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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. Spectacular spangles
June 07, 2018
Today's walking accomplishment was something less than aerobic, and while my heart doctors would, no doubt, tut-tut, my soul doctors would certainly approve. My wife and...
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Mini-hummer
June 06, 2018
With the Dame's Rocket flower heads in full glory, I'm almost obsessively watching the blossom show in the hope that I'll spot a variety of butterflies, the various Swall...
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Spike driver
June 05, 2018
I don't want to sound too one-note, but I'm finding that, all too often, I'm invoking the "spring-that-wasn't" as an explanation for all sorts of lacks: the missing butte...
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At the swallowtail bar
June 04, 2018
It was a banner year for an earlier-spring flowering shrub known as the Spicebush. It was a great 2017 for the plant's signature feeder, the caterpillars of the Spicebush...
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Refuge guardian
June 03, 2018
I probably should have resolved to stay home and work around the house, but National Trails Day is actually National Trails weekend, and even though most of the walks are...
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