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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. Make way for goslings
May 10, 2017
For yet another collection of probably not very good reasons, this was not a walking day, except, I have to admit, down the aisles of various stores and supermarkets, aro...
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Searching low and high
May 09, 2017
It's May, and, of course, time for some of the month's namesake blossoms. The beginnings of the blooms working their way up the bottom of the flower column in the top ima...
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Ephemeral end
May 08, 2017
Many of the earliest and showiest wildflowers that I find and document belong to a group collectively known as the "spring ephemerals." How they got the name is, if you s...
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Guardians
May 07, 2017
I think I'm on to something here: no matter how busy and, from a trekking perspective, unproductive the week has been, I've managed to carve out time on Sunday morning fo...
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Tigers on the money
May 06, 2017
I spotted the first of the Tiger Swallowtails about a week ago, and though I've seen at least one of these exquisite butterflies on an every day basis, each has been sing...
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