Birding Sites in the Upper Valley
This blog lists my favorite birding spots in the Upper Valley in New Hampshire and Vermont. It links to a page which has a favorite bird photo from each spot,…
Autumn 2023 – the first month
It’s 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…
Spring 2023
Spring brought a killing frost, a heat wave, many cold rainy days, and smoke from wildfires in Canada. It was a strange season in the Upper Valley, but it…
Kinglets to Eagles
Migration is happening. It is an exciting time for birds. And bird photography. For something different, I present the birds I have photographed in the Upper Valley of VT and…
Fall Foliage 2022
Now that we have entered stick season, I’ve finally had a chance to look at my photos of our recent spectacular fall foliage. I traveled around quite a bit and…
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…
Post Mills Airport
Since Post Mills Airport has been in the news quite a bit recently because of the unfortunate death of Brian Boland, I thought it would be of interest if…
Nine Days of Autumn
It was a glorious nine days in October, 2021. Great foliage seemed to coincide with wonderful weather -- unusually warm days, mostly sunny, some very nice fog to add…
Bird Walk in Norwich
Chris Rimmer led a bird walk in Norwich this morning. It was generally quiet; the birds certainly did not come out to greet us. But we found some nice ones,…
Brian Borland in 2014
Tribute to Brian Boland
I didn't know Brian Boland very well. But I was with him when he achieved a monumental milestone. He is perhaps the only one who ever has done it --…
Horned Larks in Thetford
Another small flock of beautiful winter visitors arrived from the north recently. Chris and Nathaniel found them, Kathy and Bill reported their continued presence, and I took some photos of…
Sun Pillar over Vermont
Tuesday evening just before sundown, there was a dramatic and very colorful sun pillar over Vermont. It lasted for several minutes, and I was fortunate to be able to get…