Great Blue Herons in Springfield
In the last three weeks I made three trips to photograph Great Blue Herons on a nest in Springfield, NH. I learned that these birds grow fast. The very early…
Song Sparrows with Insects
They were just a pair of common Song Sparrows, arguably our most familiar sparrow. They provided great entertainment while I spent considerable time on my deck in June hiding from…
Least Bittern flying into phragmites
Least Bitterns flying
I spent a bit over an hour yesterday morning between 9:00 and 10:00 at the West Lebanon wetlands, a.k.a. Cranberry Ponds, which makes the area sound a lot nicer…
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Red Fox Kits 2020
I’ve procrastinated for a long time before publishing this blog. I processed a few of the photos for it, then turned away from them for almost a month. I knew…
Yellow Flag Iris
After photographing the Least Bitterns in West Lebanon, Jann and I drove through Etna so she could pick up something she loaned to a friend. Before we got there my…
Least Bitterns, June 2020 Version
Last year I made three trips to see the quite rare Least Bitterns at the West Lebanon Wetlands, but did not get any photos I really liked. But I did…
Eagle Nest in Enfield
Over two years ago when I was returning from leading a photography field trip in Woodstock, I decided to take a slow way home along River Road. Approaching the…
House Wrens Nesting in Dead Tree
I've seen and photographed house wrens building a nest before, but never in a dead tree. We had a bird house when I grew up in Illinois that was home…
22 Degree Halo
Mid-afternoon yesterday, as Jann and I were nearing the end of a favorite loop hike in Etna, I spotted a 22 degree halo, a fairly rare event. The halo was…
Ducks in rain and sun Leb-Han-Lyme
The first Ring-necked Duck photograph I got this season happened this morning in the rain at the West Lebanon Wildlife Area. From time to time this area has revealed some…
Fog, Fox, & Fogbow
Yesterday, around 7 am, I headed up River Road from Hanover to Lyme. It was a clear blue sky when I left home, but as I approached the river I…
Tom Turkeys, Yard Birds, and Scenes
Our yard was covered with snow Tuesday morning and Thursday afternoon this week. Wednesday morning was sunny so I made a rewarding excursion to Grant Brook in Lyme and Campbell…