On the Smithfield Plantation (land reserved as a nature conservancy in Litchfield, ME), there is swampy bog where this blackbird always appears during the summer season to get his picture taken.
Bog trees in summer
My favorite stand of dead trees doesn’t look much different in summer as compared to the winter.
Nuthatch meal time
After waiting twenty minutes for some action on the far bog, this white-breasted nuthatch showed up. After checking out this old, dead tree, he found some food as I prayed for him to get out of the shadows.
Hummingbird visit
Watching
While walking past a quiet overgrown meadow this morning, I felt like someone was watching me.
Sunset after the storm
The setting setting sun appeared after the thunderstorms and highlighted the steam rising from the lower pasture.
Mom brings dinner
Our friends in Maryland have maintained a birdhouse for bluebirds for years. Apparently if one doesn’t keep the birdhouse clean, the bluebirds stay away and field sparrows take up residence.
Downstream on Deer Creek
From Deer Creek in Pylesville MD on a Saturday morning.
Cardinal at the old mill
A lady cardinal visits the bird feeders at the Eden Mill Nature Center (Pylesville MD)
Early lily pads
The lily pads at the Smithfield Plantation bog are just starting to blossom.
john's f-stop 
