A pair of mallards cruise the flooded creek near our house earlier this week.
Springtime heron
After seeing an adult night heron hanging around the pond, we spotted this young one a few days later. This bird seemed totally oblivious or unconcerned about our creeping along the shore.
Heron by the brook
Ladies first
Kingfisher fishing
A saw a belted kingfisher dive into the pond and pop out of the water. He headed for the nearest sturdy branch and proceeded to dramatically shake something in his mouth for a minute or two. It was only after zooming in on the image did I understand what he was up to.
Heron on the rock
In mid-afternoon, a black-capped night heron contemplates opportunities. He arrived unannounced and looked around for a good fifteen minutes or more, and departed.
Early spring swim
A young duckling, perhaps a hooded merganser, cruises slowly on a Connecticut pond during a frosty Spring afternoon.
Frozen stream edges
Cold stream running
Our streams are running full despite nine degrees temperatures and a biting wind
A lion in March
Our first Saturday in March has twenty m.p.h. winds and a temperature of ten (F); the proverbial March lion walks among us and leaves long shadows.
john's f-stop 