Muskrats!
Went out this morning to feed Frederick before the snowstorm really hit – after all, I can’t leave the poor guy hungry with a foot of snow coming down! As I trudged out through the drifts, I could see multiple…somethings…sitting on the edge of the ice. My first thought was mallards; mallards hang out there [...]
A few simple clicks
Got a half day at work on Friday, following two days called off due to snow, so suffice to say that last week was an easy one. I headed for the hills Friday afternoon looking for some solitude and hopefully a good click or two before a weekend spent with visiting family. My usual haunts [...]
NEPA Snow Day
Today was a snow day and almost everything in NEPA shut down. We ended up with around 6″, maybe a little more – good fluffy snow, although it was starting to get heavy and wet by the time I ventured out for the second round of shoveling. The roads were too bad for any outings, [...]
Eagles – best day yet!
Getting back to Mongaup Falls just after sunrise required a 0545 wakeup call, but was totally worth it! Sadly, the activity at the Mongaup blind was mostly taking place down the lake, far out of range, and directly in the flare of the rising sun. The juveniles made a few passes up by the blind, [...]
Fords in the afternoon
With rain forecast for Sunday, Saturday afternoon was spent back out doors, up at Fords with my photography buddy Paul & his wife, Chris. The plan was mostly to enjoy the sunshine and hopefully come across some birds, although they few that were there played a winning game of hide-and-seek until we finally gave up [...]
Eagles at Sunrise
Another amazing, glorious Saturday here. With days like this – especially mid-winter – I’m hell-bent on enjoying every last second of them, so I was up before the sun, mug of coffee in hand as I burned down the highway with Mandy sleeping in the passenger seat. An hour out to Lackawaxen put us on [...]
Afternoon – pretty hot
The morning may not have been the best, but I got back out after a late lunch. It was one of those mid-winter afternoons that you dream about; almost 50 degrees, no wind, bright sun in a clear blue sky. The snow is soft and melting, the critters are out and about, and the whole [...]
Frederick the Duck
Frederick the Duck is an old friend from last year, who any longer-term readers should recognize. He made featured photos several times last winter, since his unique situation makes him a perfect subject. Frederick is a domestic duck living at a nearby park. I’m not sure how he got there, but he isn’t able to [...]
Winter is here
Winter is here for sure, as if there were any doubts. With temperatures well below freezing for several days – into the low teens at night – the lakes have frozen, and frequent flurries have kept snow intact at the higher elevations. Since yesterday finally got warm enough to venture out, I headed up to [...]
Snow Day
There’s a storm moving in on northeastern PA this evening and they’re calling for snow, sleet, freezing rain – pretty much the whole works, except for the plague of locusts (which, in my mind, was always the most interesting of the doomsday conditions). So with the prospect of a snow day tomorrow, which means extra [...]
