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The little Hooded Mergansers

Two cute ducks hanging around our neighborhood pond. I’ve been watching these two little ducks this week. They make a very sweet pair, staying…

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Published February 21, 2023
Categorized as Ducks of Massachusetts, Western Massachusetts BirdingTagged bird photography, Ducks, Hooded merganser pair, Nature photography, pond ducks, water fowl
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Last Morning on the Osa Peninsula

Our day for a dolphin tour with Golfo Dulce Exploradores All packed and ready to head back to San Jose, we left our bags…

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Published February 6, 2023
Categorized as Birds of the Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica, Costa Rica 2023Tagged dolphins, hummingbird chick, kiskadee chicks, Macaws, terns, tri-colored heron, vultures drinking
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Penultimate day in Costa Rica

Birds, bugs and frog’s eggs Another early start to the day on the property yielded a Yellow Warbler (maybe even one from the Pioneer…

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Published February 6, 2023
Categorized as Birds of the Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica, Costa Rica 2023Tagged buts, flowers, frog eggs, Macaws, Mealy parrot, osa peninsula, toucans, white-crowned parrot
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Only 2.5 days left on the Osa Peninsula

We decided to spend most of the day on the property of the Private Villas. My early morning (5:30) visit to the Ranch House…

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Published February 6, 2023
Categorized as Birds of the Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica, Costa Rica 2023Tagged basilisk lizard, butterflies, frigatebird, hummingbirds, Macaws, toucans, white-crowned parrots
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Evening Squirrel Monkeys

Every evening at dusk the troop of monkeys came right past our “home away from home!” This was my first encounter with the little…

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Published February 6, 2023
Categorized as Costa Rica 2023Tagged osa peninsula, Squirrel monkeys
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Day 2 on the Osa Peninsula

Getting up early to see the birds! We had a local Lineated Woodpecker in our backyard most mornings. The tree there seemed to be…

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Published February 5, 2023
Categorized as Birds of the Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica, Costa Rica 2023Tagged bare-throated tiger heron, blue-grey tanager, caiman, golden-hodded tanager, hellow-bellied aelenia, lineated woodpecker, piratic flycatcher, turtles
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Osa Peninsula

Coming to the Osa Peninsula felt like coming home after the wonderful week I spent there last year with my sister and brother-in-law. It…

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Published February 5, 2023
Categorized as Birds of the Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica, Costa Rica 2023Tagged kingbird, kingfisher, matapalo, osa peninsula, spider monkeys, whimbrel, yellow-headed caracara
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Heading to the Osa Peninsula

Cows and Egrets and a 1st visit to a Kiskadee nest In 2021, a single cattle egret showed up in Hatfield, MA and I,…

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Published February 5, 2023
Categorized as Costa Rica 2023Tagged cows and egrets, kiskadee nest
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Manuel Antonio Park

Many Sloths and Monkeys, Lizards and Crabs, beautiful plants and insects. Only 2,000 people a day are allowed in the park and the only…

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Published February 5, 2023
Categorized as Costa Rica 2023Tagged 2-toes sloths, 3-toed sloths, capuchin monkeys, crabs, grasshoppers, howler monkey, hummingbird nesting, lizards, manuel antonio park, sloths
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Day one visiting Manuel Antonio

Traveling a bit away from the park to find birds. After being way out in the country for a week, arriving in Manuel Antonio,…

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Published February 5, 2023
Categorized as Costa Rica 2023Tagged roadside hawk, songbirds of costa rica, tityra bird
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About the blog

Hello, and welcome. My name is Marjorie Melnick. I am a senior lecturer at UMass/Amherst and an avid nature photographer. This blog documents my humble photo adventures, and I warmly invite you to follow along!

Categories

  • Birds of Maine
  • Birds of the Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica
  • Bremen, Germany – birds
  • Bugs, all kinds
  • Costa Rica 2023
  • crustaceans
  • Ducks of Massachusetts
  • Eastern New England Birding
  • Macro
  • mammals of New England
  • Monteverde region, CR
  • Pictures just for fun
  • Turtles
  • Visit to Maine: sky, water, and critters
  • Western Massachusetts Birding

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  1. Katherine on The little Hooded MergansersFebruary 23, 2023

    There are a group of us who make merry with the run-on sentence, abuse, overuse and misuse the comma, and…

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    I think you only have to leave your email so that I can reply if I so desire. I would…

  3. Katherine on The little Hooded MergansersFebruary 22, 2023

    That feedback loop between an artist, her subject, and the tools of the medium distills here moments of such pristine…

  4. Ron on Leaving Monteverde for Manuel AntonioFebruary 15, 2023

    Wow, I love your photographs, and your narration is fun to read

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  • Last Morning on the Osa Peninsula
  • Penultimate day in Costa Rica
  • Only 2.5 days left on the Osa Peninsula
  • Evening Squirrel Monkeys
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