March 2017: Southern Connecticut
The night heron cometh
Month: February 2019
Barn swallow time
While I am couped up inside for the winter, a search of the archives found this unusually crisp image of a barn swallow (typically my swallows come out fuzzy due to slow shutter speeds trying to catch up to these high speed birds)
Winter loon
A common loon looks less exciting in the winter and is found in coastal ocean shorelines and bays instead of inland lakes during summer time.
Winter sparrow 2
Another white-throated sparrow, this one showing their distinctive throat coloring. The dab of yellow at the “ten o’clock” position around the eye is also an identifying attribute.
Winter mallards
A pair of mallards cruised along the outskirts of Poggy Bay on the Connecticut coast last weekend. While the temperatures were moderate during our visit, this winter has seen steady below freezing temperatures that have allowed ice to form along the rocky coastline – since this is salt water, this means it has been really cold!
Winter sparrow
Along the Connecticut coast this winter, we found the usual collection of energetic sparrows. I know a group that is sustained by the regular feeding from my brother. This one has the attributes of the white-throated edition.
Crab on the deck
A remnant of a curious creature not more than an inch-and-a-half wide appeared on the dock this weekend. A small crab that was deceased (or perhaps frozen)? How did it get here? The decking is three to seven feet above the water’s surface, depending on the tide. It was thirty feet from the shoreline access to the dock.
john's f-stop 