nature tales and camera trails

Its always a special treat to see a Northern Cardinal in our feeder area as we don't have that experience too often. This morning I ca...

This is the bird species that first got me started on bird- watching. On November 10, 1999 a small flock were feeding in our High Bush Cran...

I had been driving along an old, back country road when I saw a White-tailed Deer a bit further ahead. It was foraging for apples and would ...

How late in the fall do Osprey stay around? I had thought they were long gone from our area so I was really surprised this morning to see on...

Recent days it is much easier to find birds at our feeders than in the field. We have two species of wood- peckers that visit.The Hairy Woo...

Say, "Cheese". Male and female Purple Finch have now become regular daily visitors at our feeders.

As this is perhaps my last butterfly sighting of the year I thought it was worthy of a posting. I had been out to a nearby pond this mornin...

This Great Blue Heron blended in very well with the back- ground and I had to take a second look before I had really seen it; then it was g...

Walking through the hushed autumn morning with soft sounds underfoot, the bird rose silently and perched in a tree a little distance from me...

W hite-throated Sparrow Chipping Sparrow White-crowned Sparrow Song Sparrow Waiting for: Tree Sparrow and Fox Sparrow

Its been quite a while now since I have seen a White-breasted Nuthatch in our bird feeder area. A first glance yesterday though told me we...

This Yellow-bellied Sapsucker has been frequent -ing our yard for the past while now. To the left he is feeding on our High Bush Cranberry...

These two juvenile Hooded Mergansers, sighted on October 1st, were seen in a pond where I have often seen adults of this species earlier th...

Driving along hwy #105 in the Maugerville - Sheffield area we were hoping to see a few ducks or hawks, for bordering the highway on one sid...

Being not used to seeing White-crowned Sparrows in the wild , but rather in my feeder area, I at first was a bit mystified as to what spec...

Subject: Twenty Baby Snapping Turtles Hatched: Oct. 01, 2000 Although this hatching of baby Snapping Turtles was on the same calendar day as...

Yesterday, while at St. Andrews, during the period of high tide I was able to take some photos of a group of Bonparte's Gulls. The blac...