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More photos from the lazy photographer sitting on his porch. These are the larger birds that visit the feeders. Two of the most colorful are Northern Cardinals and Rose-breasted Grosbeaks. I have two pairs of each in the area. I know because there is a kerfuffle when the two males show up at the sameContinue reading “Bird Feeders – The Bigger Birds”

Sometimes I get lazy and sit on the porch, open a window, grab my camera and let the birds come to me. Now that it is summer, I am getting local residents and their offspring. The smaller visitors are the most fun to watch. Here’s a sampling of the little guys that visit the feeders.Continue reading “Bird Feeders – The Little Guys”

A small group of birders (9) got together for an outing today. Masks and distancing were part of the experience of course. There was a misty rain as we started but the sun broke out before we finished. One highlight of the walk was the appearance of a Least Bittern that was rumored to beContinue reading “Parker River NWR, 1 July”

A potpourri of bird photos from the past month. No specific theme. Just some pictures that I like. Great Blue Heron with a fish at the Assabet River NWR: Sometimes the birds do stop and pose. Willets look very different in flight. They blend in with the marsh where they nest but there is noContinue reading “June 2020 Assortment”

Continuing on from a previous post (see SW Florida, Dec 2019, Part I), I’m highlighting birds from the Fort Meyers/Naples FL area that I observed and photographed in late December 2019. All but one photo in this post were taken in the Audubon Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary. White Ibis are prolific in SW Florida. Here areContinue reading “SW Florida, Dec 2019, Part II”

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”