I encountered a variety of different shorebirds on my morning paddle several days ago. Some of them I was able to get a nice variety of shots, allowing a post about each. Others, however, I […]
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Great Blue Heron
Great Blue Herons are the big birds of the salt marshes. In spite of being the largest bird in the marsh I find these beautiful creatures to be some of the most skittish as well. […]
Killdeer: A Shorebird That’s Not Always a Shorebird
To be honest I’m more used to seeing Killdeer in fields and meadows miles away from the beach than strolling along the shore with sand between their toes. They were a fairly common sight when […]
Juvenile Little Blue Heron
I went for a paddle this morning. Near the end of the trip I came upon a very cooperative juvenile Little Blue Heron. I was surprised at how close he allowed me to drift in […]
Autumn Hold Out
I visited the Pine Cliff section of the Neusiok Trail yesterday afternoon. It’s really amazing to see how hurricane Irene resculpted the landscape along that section of trail. While I have hiked a portion of […]
A Couple of Herons
The other morning I was encountering birds that were a bit more skittish than usual. I was able to get a few shots of a Great Blue Heron and its smaller cousin, the Tricolor Heron. […]
Cormorant
They’re not exactly pretty, not even cute, but they do make interesting photographic subjects.
Common Mergansers
The morning sky was awash with golds, pinks, purples and blues as I unlashed my kayak from the top of the van. The brisk wind blowing from the north was cold and much faster than […]
Wild Horses of the Rachel Carson Reserve
I had a chance to work on a few more photos from yesterday mornings visit with the wild horses. Digital photography has brought with it a lot of wonderful advantages but I have to admit […]
Wild Horses on a Warm December Day?
As odd as it seemed I actually broke a sweat while photographing the horses this morning. Not to complain, it was a beautiful day after all, but breaking a sweat on a December morning? Somehow […]