The sunset highlights the most interesting tree trunk in the bog.
maine woods
Waiting for Spring
The back woods waits for the snow pack to go: two-and-a-half-feet to go.
Moon in the Maine woods
Toward the end of an early spring day, the pre-eclipse moon rises above the beaver bog. The subtle reflection of the setting sun on the tree trunks made this one special for me.
Flaming bark
During a late afternoon walk in the woods earlier this month. Birch bark catches the sun’s rays.
A real winter on the bog
The beaver bog looks quite empty with three feet or more snow lying around. The countdown to the bog’s version of “ice-out” has begun, however.
Maine winter sunset
Last week during the January thaw in mid-March in central Maine, we had a great unplanned sunset show. I got stuck behind a slow driver while the best part of the sunset occurred overhead. Here is what I was able to capture when I got to the local hilltop.
Winter woodpecker
A rare walk in the backwoods this winter allowed us to see the woodpeckers at work. Here a female downy woodpecker was found twenty-five feet in the forest ceiling.
Wandering tracks
Wandering through the back woods last week; the lack of regular snowfall allows numerous tracks to accumulate.
Declining tree
An old tree slowly falls into a creek near an old trail bridge.
Winter meal
A hairy woodpecker is caught working hard about thirty or more feet high on a Maine birch tree.
john's f-stop 