Birds of Late Spring 2026
It has been a beautiful spring and a great migration season. It seemed like I was out every morning searching for winged creatures. I visited many spots in the Upper…
Red-headed Woodpecker in Norwich
A simple, one-subject, dozen-image post to commemorate the visit of a very rare Red-headed Woodpecker to Betsy and Bill's Norwich, VT yard. This species is almost never seen outside the…
Red Foxes in WRJ
The red fox vixen stands watch over her "kit pile" -- five young sleeping in a ball on the grass in the early morning dappled sun. My fascination with,…
Birds of Early Spring 2026
This has been an early spring of ducks, flying eagles, and variable weather -- some very warm days, but as I am typing this it is snowing. Broad-winged Hawks have…
Bad Hair Day
Water, Ice, Ducks, and Eagles
On the rivers and streams of New Hampshire and Vermont, ice and ducks coexisted as winter slowly lost its grip on the Upper Valley. I saw the very rare Eurasian…
Waxwings and the Vanishing Moon
I finally photographed Bohemian Waxwings this winter. Also a total lunar eclipse -- the last one until June 26, 2029 for the Upper Valley -- featured a vanishing Blood Moon. …
Carnival, Finch Flying, and Owl
Barred Owl named George. Ted Levin named this owl of indeterminate gender, George. It visits his yard in White River Junction often. I was fortunate to be able…
Early Winter 2025-26
It was the first time I photographed the Northern Lights on purpose. I had captured them accidently in several photos when photographing the Milky Way in Sunapee and on the…
A four-year saga — Bald Eagles in Lyme
I spent many hours observing, studying, and photographing a pair of bald eagles in Lyme over the last four years. Most of the time that I was watching the nest…
Birds in Flight – November 2025
The leaves are down, the summer birds have left, and the winter birds are just starting to arrive. The sky is a drab gray. There is no new snow to…
Fall turns to Stick Season
Stick season is that interlude between colorful fall foliage and snow. Trees are mostly bare -- leaving behind stems and branches that look like sticks -- fields are dead and…
Birds, Foliage, and Birds in Foliage
This time of year the birds have molted to mostly drab colors, but the trees are presenting their colorful fall spectacular. Earlier in the season the birds were plentiful but…