iowa that has

these three Trouts in an urban area.

The sun piercing through the trees on McLoud Run.

Butterflies of McLoud Run.

The Wooly Worm

We had our first sighting of the infamous "Wooly Worm" in our backyard this morning.

My son is taking him to school for "Show and Tell". Here is the booger who also can

predict the upcoming winter weather very well.

Nature and Creatures

While walking Boysen Trail, seen another tree

with mushrooms growing out from the trunk.

It's so wonderful how God can create such

a wonderful picture for us photographers

to take and cherish.

Taken 9/17/2011.

Red-tail Hawk paid a visit to our backyard

looking for food.

Taken 9/3/2011.

 Our pup, Sassy, looking at the world from the

front window.

Taken 9/4/2011.

Goldenrods and a Plane

Photo of the 1929 Ford Tri-Motor plane that had been

on display in Iowa City this past weekend, takes flight

over the city. People rode on this plane for $70.

The Tri-Motor Plane took a loop toward my vantage

point and I snapped him passing under me.

While waiting for the KCS Detour train to arrive, I snapped

off a couple photos of Goldenrods in bloom on Eagle

Road east of Oxford, IA.

To view the KCS/BICB train and the update

from "eastern iowa railpics", click here.

Red-Tail Hawk

Seen this Red-Tail Hawk sitting on my neighbor's fencepost Saturday morning.

Grabbed the camera and VOILA, a picture-perfect shot.