Grey Warblers Grey Warbler These small and grey forest birdsare often quite difficult to spot. But the trilling warble is a dead giveaway as to their presence. A bird who prefers the high canopy in our forest we hear them more often than see them on Ulva Island, but around the Village where the trees […]
Bison on Antelope Island
With the rising temperatures of summer the Bison on Antelope Island need to find a reliable freshwater source. There are 40 freshwater springs that are located near the shoreline of the island and the Bison make use of them to quench their thirst. The Bison move down from the grassy slopes in large herds like […]
An Aster Cocktail
Closing her eyes, sipping an aster cocktail, a Cabbage White mocks the heat in the garden of Ra. • Cabbage White butterfly | Pieris rapae
Burrowing Owls – They Make Me Smile
When I photograph Burrowing Owls (Athene cunicularia) I can’t resist smiling, especially when they are juveniles. Just seeing them makes me grin. These chicks were perched on a Sagebrush not long after the sun had risen. They are fairly young but able to fly. The creamy colored chest lacks the spots of darker brown that […]
First Days of Summer Walkabout
Summer greets Western Massachusetts with a hot soup of humid heat. The rising sun casts a net of sweltering, swelling, sanguine rays piercing skin and leaf alike. Spreading landscape’s spring green evaporates into a darker coating . . . void of its former verdant glow. It is a great time for butterflies, except for all […]
Best Photo of the Week Ended 30 Jun 2012
We are pleased to present the winners of our most recent “Best Photo of the Week” Competition. First Prize goes toNancy Elwood for her photo entitled “Black Skimmer Parent with Its Chick”, Second Prize toMike Barth for “Red-collared Widowbird” and the Third Prize toRon McCombe for “Black Guillemot” (see images below with links to the […]
Birds of Antelope Island – A Mix of Feathered Friends
Yesterday I photographed a mixture of birds on Antelope Island State Park. There aren’t many places on this planet where a Chukar can be photographed walking on an Oolitic sand dune, I’m fortunate that I live where I can do that. The oolitic sand this Chukar is walking on was formed in the Great Salt […]
Western Grebe and chick
Just a short post today. I’ve been reading this morning about the fires in Colorado, a state that I loved living in, and I’m dreadfully sad about the destruction the Waldo Canyon Fire is leaving in its wake and the huge number of homes lost in the High Park Fire. My friend Bob Berwyn who […]