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This young Black-bellied Plover doesn’t have a black belly yet. It and the Yellowlegs in the background are having a refueling stop here in Massachusetts as they head for warmer winter quarters.

Maybe these birds should be renamed given their successful invasion of North America. There were about 100 birds released into New York City’s Central Park in the early 1890s and now there are 200 million of them living in North America from Alaska down into Mexico. Many people consider this invasive species to be aContinue reading “Snapshot: European Starling”

I rarely post any photos without a bird in them but I do occasionally take pictures of other things. These shots of a sailboat under motor power off the coast of Maine illustrate how rough the Atlantic can get. The swells were high and troughs were pretty deep! But rough surf doesn’t phase these littleContinue reading “Rough Water”

This is a nightmare apparition if you are a mouse.

A few shorebirds winter along the Massachusetts coast but most of the ones we see in late summer and fall are moving through the area to their wintering grounds. This is a mixed flock that I photographed over a salt panne. The larger birds with a long, droopy bill are Dunlins. Some will stay allContinue reading “Snapshot: Shorebirds”

Female Northern Pintail

Sanderlings flying with a busy surf in the background. These are the little shorebirds that can be seen running along the very edge of the incoming waves to forage in the sand, just barely staying ahead of the water.

These are photographs of Merlins taken in 2017. (Yes, that is a blood stain on the belly of the first one. Nature is not always pretty.) This small falcon was used by Medieval falconers , particular noblewomen. It was sometimes called the “lady hawk”.

I haven’t posted anything from my folder decluttering project in a while. There are some forgotten favorites buried away and I need to keep digging them out. These are some nice action shots from 2017. A pair of Ravens chased a Red-tailed Hawk out the area where I was photographing. The hawk did not hangContinue reading “Found in the Clutter: Raven vs Hawk”

There was a lot of activity in this small pool in the marsh. There must have been something good on the menu! We have Great Egrets (yellow bills) and Snowy Egrets (smaller with black bills) with a Greater Yellowlegs and a Mallard for good measure.