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Least Terns breed on Plum Island (Massachusetts), providing opportunities for some interesting observations and photos. The number of nesting pairs was exceptionally high on the southern tip of the island this year. The lack of people on the beach during May and early June likely played some role in this. We had to be extraContinue reading “Least Terns”

My daughter-in-law’s parents invited me to visit them in Naples FL around Christmas. They are wonderful hosts and were happy to let me run off with my camera in the mornings. These photos are almost all from San Carlos Bay – Bunche Beach Preserve in Fort Meyers. A future post will have photos mostly takenContinue reading “SW Florida, Dec 2019, Part I”

The pandemic has kept me close to home here in Massachusetts since early March. But a year ago in May, I visited the Missisquoi National Wildlife Refuge in the northern part of my home state of Vermont. It had been a wet spring and trails were a bit flooded in spots but the birds wereContinue reading “Missisquoi NWR”

I chose Piping Plovers for my premier post. These little shorebirds breed on Plum Island (Massachusetts) where they are protected by Federal and state agencies. The Parker River National Wildlife Refuge occupies almost all of the southern half of the island with a small Massachusetts reservation on the southern tip. The entire beach on theContinue reading “Piping Plovers”