Why don’t they come any closer?
birds
Buffleheads on the cove
Here is an unusual sight: a pair of bufflehead ducks cruising along the Connecticut coast. This species spends their summers in western Canada but winters along the entire North American coastlines.
Bird your post
The noisy summer is over; the superstorms have come and gone; one can spend a late afternoon in the middle of autumn standing on a post in the water.
Heron on the Susquehanna
From a trip to the Susquehanna river in 2006, we remember seeing a heron working hard toward his next meal.
Sapsucker matrix
A yellow-bellied sapsucker woodpecker will create these kinds of holes as they poke around for edible insects.
Ospreys mark the hazard
Boothbay Harbor Maine
Osprey overflight
A female osprey flies over while awaiting our departure from near her nest near the Mystic River in Connecticut
Blackbird at the bog
Nothing fancy this week: a solitary blackbird scans the bog for a late afternoon snack
Barry the barred owl
Barry the barred owl crossed our path the other day; we have seen him over four times this season, so we have named him.
john's f-stop 
