Since I began photographing Wood Ducks in 2014 I have dreamed of a shot with a drake in nuptial plumage surrounded by ice or snow. Wood Ducks typically migrate south before the first snow falls so it’s not a common sight in upstate New York. In the spring of 2016 we had a deep freeze after the Woodies had returned Read More …
“Find a fall, or cascade, or rushing rapid, anywhere upon a clear stream, and there you will surely find its complementary Ouzel, flitting about in the spray, diving in foaming eddies, whirling like a leaf among beaten foam-bells; ever vigorous and enthusiastic, yet self-contained, and neither seeking nor shunning your company.” -John Muir Meet the American Dipper (Cinclus mexicanus) of 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 …
