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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. Snake in the... hydrangeas
October 04, 2017
I didn't really have much time to trek today, but, on a writing break this afternoon, I at least made a circuit of the yard. I didn't see much, and I was beginning to fea...
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Meadowhawk redux
October 03, 2017
For reasons I can't begin to fathom, from global warming to the election of Donald Trump, it has been a strangely off year for odonates, with way fewer numbers of dragonf...
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Bringing in the sheaves, sort of
October 02, 2017
With plenty of dry air—sad to say, so much dryness that we're back into the drought—the bottomland corn was ready for harvest, and when I heard the familiar whine of farm...
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Resting place
October 01, 2017
The Canada Geese hunters, whose guns boomed through the newly harvested corn fields yesterday, were quiet today, as the first segment of hunting drew to a close on Septem...
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Incipient endgame
September 30, 2017
Several days ago, I wrote about my happy discovery of a gorgeous Brown-hooded Owlet caterpillar munching on the goldenrods, and, of course, I photographed it from every p...
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