Birds of mid-May 2020
This is a collection of photos of birds taken between May 12 and 22, 2020. They are from Enfield (Mascoma Lakeside Park and Harris Brook), Lebanon (Ice House Road area…
Bohemian Waxwings in New London
A large flock of Bohemian Waxwings has been working up and down Main Street in New London for the last week. Two friends photographed them yesterday morning, and I took the…
Brian’s 10,000 hours flight
At 8:43 pm on August 5, 2015, Brian Boland, balloonist extraordinary, set an amazing record. He surpassed 10,000 total hours aloft in a hot air balloon, somewhat after the sun…
Celestial Lights
This blog was first published in 2015, but I have kept adding new photos to it and will likely continue to do so. Look up. There are amazing light shows…
Early Foliage Color East of Hanover
I checked out the progress of fall foliage color east of Hanover, NH yesterday. Since this area has numerous wetlands, the color is often good early as the swamp maples…
Bike Loop to New London
I did a short (25 mile) but hilly bike ride yesterday looping from Sunapee to New London and back. I carried my trusty LX7 camera around my neck the whole…
Mascoma River Slalom 2013
The 50th Annual Mascoma River Slalom was held yesterday in Lebanon, NH. It was a cool day with occasional sleet. But the river was running strong and various types of craft made it…
Trescott Company Land in Winter
Organized by the Hanover Conservancy, a tour of the normally-closed Trescott Water Company Land in Hanover Saturday provided some forestry education and views of two porcupine dens. The photo at the right shows…
Tunis Brook Mill Lot with Hanover Conservancy
Alcott Smith led a group of about two dozen hardy souls on an adventure up Tunis Road, through beautiful forests and frozen wetlands, and back down to the Tunis Brook Mill…
Great North Woods
This fall featured some spectacular foliage colors, but only in certain locations. In my travels I found wonderful color between Hanover and Andover, in the Nulhegan Basin of Vermont, and…
Veterans Day Weekend Birding
After a spring and summer of very little bird photography---many other photo projects demanded attention---I spent the two mornings of Veterans Day Weekend birding, first with the Windsor County Quest then…
Trescott Company Lands
Prospect Hill, a place few in the Upper Valley have visited or even knew existed. I didn't, until I arrived at this spectacular spot with the Hanover Conservancy last Saturday.…