Looking a little unnatural on the ice, if you ask me! Watching them take off.
Category: Western Massachusetts Birding
A collection of blog posts related to bird photography in Western Massachusetts.
The Northern Pintail ducks
These 2 pretty and aptly-named (if you look at the male) ducks arrived at the UMass pond mid-February. They tried socializing with the Mallards…
Beginning with the eagles, looking back.
I’ll start with some winter shots of the eagle pair at Arcadia in Northampton. For months at a time, the river there was a…
Macaws mating high in a tree
One of the amazing bird types we saw a lot of on the Osa Peninsula in Costa Rica were the very large and spectacularly…
Roadside Red-tailed Hawk
Two days ago was one of those “you can’t win” days. I spent an hour where I was sure to find Harrier Hawks and…
The Lordly Bald Eagles
I spent some nice time a couple of weeks ago with Mr. (on the left) and Mrs. (on the right) eagle as they chilled…
The adorable little Hooded Merganser ducks
On Thanksgiving day, on my own and happy to have the time to get caught up, I finally just had to get outside before…
Small birds helping me enjoy a nice day
Bluebirds, who I thought would have been flying south by now (and note the flying one with a big bug in its mouth); Mockingbirds;…
The Mighty Red-tailed Hawk
Heading back to my car at the end of an afternoon without many birds, although there were a couple of nice little guys, I…
The little guys!
Birds are getting scarce; many have headed south while others seem to be hanging about, perhaps confused with the warm weather. Farmers are cutting…