Ricketts Glen
I’ve been visiting Ricketts Glen for almost five years now, with the DPChallenge.com annual get-together – between 10 and 20 photogs who come in from around the region and descend on the park with a startling array of gear and a huge picnic spread. So when going through some information in a guide book a [...]
Back to Sapsucker Woods
So after the disappointment at Montezuma on Friday, I ignored the GPS directions and drove south along the shore of Cayuga Lake to Ithaca. I’ve been there enough over the past 6 years that I’ve come to know Ithaca pretty well, at least the area around the downtown and parks. One of the first places [...]
Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge
I’ve got Fridays off during the summer, which makes them the perfect time to grab the camera and head out, without the crowds or demands of the weekend. Seeing as this was my first long weekend of the summer, I figured I’d do it up big and spend the day hitting some places that are [...]
A few more
Tuesday morning really was incredible – sitting at the picnic table at the park, it’s like I had stepped into bird-world, and they just didn’t care that I was there. While the Bluebirds were doing their thing, I got a good look at a couple of neighbors, too. Your basic Black-capped Chickadees here, but I’m [...]
Eastern Bluebirds
This was the highlight of yesterday’s early morning outing – one of those things that happens at the last minute, just before you’re ready to throw in the towel. Like I said last time, I was up at 0430 and out at the park an hour later. I messed around on the shoreline with the [...]
Weekend Birds II
The last post was mostly for the “new” birds – so this one is for some of the regulars who I got photos of this morning. It’s exciting seeing new species, but honestly I have just as much fun working with the regulars, the ones who are consistently there. For one thing, the repeated encounters [...]
Weekend Birds
Two mornings in a row turned out to be pretty productive – added three new bird species to my collection! That’s better than my normal average, and just goes to show that as the seasons continue to progress, new critters move in and old ones move on. The more I experience nature, the more I [...]
Simple Shots – 20 May
Was up at Fords again on Thursday evening. It’s amazing how many people come out on a nice evening, and I don’t blame them one bit. Unfortunately, having another dozen anglers and dog walkers around starts to feel like a crowd to me, and I find that I have a hard time disengaging from the [...]
Cute Fuzzies @ Sapsucker Woods
Seeing as it’s the end of the Spring, here’s a few of the obligatory “cute fuzzy baby animal” shots. Still up at Sapsucker Woods, this time aiming my lens down instead of up. There were two goose families out on the pond that I saw, but this one seemed happy to ham it up a [...]
Red-tailed Hawk @ Sapsucker Woods
In my last post, I preached the wonders of the Sapsucker Woods Preserve. If a view of nesting Herons didn’t impress you, perhaps this will: That’s a Common Grackle harassing a Red-tailed Hawk, shot at 400mm with only moderate cropping. This is why the Preserve is such a cool place to visit! You can wander [...]
