Autumn 2023 β the first month
Itβs been a strange autumn. In some places all the trees went directly from green to brown. In other areas, the trees seemed to be oblivious to the cooler days…
Itβs been a strange autumn. In some places all the trees went directly from green to brown. In other areas, the trees seemed to be oblivious to the cooler days…
We start with an identification quiz. What is the species, gender, and age of this bird. The answer will appear later in this post. I am indebted to George Clark…
After publishing Birds of early May 2022 in Vermont and Birds of early May 2022 in New Hampshire, I went Back to Vermont for Birds, and now I'm…
When I think of early spring birds, I think Red-winged Blackbirds, Wood Ducks, Hooded Mergansers, and Bald Eagles incubating eggs. I photographed these and more, but perhaps the biggest surprise…
Photography is all about light. In this blog I use photos taken during the last month to illustrate a few of the concepts I have taught for years to people…
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…
I spent several mostly-frustrating hours Thursday and Friday mornings in Woodstock, VT. I'm still regretting I did not head there Wednesday immediately after I received the email from Nathaniel Sharp…
Away from home from 6:30 AM until 7:00 PM yesterday, I managed to sneak in 65 minutes of duck photography in the early morning gloom during a quick loop through…
I spent some time Wednesday through Saturday last week photographing ducks. One of the days was bright and sunny, but the other times I had to contend with fog or…
Over the last week or so I got some photos of Hooded and Common Mergansers flying, molting American Goldfinch and a Purple Finch, and distant shots of a Bald Eagle…
The last week of winter is typically a "nothing" time for photography, especially when there is no snow on the ground. But I looked around Etna, Enfield, and Lyme, NH…
A quick trip up the river this morning was somewhat productive. Β Got an adult bald eagle flying over Reeds Marsh in Orford, a wood duck with a frog in Lyme,…