Summer 2025 — First Half
It has been an excellent summer so far. I’ve been surprised and pleased with some of the birds I have seen and been able to photograph. The best was a…
Cooper’s Hawk Nest
Jody showed me a Cooper's Hawk nest in Cornish. I travelled twice to photograph the family. It was amazing how much the chicks had grown in one week. And their…
Birds of Late Spring 2025
Late Spring continued the cool and rainy trend, but there were still opportunities to photograph birds, though some in light drizzle like the eagle that follows. The photos here…
Birds of Mid-Spring 2025
Smack dab in the middle of spring and at the peak of warbler migration, I left the Upper Valley for 15 days of adventure in Costa Rica. Thus, these photos…
Birds of Early Spring 2025
I didn’t expect to be doing another bird blog this soon, but then Wayne posted on the UVBirds listserv that there were Bohemian Waxwings in Hanover Center. The next…
Winter 2025
Eagles mating, wayward warbler, blood moon, plenty of snow, and numerous hikes: this was a wonderful winter to be outdoors. Since it’s my blog, I got to define when winter…
Fall turns to Winter
The colorful foliage was gone but there was still color around: birds, sunrises, buildings, wall paintings, tamaracks and ginkgo leaves. Late October 2024 through early January 2025 found me…
Audubon’s Warbler and Others
It is very unusual to see a warbler this time of year in the Upper Valley. It is extremely rare to see an Audubon’s Warbler any time of year…
Species of the Pantanal
I spent about two marvelous weeks late June and early July 2024 in the Pantanal of Brazil. It was a nature photo tour lead by an excellent photographer and a…
Eagles and small birds flying
I didn’t travel very far from our home in the Upper Valley of NH the last three weeks. My photographic goal was to capture some common birds in flight. It…
Summer 2024
Summer started two weeks late because I spent them in the Pantanal of Brazil. It was a fantastic experience with much wildlife. I’ll be reliving this adventure on pages…
Fringed Polygala along the Rail Trail in Enfield
Spring 2024
Spring naturally started with snow and finished 10 days early because of my schedule. The photos here were taken between March 21 and June 10. The photo above shows…