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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. After the storm... before the storm
December 15, 2017
I was afraid this might happen: the need to take a break from writing and shooting in advance of the Christmas holiday. This was the last shot in the queue, and though it...
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A lot like Christmas
December 14, 2017
Last night, the Weather Channel and the National Weather Service started touting the imminent arrival of a storm the WC named Winter Storm Chloe. After the bust last week...
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Eider, too soft
December 13, 2017
There's an old saying that describes the quality of the underfeathers of this sea duck, and it's this: as soft as Eider down. This means that a garment made of such feath...
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Peeved portrait
December 12, 2017
A photographer friend gave me a head's up on a great potential photo op: the appearance of a Snowy Owl at the Watch Hill Lighthouse. Since I was about to have to hand the...
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On the rocks
December 11, 2017
To say that I don't know my lichens would be one of the vastest understatements in natural history; to say that I should know my lichens is also true, since I have on my...
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