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Every day, if the weather is reasonable, which is to say not pouring (and sometimes even then), I try to start the morning with a walk through the woods and fields near home—a trek that includes many, many stops to photograph the natural history I find along the way. There can be a second "nature hike" when I break for lunch, and there are days when I'm outdoors keeping tabs on the natural world from dawn to dusk, as well as after dark. I've made my living as a photojournalist, specializing in science and medicine, for more than 39 years, and documenting nature in pictures and words has long been a passion. Every day brings a new discovery. Every day, I'll try to post the best one. The teakettle out front
May 15, 2017
Yet another cool, dreary day, and while this untoward weather is to be embraced for its potential to unleash Gypsy-Moth-killing fungi, it isn't too good for photographers...
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Not quite White-eyed
May 14, 2017
The cold rains finally eased enough this afternoon to permit a camera-laden trek to the Henne Preserve to check on the status of the Osprey, who, I had it on good authori...
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Hummingbird face-off
May 13, 2017
In contrast to yesterday's long trek, I didn't need to go very far to find something interesting. On this chilly morning, the first of the female Ruby-throated Hummingbir...
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Wild columbines
May 12, 2017
I'd almost completely forgotten about wild columbines—the real things, the original hummingbird magnets—but quite unexpectedly, on the rocky outcrops of the Blue-blazed T...
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Floral welcome
May 11, 2017
For almost 20 years, starting in 1992, I worked as an editor at the Yale Alumni Magazine, and every day the weather and my schedule allowed, I walked that beautiful urban...
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