A small group of hearty souls spent a month trekking around the hills and mountains of Nepal recently. Rather than take the easy route—flying to Lukla—we walked from Jiri and then took a loop over two high (almost 18,000 ft) passes. We reached the summit of Kala Patthar, where we looked down at Everest Base Camp, then hiked into base camp the next day. On the way back I spend a morning and evening trying to photography the national bird, the beautiful Danphe. I haven’t looked at my photos from that day yet, but I doubt I got a shot that was as good as the one below from a previous trip.
Back home in time for migration I spent the morning wandering around both sides of the Connecticut River. I had the best luck in Etna at the King Bird Scantuary where I photographed a ruby-crowned kinglet and a broad-winged hawk carrying a chipmunk and in my own yard where a Nashville Warbler cooperated very nicely. Earlier I photographed a pair of bluebirds that appear to be considering nesting at the Milton Frye Nature Area of Norwich. Here as some of the photos from these areas.
