A female yellow-bellied sapsucker visits a gray birch near the house on Saturday.
birds
Woodworking
An old tree has been worked over by a large woodpecker (or more than one). We have seen a large pileated woodpecker in the area but not recently.
The barred owl at attention
A barred owl stares down as we walk through his realm
A wading heron along the shore
We found a large heron wading along the lake this afternoon. Shortly after taking this image, the bird pulled a large fish out of the lake and swallowed it whole.
Loons on Woodbury pond
The loon mom and dad we have monitored from early spring float by the shore on a lazy summer early evening on Woodbury pond
Heron in the bay
We caught this heron in a little cove near Knubble Bay on the Maine coast on a recent evening cruise.
Loon family ready for count
Yellow-crowned heron in the grass
Glossy ibis
A glossy ibis lifts off above me after we discovered it standing in the grass near the marsh
Woodpecker at work
john's f-stop 