Week one in Heredia Province I love this country and the people are so friendly and helpful. I am staying with a retired couple…
Tag: birding
Forest Park, Springfield, MA
One hour with Wood Ducks in the sun and rain. A few portraits of this beautiful male bird His beautiful ladybird! The pair –…
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…
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…
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…
Sandhill Cranes
Migrating through Massachusetts For several years, the Sandhill Cranes have been spending a few days here and there in Western Massachusetts during their annual…
Juvenile Yellow-Crowned Night Herons
In the water, trees and skies, night herons everywhere. Speckled and streaked with beautiful red/orange eyes and the Mama close by, they were fun…
What a fun, if very warm, day!
Yesterday, thinking the muted light would be great for photos, I headed out and with the light constantly changing, I soon forgot about the…
A couple of weeks with Northern Mockingbirds!
Lots of mockingbird nestlings, fledglings, and angry parents about just now. My story begins in Nyack NY, where a ripe plum in a playground…
Spring migration of ducks
In late winter the ducks and other water fowl begin arriving. For me the return of ducks is the beginning of the birding season.…