On our annual visit to the nest on Schoolhouse road, we found a mother osprey keeping two chicks down low, out of sight. Come on, Mom! You could make them famous!
Mom says go away
Connecticut
Autumn on the Ice pond
From October in southeastern Connecticut
Before the virus
A sunset over Noank, Connecticut, about a month before the corona-virus caught up with us.
Heron on the marsh
On a quiet day along Fishers Island sound last month, a heron contemplates the day.
Ice pond meeting
During our recent visit to the Ice Pond, a number of different birds were lounging around the middle of the pond. Of note were several juvenile night herons among the more usual egrets and mallards.
Heron on Poggy Bay
From the edge of Poggy Bay, a great blue heron paused before flying away.
Noank autumn sunset
The Noank, Connecticut, shoreline near dusk in late October.
Mallards on autumn patrol
While walking by the Ice Pond the other day, the only visitors were a pair of mallards. The Canada geese were at another venue, the egrets were a no-show, the black-crowned herons were lurking somewhere else, and the seagulls were socially distancing.
Egret cleared to land
During a brief visit to the Ice Pond in southeastern Connecticut this week, we were lucky enough to be waiting for something to happen when a pair of egrets decided to visit the lakeside.
Young heron no. 3
The third young night heron spotted last week on the Poggy Bay marsh.
john's f-stop 