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Wood Ducks, Blue-winged Teals, Bald Eagles!

One very fun day at Fanny Stebbins Nature Refuge in Longmeadow, MA This is the season for seeing the Wood Ducks. The males are…

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Published April 23, 2024
Categorized as Western Massachusetts BirdingTagged Bald Eagles, bird photography, bird watching, blue-winged teals, march birds, Nature photography, nature shots, Wood ducks
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Fanny Stebbins Wildlife Refuge

Yesterday, between Forest Park and Fanny Stebbins there were Great Blue Herons, Blue-winged Teals, Swans, Swallows, Osprey, Eagles, the Wood Ducks on my previous…

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Published April 21, 2024
Categorized as Western Massachusetts BirdingTagged bird photography, bird watching, blue-winged teal, Eagles, great blue herons, herons, nature shots, osprey, swallows, Swans, teal
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The Eastern Meadowlark

Silvio Conte Conservation area, Hadley MA – home to many species! Such a beautiful flash of yellow in the meadow. For two years I…

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Published April 19, 2024
Categorized as Western Massachusetts BirdingTagged bird watching, birding, Easter meadowlarks, nature, nature shots
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Neighborhood birds

Looking for the Bohemian Waxwings, I came across these other beauties. The Cardinal was sitting pretty waiting for me to take his picture. Around…

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Published April 14, 2024
Categorized as Western Massachusetts BirdingTagged bird watching, birding, Cardinals, carolina wrens, nature, nature shots, starlings
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Cedar Waxwing, by the dozen

Turners Falls, MA Residential area with lots of berries and lots of Waxwings I went up looking for Bohemian Waxwings that had been seen…

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Published April 14, 2024
Categorized as Western Massachusetts BirdingTagged bird photography, bird watching, birding, cedar waxwings, nature shots
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The busy female American Kestrel

Big appetite, lots of variety In the hour + I spent watching her, she ate a mouse, a mole, a grasshopper or Katydid, and…

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Published October 13, 2022
Categorized as Western Massachusetts BirdingTagged American Kestrel, bird eating mice, bird photography, bird watching, birds in flight, Nature photography
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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!

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  • Audubon Society, Milford CT
  • beavers
  • Birds of Maine
  • Birds of the Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica
  • Bremen, Germany – birds
  • Bugs, all kinds
  • Costa Rica 2023
  • Costa Rica 2025
  • crustaceans
  • Ducks of Massachusetts
  • Eastern New England Birding
  • Macro
  • mammals of New England
  • Monteverde region, CR
  • Pictures just for fun
  • Ripley Waterfowl Conservancy
  • Tanzania Safari
  • Tucson, AZ Nature Photography
  • Turtles
  • Visit to Maine: sky, water, and critters
  • Western Massachusetts Birding
  • Zanzibar

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