Birds of May 2023
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…
Early Summer 2022
During the last twenty days I photographed many birds, several reptiles, a few mammals, and a number of scenes in west-central New Hampshire. It has been a fun and exciting…
New Hampshire Birds Again
For the last five blog posts I have bounced back and forth between VT and NH. Here are some photos I have taken east of the Connecticut River in…
Prairie Warbler in North Springfield
Back to Vermont for Birds
My two previous blog posts presented photos of birds in the Upper Valley, first in Vermont and then in New Hampshire. For this one I return to…
Recent Brown Birds
While searching for colorful warblers migrating through the Upper Valley to Canada, I have "inadvertently" photographed a number of (mostly) brown birds that jumped in front of my lens. So…
Mid-June Birds
Thursday, Friday, and Saturday I spent a few hours photographing birds in each of the Kearsarge area towns of New London, Sunapee, and Newport. There are photos of 19 species…
West Rutland Marsh and Deweys Pond
Monday of this week I took a drive to the West Rutland Marsh and Powerlines. Â On the way home I stopped briefly at Dewey's Pond in Quechee. Because of other…
Birding while hiking
Several recent hikes with Jann in the Newport, NH area resulted in some bird photos with a fairly short lens and an elderberry long-horned beetle (thanks Mary Sue for the…