Home»Blog

September 30, 2024 - THE BEARS - We share the New Hampshire forest with all manner of wildlife - including sometimes annoying, but mostly ado...

September 29, 2024 - THAT FALL LOOK - Fall on our little fire pond. From the collection of photographs - From Tri-X to Pixel Puddles - 50 yea...

September 28, 2024 - DEM' BONES - A bizarre (but interesting) formation of the skeletal remains of many, presumably influential, Peruvians in...

September 27, 2024 - AMERICA CAN'T WATCH - A protester waves the flag of North Vietnam during a May 1971 protest march on the capital in Wash...

September 26, 2024 - BIGLY CEREMONIAL - A monk beats a huge drum during a ceremony at a temple in Seoul, Korea in 1988. I was in Korea for th...

September 25, 2024 - HOMECOMING - I'm headed back to Indiana for Vincennes Lincoln High School Homecoming and my 55th high school class reuni...

September 24, 2024 - GETTING SEEDY - A male Downy Woodpecker takes a sunflower seed from the sunflower seed feeder. The change in the weather...

September 23, 2024 - OFFA' MY CLOUD - Female Finches get territorial with each other on the finch sock.

September 22, 2024 - FUN PHOEBE FACT - We had a great birding year watching Phoebes hunt for and feed two hatches of chicks this summer. I ju...

September 21, 2024 - CARDINAL FAMILY - The Hummingbirds in our gardens were a constant source of entertainment for us this summer - now that...

September 20, 2024 - STARTIN' TO LOOK LIKE FALL - Leaves are just starting to turn in Southern New Hampshire.

September 19, 2024 - GETTIN' MY RED ON - A young male Cardinal growing into his namesake red feathers. When they leave the nest, young Cardin...

September 18, 2024 - EAGLE ALERT - We spotted this immature Bald Eagle on the beaver pond today. Bald Eagles don't get their distinctive whit...

September 17, 2024 - ABOUT TO TAKE FLIGHT - Milkweed fruits (pods) are very distinctive, although their size and shape vary between species....

September 16, 2024 - CAUGHT DRINKIN' - Male Cardinal looks like he feels caught drinking at the bird bath.

September 15, 2024 - CUTIE CARDINAL GIRLIE - A young female Cardinal.

September 14, 2024 - NOT WAITIN' FOR THE SEEDS - A female Goldfinch munches on petals of a huge sunflower blossom. Finches, typically seen go...

September 13, 2024 - GO AHEAD AND SMILE! - Admit it, a smiling frog will make you smile every time.;-)

September 12, 2024 - ANOTHER HUMMINGBIRD ON A FLOWER PHOTO? - YES -but they will be gone soon...so we enjoy them while we have them!

September 11, 2024 - DOWNY WITH THAT - A male Downy Woodpecker at a black oil sunflower seed feeder. Woodpeckers are usually at suet feeders,...

September 10, 2024 - PEACE - Cottongrass - a member of the sedge family - blooms on the edge of the beaver pond. White Cottongrass, unlike so...

September 09, 2024 - GARDEN STARS - Sunflowers are vying to be the late summer garden stars.

September 08, 2024 - HPOTD? - Maybe I need to change it to "Hummingbird Photo of The Day"?... but buzzing female Hummingbirds are the main at...

September 07, 2024 - LAST DAY LILY AND LAST HUMMER? - A female Hummingbird on the last Day Lily of the Summer garden.Both will be gone soon....

September 06, 2024 - STILL HERE, FOR NOW - A female Hummingbird makes the rounds of blooming flowers and hummingbird feeders. We didn't see o...

September 05, 2024 - NOT MOUSEY - The Tufted Titmouse's name derives from the Old English words "tit" and "mase," basically meaning "small bi...

September 04, 2024 - CUTE NEW BIRD - Immature birds are hard to identify - because they don't usually grow into their "adult" colors right aw...

September 03, 2024 - WITHIN REACH - A female Goldfinch reaches out to eat weed seeds along the driveway. The flock of Finches in the yard has...

September 02, 2024 - HAVE A SEAT, WE'LL BE WITH YOU SHORTLY - Female Ruby-throated Hummingbird lights on a spent Dahlia bloom - waiting her t...

September 01, 2024 - YOUNG SAPSUCKER - A young male Yellow-bellied Sapsucker on a snag off of the yard.