In November 2015 I spent two weeks in Milan, Italy working in a customer integration lab. When I found myself with two days off I did what I’m certain anyone else would do. I searched online to find an inn high up in the Alps near a fast moving mountain stream. I was going to seek out the White-throated Dipper! Read More …
The year 2016 was full of wildlife adventures and unexpected surprises. In 2016 I spent time photographing local ducks from a blind in bitter cold, traveled to Florida twice, photographed cliff-nesting Peregrine Falcons, toured glacier bay aboard the 12-passenger Snow Goose and spent 10 days in the African bush of Tanzania. To select a single favorite encounter from those adventures Read More …
Listening to the harsh wind whipping outside I was grateful to be working on a project indoors. As I sat cozy and warm by the fireplace I thought there was nothing that would bring me out into that bitter cold. And then the phone rang. My friends at the local Wild Birds Unlimited had a Merlin outside that had captured Read More …
“A man has not seen a thing who has not felt it.” – Henry David Thoreau South Marble Island is a remote limestone outcrop within Glacier Bay, Alaska that has been deglaciated for less than 200 years. In that relatively short time the island has become a critical habitat for a variety of seabirds and mammals. It is a haul-out Read More …
“What an ornament to a river to see that glowing gem floating in contact with its waters!” – Henry David Thoreau, writing about the drake Wood Duck Yesterday was World Photography Day and on social media I wrote briefly about my beginnings, five years ago when I set out to photograph wood ducks at my favorite, local wetland. I thought I Read More …
In the golden light of early morning, this mated Anhinga pair is reinforcing their nest. The male has just returned from pulling twigs from a nearby tree. He has delivered them to his mate and together they work to arrange the new material. Anhingas share nesting responsibility, each taking turns throughout the day to sit on the nest while the Read More …
Just a week ago the pond was mostly frozen. But it has been a very warm week and I knew that by now it would be wide open. I pulled together all of my gear – it took me hours because I’m completely out of practice! And I went to bed early. I arose before the sun, threw everything into Read More …
Many years ago, long before I discovered birds and photography, I spent an afternoon on the beach of Sanibel Island, Florida. I remember looking for shells but I honestly don’t remember noticing a single bird. Now, fast forward to 2015 and I can’t walk 10 feet on the beach without stopping for several minutes to photograph the shoreline bird activities. Read More …
My adventure started the day that I held a four week old Wood Duck in my hands. When I arrived at Brick Pond in Owego, NY that day in mid-August I spotted a young Wood Duck out in the middle of the water. At first I was excited to see the duck and that it appeared to be bathing. However, Read More …
