Big appetite, lots of variety In the hour + I spent watching her, she ate a mouse, a mole, a grasshopper or Katydid, and…
Tag: Nature photography
The male Kestrel with his mate
Today they were hanging out together again. Here are some portraits of this beautiful bird. The lady flew in with a tasty morsel and…
American Kestrel Female
The male is more dramatic but it was fun watching her hunt. I spotted her sitting on a wire with another bird, probably her…
Short post on Turtles
Turtles are fun and easy to photograph as they don’t move fast, generally. Painted turtles in Amherst and Hadley, MA And here is a…
The novel Red-headed Woodpecker
This bird is rarely seen in Massachusetts Walking along the Norwottuck bike path, I caught a flash of red at the top of a…
Wood Ducks – I’m still in their thrall!
So beautiful and so shy! Seen at Fanny Stebbins Wildlife Refuge in Longmeadow, MA And here was another pair seen the same day at…
Swans in flight
Always pretty – not always nice Watching the adults with a few of their offspring, there were a couple of spats between one of…
Owl show, owl portraits
From the tiny Saw-whet to the giant Eurasian Eagle Owl. These are the birds of http://www.eyesonowls.com/whooo.htm Mark and Marcia Wilson: educators and rehabilitators. The…
Green Herons, 9/1/22
The many aspects of this remarkably malleable bird. As he sits on a stump waiting for a meal, the bird is not much bigger…
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…