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First semi-supertelephoto light
April 30, 2018 - A couple of weeks ago, when my wonderful "benefactor" who'd provided the long-term loan of the Sigma supertelephoto fina...
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Great luck bird
April 21, 2018 - One of my favorite quotes of all time comes from the nineteenth-century biologist Louis Pasteur, who told his audience,...
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Welcome, baby GHO!
April 09, 2018 - At the very least, every time I trek down the driveway to get the mail, I'm now wearing high-powered binoculars and, bef...
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Bird in hand
March 22, 2018 - Getting a bird close-up— this close-up—is a rare and wondrous thing, but the reason it's possible around here is typical...
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Appetizer
March 17, 2018 - Post one nor'easter and in advance, no doubt, of the next one, I filled the bird feeder and tried to keep the squirrels...
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Woody is back
January 15, 2018 - I heard the woodpecker long before I saw him... and that's hardly surprising. Pileated Woodpeckers, our largest local me...
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Downy dilemma
January 02, 2018 - It's so cold on our ridge—the temperature's not forecast to get out of the teens—that much of my activity centers around...
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Hootenanny
December 28, 2017 - Around four, while I was hauling in wood to feed the increasingly voracious appetite of the basement stove—a cold wave i...
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Happy meal
May 26, 2017 - More rain, dreary and chilly weather, and, truth be told, a self-imposed magazine deadline kept me confined to quarters.
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Concert masters
May 25, 2017 - It rained almost all day, and, for the most part, hard, so I spent most of the mandatory indoor time finishing a story a...
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Ovenbird, two ways
May 21, 2017 - Whenever I hear an Ovenbird, which, these days, is just about on every walk through the woods, I think of a poem written...
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Pinxter visitor
May 19, 2017 - The heat continues to have us firmly in its grip, and while I should be whining, I realize that the heat wave will only...
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The teakettle out front
May 15, 2017 - Yet another cool, dreary day, and while this untoward weather is to be embraced for its potential to unleash Gypsy-Moth-...
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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...
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Wood frog preparation
May 01, 2017 - I somehow survived turning a year older, and as a reward for my dogged longevity—OK, 67 isn't really that old, particula...
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Punk Pileated
April 19, 2017 - The day dawned and remained pretty dreary throughout, and, with iffy weather tomorrow—the day I was scheduled to be teac...
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The Butterbutt show
April 18, 2017 - On today's task list was a return visit to the Assekonk Swamp trails to determine what I might need to point out to the...
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Finally phoebes
April 09, 2017 - After re-fixing the toilet that I thought I'd fixed yesterday—the seal was not yet sealed properly—I rewarded what smell...
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Good (cormorant) side
April 08, 2017 - Mea culpa... I haven't actually started long-distance biking yet—I've been too busy and, frankly, it's been too chilly—b...
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Young raptor
March 29, 2017 - Today was dump day, and after I'd finished unloading the truck, I drove downhill to a favorite trailhead that would lead...
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Snowy visitor
March 10, 2017 - Ah, March. Yesterday was butterflies and amphibians; today is cold and heavy snow. Incipient spring is back in hiding an...
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Now arriving
March 03, 2017 - The weather hasn't been exactly inviting for walking, and with my granddaughter no longer simply eager to brave any cond...
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Quick natural break
January 27, 2017 - One of the primary and oft-noted joys of my so-called retirement has been the opportunity, camera and field equipment in...
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Old lens, new nuthatch
December 20, 2016 - We are definitely getting into the craziest time of the year, and while there are numerous suggestions that a person sho...
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Avian gold
November 19, 2016 - On yet another walk into the Henne Preserve on an afternoon warm enough to shed my jacket, I had a few things in mind. T...
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A smart sighting
November 14, 2016 - The news out of Washington continues to get so much worse—oh, Trump appointed a Nazi sympathizer as Chief Strategist......
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Blowin', Part 2
November 12, 2016 - On a beautiful, sunny and almost warm afternoon, I hit the trail at the Henne Preserve again to try to capture images of...
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Back to it
November 10, 2016 - I can't stay mad forever, and, as if to put an exclamation point on the need to stay here and fight, I discovered, to my...
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Psychedelic ducks
October 30, 2016 - The unnatural warmth continues, and I could probably hike in shorts. I did, however, spot a Deer Tick on my jeans just a...
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Feeding frenzy
October 05, 2016 - When I was a lot younger and used to walk the autumn beaches, a fishing rod rather than a camera in hand—I might have a...
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Great horned, hiding
September 25, 2016 - One of the main reasons for creating this blog was vanity: it would give me a chance to showcase my, of course, splendid...
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Early migrant
September 15, 2016 - I've always billed this blog as an account of natural history discoveries I've made and documented on my daily walks. Bu...
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A visit from "Woody"
June 26, 2016 - As is often the case with woodpeckers, I heard the bird before I saw it. And based on the slow and loud bangings on punk...
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Cerulean substitute
June 07, 2016 - With most of my recent round of magazine work, um, put to bed, I've had the welcome chance to just get up and explore. O...
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Plenty to wheep about
May 24, 2016 - The annual spring bird migration is on the wane, and now my attention is turning from the hard travelers who are just br...
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Welcome to the swamp, baby GBHs
May 21, 2016 - Another day, another pretty amateurish composite. I was at the Henne Preserve with the Sigma, which, praise be and my go...
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Oriole antics
May 16, 2016 - There are few bird calls more beautiful than the sweet whistles of the Baltimore Oriole, and there are few birds more ex...
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More supertelephoto adventures
May 10, 2016 - OK, mea culpa... I should probably just call a halt to posting and talking about my adventures with the Sigma supertelep...
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The Bobolinks are back
May 08, 2016 - The sun finally made a reappearance in the afternoon, and with the promise of songbirds on the wing, I visited an old "f...
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Nursery search
May 07, 2016 - The sun was not the only thing that came out today. When I spotted those welcome rays in the late afternoon—it had raine...
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Airborne capture
April 26, 2016 - When you're using a "big gun," one of the hardest things to master is the classic action shot... especially if you're tr...
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