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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. Back to business
February 03, 2018
This doesn't look like much, I'll agree—just a sliver of a trail in snow-blanketed woods—but remember: this is a scene I haven't been able to see and document since the e...
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Feeder birds, finally
February 02, 2018
That famous—OK, infamous —Pennsylvania groundhog did indeed see his shadow early this morning, and if Phil is correct about the meaning of his vision, we're in for six mo...
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Forty years ago, today
February 01, 2018
The only natural history event of note was that the millpond not only wasn't cleaved in two, but the open water started again to refreeze and lose ground. No surprise her...
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Almost open water
January 31, 2018
It's really too early to be thinking about an early spring, but after yesterday's snow disappeared quickly, I had a chance, on my daily trek, to walk by the millpond and...
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Shovels await
January 30, 2018
Sometimes you can stick to your schedule; sometimes your schedule eats you alive. This morning was a case of the latter. When I went to sleep yesterday with the shovels s...
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