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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. Switch hitters
April 05, 2018
I've been wondering when the Tree Swallows would come "home" to the local wetlands, and this afternoon, on a trek past the neighborhood farm pond, I spotted the iridescen...
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(Almost) Grand opening
April 03, 2018
In this most grudging of springs, it all-too-often feels like the growing season is never going to get started. But, of course, if you look hard enough, you'll find some...
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Great Horned Owl creed
April 03, 2018
One phrase has long been used to characterize our mail carriers— Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their...
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Who's fooling whom?
April 02, 2018
If Winter Storm Wilbur—yet another post-winter nor'easter—was forecast to arrive yesterday, I would have laughed it off as an artfully conceived April Fool's Day prank. B...
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Easter inverts
April 01, 2018
In keeping with the fact that today is Easter, the natural world provided its own brand of resurrection: on the calm surface of favored places along the Noah-sized stream...
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