http://www.northquabbinphotography.com/quabbin-spring daily 0.75 2022-01-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1428867996030-3JFF1CORJ2R7XKKM9BMK/DSC_3338.jpg Quabbin Spring - Soapstone Mountain Looking north from the old Monson Turnpike Road heading from North Dana. Early April after the 2015 winter. taken 4/11/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1428867996030-3JFF1CORJ2R7XKKM9BMK/DSC_3338.jpg Quabbin Spring - Soapstone Mountain Looking north from the old Monson Turnpike Road heading from North Dana. Early April after the 2015 winter. taken 4/11/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1428444016919-TI3RSYP6WP9XM3ERU9L7/DSC_3124.jpg Quabbin Spring The west branch of Fever Brook dumps into the Quabbin from this beaver pond below Soapstone Mountain. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1427647112251-NLLBYGUU2G8XHGYR2AD5/IMG_3429.jpg Quabbin Spring - Early morning in early spring in a beaver pond. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1425676785035-Z0NV3NAH35J64SVTTR6T/DSC_6643.jpg Quabbin Spring 90 years ago this pond was used as an ice pond. Local residents cut blocks of ice out of it to use in ice boxes to keep food cool. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1426017435502-SZX2JB6NKJZXBMVPD2DO/DSC_1744.jpg Quabbin Spring West branch of Fever Brook starts to open up in mid March. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1425674611779-ILHBSKFPWLUOG35GHGSV/DSC_1715.jpg Quabbin Spring - In early March the Quabbin's bald eagle population get started working on their nests. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1425240255865-3RCMK54JQS7U0DF0XET6/DSC_6795.jpg Quabbin Spring - Late winter, early spring, ice out means life will be easier again to many birds and animals. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1425675340783-EHQALJ5G3KYL596SWZ8M/DSC_6776.jpg Quabbin Spring - Snow and ice gone by early April. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1425241866153-EBS101GP6THUT6HOTLQX/DSC_6624.jpg Quabbin Spring - Snow is melting fast on all the roads and hiking trails. Easy access to both people and animals. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1429737084113-VE6ERUPOWUVPDHY1NWK4/DSC_4016.jpg Quabbin Spring - A spring foggy day at Quabbin. Some foggy days can be very good for photos as fog dissipates. 4/22/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1425167469601-2953QYESTHKQNM0FSJBB/P1050409.jpg Quabbin Spring - This is looking north from the Goodnough Dike in the Quabbin Park with Mt. Lizzie and Mt. Pomeroy in the distance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1425241830391-QSO3GG2H0E5XPL6AN6J6/DSC_6272.jpg Quabbin Spring - Brooks over flow with snow melt. This is Hop Brook in the New Salem area. The Quabbin's water level also rises. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1425240895081-3Y75GU92V7G6G2T58G4S/DSC_9066.jpg Quabbin Spring - Northern painted turtles come out of estivation and vie for the best sunning logs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1425678245577-ZPS32TANMGHQX08PJO84/DSC_9062.jpg Quabbin Spring "What are you looking at mate? Take a picture it lasts longer !" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1425156655744-UDH7BH93H9Y4X3FA6JQ8/DSC_8513.jpg Quabbin Spring - A spring meadow at Ware River Watershed. Its part of the DCR Quabbin watershed in Rutland MA. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1425156699785-AHNRS0D9BU90KSQUJH0B/DSC_8704.jpg Quabbin Spring - Female red wings blackbirds are looking for places to nest in the phragmites. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1425156696513-UEEZHORIR1E11PN1JAYT/DSC_8635.jpg Quabbin Spring - The remains of an old mill on Dickey Brook in the former town of Prescott.. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1425167489107-9JCG1F3VIF57U66FD6Q7/P1100414.jpg Quabbin Spring - Boat rentals will be starting soon, which usually starts the second week in April. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1425167430357-4OJ0N82WB3N67PQHZ4NF/DSC_0589.jpg Quabbin Spring - Chipmunks are coming out of their burrows and grabbing anything they can for food. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1425167396548-8LE4DPJ87OX6TEICPYDS/DSC_0804.jpg Quabbin Spring - Green frogs make an appearance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1463392640366-NWEZIMFH4G6LNKXJXNGD/IMG_5491.JPG Quabbin Spring - Good morning Quabbin ! This is part of the old Route 21 that ran from south to north up through the Quabbin Valley from Belchertown to Athol before the Quabbin was constructed in the mid 1030's. 5/16/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1425241787723-RBHLKGJHBI017ZSLD7NX/DSC_3000.jpg Quabbin Spring - Bees get busy !! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1426017772188-GCUDZ934CLMT0SO72F0U/DSC_3071-2.jpg Quabbin Spring - Bumble bees bumble …... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1463166051296-X8NV8NSYM75XTBV1372V/DSC_8689.jpg Quabbin Spring Sunrise, New Salem MA. May 13th, 2016 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1425241774104-IE8JNNNUNGFAO9TIDLLD/DSC_3095.jpg Quabbin Spring - Hummingbird moths sometimes fool people into thinking they are watching a hummingbird with their rapid wing beats. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1429537528276-KQXEJ5AQP7SOQHNAZD0F/DSC_6718.jpg Quabbin Spring - Beavers emerge from a long winter of taking care of kits in their lodge. Now they get busy repairing all the damage sustained by winter to their dams. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1425167454755-2H5VTFXLHKEP9ZTGSAS3/IMG_0924.jpg Quabbin Spring - Beavers continue their work where they left off in the fall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1425241903153-C7X77UKF1010H84GL1N2/DSC_6688.jpg Quabbin Spring - Everybody chips in helping with the repairs ! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1425677259318-XZK2NLOIWNFNM4KWREKE/DSC_7891.jpg Quabbin Spring Canada geese do battle for territories in beaver ponds and sections of the main reservoir. The battles end with one pair being driven off. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1464949315998-BPZ78BPPFENIBIHJRIGE/DSC_5388-3.jpg Quabbin Spring She looks prehistoric huh ? A female snapping turtle laying her eggs along the shore of the Quabbin Reservoir on June 1st. Lots of turtles out laying eggs as happens each June. Watch out when driving for turtles on the roads around wetlands. 6/3/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1425937752672-S5IEOZNY59EVDW6DQNMY/Unsaved+Preview+Document+2-4.jpg Quabbin Spring Water runs over the spillway when the Quabbin reaches full capacity which is 530 feet above sea level. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1464948792947-4P19TTVUVIORLULTQA3M/DSC_5626.jpg Quabbin Spring Here are two large snapping turtles about to lay their eggs at a sandy place on the waters edge. These snappers have historically been using this spot for years and years every June. The sex of the young turtles will be determined by how warm the eggs keep while buried in the sand. 6/2/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1425937729982-CZ81A927LGINUWULC2KA/Unsaved+Preview+Document+2-3.jpg Quabbin Spring It follows a sluiceway after it flows over a 400 foot long dam. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1464736595953-KTR6ND6MI1OPKMWJO0KD/DSC_5237-2.jpg Quabbin Spring Ribbit !! A Big bullfrog was setting on this log catching flies..... 5/31/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1464948591518-E93Y79VHIHZ1WZVMZ7ZO/DSC_5670.jpg Quabbin Spring Lady slippers are out in full force right now in the Quabbin watershed. heres a bee that I watched go into the bottom of this flower and come out the top after about 2 minutes of buzzing around inside. 6/2/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1425937668941-PEBU88ET3YBK3AWI4LGA/Unsaved+Preview+Document+2-2-2.jpg Quabbin Spring It then flows into a longer sluiceway and into the Swift River. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1425937625597-VGDXW2LGD360TQUQYCLY/Unsaved+Preview+Document+2-3-2.jpg Quabbin Spring In the spring when the Spillway dam is flowing over its quite a sight. It has only flowed over 50% of the years since constructed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1426017395037-KJWRGZDWEMS4JF9NZHKD/DSC_1718.jpg Quabbin Spring - Early spring moon over Moore Island https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1425677901060-OZM7Z6YEZMMFKT8GQDCO/DSC_8781.jpg Quabbin Spring The view from Soapstone Mountain as spring turns into summer. Below is the location of the former town of North Dana. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1425156569830-BYVPO4OX85NPP2G2NKR2/DSC_9090.jpg Quabbin Spring - Late spring / early summer lady slippers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1425156607040-Z9ZGSS7WKGK87STTSH47/DSC_9112.jpg Quabbin Spring - Lady slippers have made a huge comeback at Quabbin since the deer hunt was enacted in the early 1990's. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1432414004417-9EISMPR0HME046HU8V58/DSC_7136.jpg Quabbin Spring - Lady slippers can usually be found in late May. These are the first ones Ive found. 5/23/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1461355947870-EB9PSCJ0NMEWU93Y8IQR/DSC_8646.jpg Quabbin Spring The Quabbin Reservoir has some of the best cloud formations in Massachusetts year round ! Early morning right after sunrise. 4/22/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1432413994829-GTU40H47112C2EFJRXVJ/DSC_7127.jpg Quabbin Spring - Lady slippers ! May 23rd, 2013 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1460995189514-P1SGIRW78ZGL80U7KNSE/DSC_8589.jpg Quabbin Spring Harvard Pond in Petersham, MA. 4/18/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1432253075807-NB9U3B0NBJ4TDQJ0NT9H/IMG_3661.jpg Quabbin Spring - Moore Island channel. 6:30 AM, 5/21/15 Looking south from a boat coming down the channel. Taken with my iPhone 6 ... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1456420826093-XPQUVNL973B4YQJT5DOW/DSC_8412-2.jpg Quabbin Spring An early morning shot of a beaver pond on the Quabbin watershed after 1.5 inches of rain overnight. The ice is starting to melt! 2/25/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1519846323303-5V55MEWQWLNINJGPRFV9/DSC_5433-2.jpg Quabbin Spring One of my favorite beaver ponds had a breach from all the rains within the last few weeks. The family of beavers are gone and this pond is draining slowly. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1527531745334-6YUHR8Y8WAEG1R447PZ1/DSC_5669-2.jpg Quabbin Spring I watched this bumble bee climb up from the bottom, and come out the top of this lady slipper. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1600728279449-YU6XDCQ75WHGFQQVLG1W/DSC_2584.jpg Quabbin Spring A great early fall sunrise over the northern Quabbin watershed :) with Mt Wachusett on the right side of the sun on the horizon. http://www.northquabbinphotography.com/loons-journal-2015 daily 0.75 2022-03-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1429313006407-EENWFU0608O5ID9XC7LC/DSC_3792.jpg QUABBIN LOONS In late summer loons will gather in social groups and just hang around until its time to head for the coast for migration. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1429313006407-EENWFU0608O5ID9XC7LC/DSC_3792.jpg QUABBIN LOONS In late summer loons will gather in social groups and just hang around until its time to head for the coast for migration. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1430782082419-IUTZ4UOB76PDQ8JSPJH9/DSC_5160.jpg QUABBIN LOONS - Cruising along on a spring day. I took this early this morning as a pair of loons worked their way up a channel along side some green conifer trees, thus the green reflection in the water. Not a photo you will see to often! 5/4/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1431634554771-CTA2LV539PZ8KG069ZQ2/DSC_6061.jpg QUABBIN LOONS - Beak colors Most loons beaks are black but some will vary in color. 5/14/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1431634559528-W5UZJ4RW50QG9454L1SC/DSC_6068.jpg QUABBIN LOONS - Taking a break These loons were actively fishing and took a break to move along. The female is on the right. 5/14/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1432253223019-CHT48WFOS6LV7DPYZW4C/DSC_6790.jpg QUABBIN LOONS - Early bird ... Quabbin loon in the early morning sunlight. 5/21/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1433379038921-U13HLJGBCRD81VZA7L6P/DSC_7666.jpg QUABBIN LOONS - Male loon A beautiful male loon in the early morning Quabbin sunshine. Taken from over 100 yards away and cropped with 1.3X in the camera, Then cropped again in Lightroom 5. Its important to stay away from these guys as far as possible. 6/3/15   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1433379052652-X4DSOKV49M9NRFH79OH5/DSC_7621.jpg QUABBIN LOONS - Penguin dance A female loon defends her territory against another loon intruding in the early morning fog on the Quabbin Reservoir. These birds are great to have on the Quabbin but are still considered "endangered" in Massachusetts by Masswildlife. This was taken from about 100 yards away also. 6/3/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1435966633193-6RWGTIIRZU8GFUE13OZE/DSC_2180.jpg QUABBIN LOONS - Common loon and chick This little puff of coal is a day old common loon chick taken on July 2nd, 2015 in the west branch of Fever brook cove. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1435966666398-8XF2LU49OLI9HV4LQNE5/DSC_2186.jpg QUABBIN LOONS - family portrait This is the same chick with both parents. Quabbin Reservoir, 7/2/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1435966672045-5KZA5PUOF1S4T9WQTHT9/DSC_2250.jpg QUABBIN LOONS - a good stretch Loons love a good stretch of the wings and a good wing flap after a dive or preening. Quabbin Reservoir, 7/2/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1435966810264-GPMSDZLO54FC90TW7BUL/DSC_2256.jpg QUABBIN LOONS - nesting loon Because loons legs are far back on their body, they can not walk. They pull themselves out of the water and just pull brush and moss around them to make a bowl for a nest. Quabbin Reservoir, 7/2/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1435522222413-VBZMBCZW2D907BJ8ACOH/DSC_1339.jpg QUABBIN LOONS - common loon A loon preens in the summer sun at Quabbin, 6/26/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1435522267326-D9YMVAHNK8NUY76GLNLE/DSC_1346.jpg QUABBIN LOONS - The end ! Common loons usually end preening sessions with a stretch and and a flap of the wings that can be seen for quite a ways on the water. 6/26/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1435362759587-AV6IJLUJ2EQHFI6T9Y23/DSC_1247-2.jpg QUABBIN LOONS - Loons A group of common loons are just having a good chat together at Quabbin. 6/26/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1435362870502-BHVFRJZHPS7TJL3E1EOH/DSC_1251.jpg QUABBIN LOONS - Loons A pair of loons floating about Quabbin. You can see the leg band identification on the right hand side of the photo on the rear leg. You gotta love loons ! 6/26/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1438374630915-ZT4SUITY6KZ26MS7P85M/DSC_4718-2.jpg QUABBIN LOONS - Another lazy Quabbin summer afternoon for a newly hatched 3 day old chick https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1438219058619-24HHX4O9UL73VV7X1WTU/DSC_4691-2.jpg QUABBIN LOONS A day old loon chick hooks a warm ride with dad under his wing. They will do this for 2 weeks or so after hatching. 7/29/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1467853580720-WB6XSM17BTBH36AXEHKC/DSC_8662.jpg QUABBIN LOONS Common loons need a long way to take off from the surface of the water. Here is a loon getting up speed to take off. You can see the research bands on this legs of this bird.... 7/6/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1469062540226-98FRFD10DF4TV8JRNNIV/DSC_0795.jpg QUABBIN LOONS Down the hatch !! well, maybe. We saw this female loon struggling with a sunfish this morning at Quabbin. When we left her she was still working on the fish. When we returned to the area 3 hours later she was still there but the fish was gone. This was taken with a Nikon D810 and a Nikon 200-500mm lens. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1438218625474-YC3H33H4F4YKMQXRUONL/DSC_5042-4.jpg QUABBIN LOONS - A common loons calls to another loon. You've probably heard them but have you ever seen them doing it? 7/29/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1438219132990-YKMHFBKRP8902FZ9EYYX/DSC_4848-3.jpg QUABBIN LOONS Young loons stretching their muscles. They will do this all of their lives. These two are 4 weeks old. 7/29/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1438219161934-3DYS5VF6Q3CUXRF79S1Z/DSC_4939.jpg QUABBIN LOONS Just like the young ones. This also helps them realign their feathers after preening and diving. 7/29/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1468518434748-N0M0P6Q3QDBCLO2288DY/DSC_9791.jpg QUABBIN LOONS A flying loon at the Quabbin Reservoir. Note the research bands on this birds legs. 7/14/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1439427131962-5C8V64QW9GVQFJW6GWXY/DSC_6428-2.jpg QUABBIN LOONS A female loon takes off. It takes a loon about 50 yards to get airborne. Here this female heads back to the male with the two chicks back in their territory at Quabbin. Notice the colored bands on her legs used by researchers for identification. 8/12/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1443469565149-4716SN47PH6NKUPURQJT/DSC_1474.jpg QUABBIN LOONS - Mom and chick loon A common loon and her chick eating breakfast at Quabbin. This chick in 9 weeks old. 9/28/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1443469890982-AX8RYXSI45P9VF6CPNSN/DSC_1379.jpg QUABBIN LOONS - Loons tangle Here is the female loon and mother of the chick in the last photo driving an immature loon who dropped in for a visit away from her chick. These encounters can some times be intense with injures to either birds. 9/28/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1443469970379-7RU6O53Y5PUZ8NHEO2O7/DSC_1381.jpg QUABBIN LOONS - The "penguin dance" ! The female loon here is puffing itself up to look larger and chasing the young loon away. The young loon can't get away fast enough!! 9/28/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1446244989629-XXAJ6561DYSRTTSUMQAI/DSC_4452.jpg QUABBIN LOONS - An adult loon shaking off excess water after a dive. 10/30/13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1446246107558-5AAPSO2A38VHRGFK91WX/DSC_4470.jpg QUABBIN LOONS - Booth the adult and the chick together early this morning on Quabbin. 10/30/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1448832704159-LKYDLV6ZB6D8SDWPI6MF/DSC_6419.jpg QUABBIN LOONS A 6 month old loon chick testing the wings before the ice forms on the Quabbin for the winter. 11/29/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1453727731202-14ADJL7SYJ5UKFW2C3KR/DSC_4848.jpg QUABBIN LOONS - Loons are gone from Quabbin for the winter. The loons have all left the Quabbin for the winter. The chicks are the last to leave and they leave a few days before the ice sets in. The adults will return in early April for the summer of 2016 breeding season. 2015 was a record season for successful chicks being fledged. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1468077905648-A10Y52C8QLT6HAAETA39/DSC_8531-5.jpg QUABBIN LOONS An adult loon at Quabbin cruising along on a calm summers day. Did I mention I love these birds ! 7/8/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1467853932422-XBY1V5ZN57NGVY6JI0G3/DSC_8762-2.jpg QUABBIN LOONS A juvenile loon finishes off a preen at the Quabbin Reservoir with a good shake to get all the feathers realigned. 7/6/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1470784656519-BKVUV1EABH3Y8WRNNC1L/DSC_3788.jpg QUABBIN LOONS Its that time of year when the loons at Quabbin are starting to group up after nesting. These birds have either failed nesting , lost chicks to predation of just didnt nest. Its common to see groups of up to ten loons hanging out together. Taken on todays loon survey. 8/8/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1471480578328-LPCLINCZK9MSOFB08SZD/DSC_4964.jpg QUABBIN LOONS Here's a shot of a common loon taken today on the Quabbin Reservoir. Most shots I see are all side shots of loons. Here's one you don't see to often. 8/17/18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1480272009617-KZCAGBM9C5U56R4V5167/DSC_5146.jpg QUABBIN LOONS It wont be long before the common loons all head for the coast for the winter. There are still some hanging in there at Quabbin. Note the beautiful black and white checkered breeding plumage has all disappeared until spring. 11/27/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1478200438242-F5VB84P0S0ZER0FG8Z3D/DSC_4286-2.jpg QUABBIN LOONS I spent 3 hours this morning watching 5 loons interact with each other. I was very comical and they were very vocal. He's one at the end of a preening session. In a month they will be heading to the coast for the winter. Notice their breeding plumage has disappeared for the winter. 11/3/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1477522428879-8VHEDS61IK6CTPVGCFMX/DSC_3621.jpg QUABBIN LOONS Loons will be on the Quabbin until late December. I watched a group of 9 this morning. Now they have lost their bright breeding plumage and are a dull brown and white. I guess this loon didnt know Quabbin is closed for fishing now until next April. 10/26/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1495651729781-M4JSZJ9ZR0KL6D905Z6P/DSC_5873-2.jpg QUABBIN LOONS The second week of loon surveys found these three loons just hanging out and fishing together on a warm, calm, late spring afternoon. I love these birds! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1495651743124-3RSAGALJLVB9SO7PMFJ2/DSC_5971-2.jpg QUABBIN LOONS Another pair of common loons fishing on another part of Quabbin and the female struck it rich! A beautiful rainbow trout that went down the hatch all at once ! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1492630960009-NBS58F7DLVXHMBG18M1P/DSC_1405.jpg QUABBIN LOONS I met a couple old friends this morning. These are two of the loons that are mated in the north part of the Quabbin back on their territory again after a few years on the same place. I was able to see their ID bands on their legs for certain confirmation. Spring is really here ! 4/19/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1498691054968-DXN3WIORPLEMXYGUUJNH/DSC_0787-2.jpg QUABBIN LOONS A family of 2 adult loons with their 4 day old babies start the 2017 summer off with great weather. Lets hope they make it through the summer until they can fly in the fall. 6/28/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1498321631318-7QOZDPXGLB5KFNJ660B0/DSC_0102.jpg QUABBIN LOONS First loon survey since I got back from Cape Breton and this one was waving hello to me ! I never get sick of these birds.... 6/21/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1499954905388-TCHXR0PWPNBORUCW9J4W/DSC_4026-2.jpg QUABBIN LOONS Yesterday was weekly loon survey day at Quabbin. The loons are starting to gather up. These are birds that failed this season nesting or never started. We saw 9 birds in one flock. 7/14/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1495058151866-8NROVQJ08LWZLCX1MRDJ/DSC_5163-2.jpg QUABBIN LOONS The weekly common loon surveys started today at Quabbin, We found a group of 8 loons and this loon popped up with his lunch, a crawfish, right in front of us. 5/17/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1505681218130-38K1MH2WBZLX71OWQPK3/DSC_1044-2.jpg QUABBIN LOONS Here is Whitey on September 13th. He and his mate were about 1/2 mile apart and he had one chick. The other chick disappeared sometime in the last 2 weeks. As we drove away from these 2 loons an eagle flew over them and landed in a birch tree so it could watch them closer. 9/13/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1501689190916-O3B982POS2N3EXG385O9/DSC_7283-3.jpg QUABBIN LOONS AND HERE THEY WERE WITH THE CHICKS JUST A FEW DAYS OLD: On the weekly loon survey yesterday we had a boat breakdown in this loons territory. While we were looking at the motor trying to figure out the problem my favorite Quabbin loon we call Whitey came floating by with his 2, 2 day old chicks on his back and then floated off again...... it was a pleasant surprise ! 8/2/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1503189620678-97MJN02KP7B47IIQWVDC/DSC_8686-2.jpg QUABBIN LOONS Dad brings home the bacon.....errr.... crawfish.........loon survey....8/17/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1506035910644-WNNM56O1Z6JYKR36F1AN/DSC_4837.jpg QUABBIN LOONS Here's a blast from the past as Ive been busy with the book release show and have been inside all week. This was from last summers surveys. The adult loons are great parents and keep feeding the chicks right on through the fall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1456006653400-YZ5E57NTEATK30YSA640/DSC_8386.jpg QUABBIN LOONS I personally make sure every loon raft is comfortable for our nesting loons the coming summer. Its a tough job and takes a tough man to complete the checklist of demands the loons require for a full nesting season. We launch about 8 rafts at Quabbin each year. Here I am in action in my breeding plumage testing one of the loon rafts last Friday. :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1467313484877-BJXK6A5YIZ1UCAX9Q62J/DSC_8017-2.jpg QUABBIN LOONS We found a red-throated loon on the Quabbin this morning during the weekly loon survey. They are rare summer visitors at Quabbin and smaller than the common loons we have nesting here. 6/30/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1513561306880-0LKEORQ8G3MVO69E44Z1/85O_0662.jpg QUABBIN LOONS I was pleasantly surprised this morning when I found these three loons hanging out together on Quabbin. The loon in the middle is the loon we named "Whitey" because of the white strip of feathers in the back of his head (If you look close you can see it here). I found him in early April with his mate near Area 2. This means he has been on Quabbin 8 months. Here he is with the chick and one adult from the Eagle Tree pair. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1598570597336-R8IZI2GTYUO7HBD5HOY7/_85O4748-Edit.jpg QUABBIN LOONS I was hiking the shoreline of Quabbin when I spotted this loon fishing for breakfast. I went up into the woods and waited, hidden in brush with an opening I could see the water from. Once he reached my eyesight he caught this pickerel. It took about. 90 seconds to finally eat it……fish for breakfast. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1601589630180-DWRB01DE5QVNL0IU9QU6/_85O8385-Edit-2.jpg QUABBIN LOONS Loons need between 80 to 120 feet to more to take of from a running start. I caught this one in action last week. The Quabbin loons are also starting to molt and look like old dogs around the face! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1596064450195-P93IMZGGQDESFFPOG221/_85O2231-Edit-2.jpg QUABBIN LOONS Although I retired from the DCR Quabbin a few years ago, I still volunteer to help with various wildlife surveys thru out the year. Today was a great day for the weekly loon survey. Here is a group of 6 loons, actually there were 9 loons in the flock. Loons are about my favorite birds and it’s great that I get to help the DCR with the surveys. http://www.northquabbinphotography.com/4-seasons-of-quabbin daily 0.75 2015-03-24 http://www.northquabbinphotography.com/new-gallery-4 daily 0.75 2025-11-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1454202690260-F925LWEHNACCVP6P6DJF/DSC_1874.jpg SMALL MAMMALS And the foxes again about to run off the ice and into the woods as they got closer to me. 1.30/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1502746426279-G9T6UGF0V674X45LVPFV/DSC_8087.jpg SMALL MAMMALS As i was setting up my camera in the early morning light I made a setting in the camera, looked back into the viewfinder and WOW, This handsome fluffy raccoon was setting there. Quite the surprise ! 8/11/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1428705802889-6NFQ3A8F2BHDMU6YR5F7/DSC_3263.jpg SMALL MAMMALS - Mink Mink are common at Quabbin. I caught this one in the middle of jumping around with all 4 feet off the ice doing a happy dance. (taken 4/10/15) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1463870133344-UHUXLFE3PK1M5K046M70/DSC_4115.jpg SMALL MAMMALS This is a Fin Whale found on yesterdays trip. They are the second largest living things on earth. They grow to be 70 feet long and weighs 80 tons. They live up to 100 years. They are swift and called the greyhounds of the sea. This one was found 30 miles off the coast of southern Maine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1484086236355-MCABPUGN179S5IJDO7J3/DSC_6716.jpg SMALL MAMMALS A friend of mine throws out seeds for the birds at Quabbin once in a while. here's a gray squirrel taking his share. 1/10/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1441831936051-29MH1MF6SYECU4RCVST4/DSC_0256.jpg SMALL MAMMALS - "Nuts to you…... This grey squirrel has a lot of reddish fur. There were two of them together and they looked like twins. 9/9/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1482163266333-GPX8XVXMRYWDM26MYA5C/DSC_5715.jpg SMALL MAMMALS I came upon this guy sitting in the sun this morning. I thought he looked really cold ! 12/19/21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1480774064855-WCYVWILAJ63ZDMXGF1RI/DSC_1801.jpg SMALL MAMMALS One of the 2 black squirrels we have here was enjoying the pumpkin we put out there for them. We have 4 grays and 2 blacks keeping it exciting around here most of the time..... 12/3/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1431133209894-XV1J5MYU6WXBSISLLIGU/DSC_5673.jpg SMALL MAMMALS - Red squirrel As I was taking the photo of the towhee this red squirrel stopped on the wall to scold me about something? I couldn't understand him because he had his mouth full of nesting materials. 5/8/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1426541273804-V5HC5TYK1WSSIZAUSO5Q/DSC_1969.jpg SMALL MAMMALS Red squirrels are very common and can be heard chattering everywhere around Quabbin where there are pine and spruce trees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1518568737548-QL36ESM90PSO156PZ4E3/DSC_5873-2.jpg SMALL MAMMALS "Hey pal, can you spare an acorn or some sunflower seeds ?" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1493928572661-FMSJSCIM5GSHYGRQEQ7O/DSC_2194-2.jpg SMALL MAMMALS Early morning sunlight is like magic ! This red squirrel came running down a stone wall and stopped in a patch of sunlight right in front of me as I was taking beaver photographs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1426019452497-1SCP3C2UTXCSS7BB95HI/DSC_1758.jpg SMALL MAMMALS - A chipmunk enjoying the warm spring sun after the long winter of 2015. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1441499600918-EXWY1WJ1MQ0NTHE4C9M3/DSC_9947.jpg SMALL MAMMALS - Mr. Chip Munk This little guy kept me company all summer while watching herons and other critters around the swamp. 9/4/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1498004660207-RXW9SD8RW1NL8F9EVVCG/DSC_9547-3.jpg SMALL MAMMALS Yum Yum, acorns ! This baby chipmunk has it figured out already ! 6/20/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1488320885692-TFGTNUYHCRZ91ZIUPB94/DSC_2259.jpg SMALL MAMMALS I went looking for river otters today and I found this man eating chipmunk instead,,,,, he just finished lifting weights ! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1425858974876-PZ93C3ND0H99R16FG7ZD/DSC_9268.jpg SMALL MAMMALS - Chipmunks are us... A chipmunk looks at me from on a wall in the early spring. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1425935747945-M5V17H3DFJIFV97YSIIS/P1040815+copy.jpg SMALL MAMMALS - Porcupine Porkys are also very common at Quabbin. I caught this one snoozing in his tree in the late afternoon sun in the late fall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1429819182890-W3OUY4FJVVDYJ3OR6HE5/DSC_4247.jpg SMALL MAMMALS - Porcupine I saw this guy wandering down the road and snuck up on him. He was so intent on eating fresh green grass he never saw me! Common at Quabbin but spend most of their time in trees. 4/23/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1430782517455-YHGG297AJWQL4QHBAT3L/DSC_5232.jpg SMALL MAMMALS - Porcupine Another porcupine digging grubs and berries in the great spring weather. This is a young one and definitely needs to have his nails clipped! He walked right up to me…..5/4/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1425935782918-ITTSIFBTGLPVTT9KA86A/P1060777.jpg SMALL MAMMALS - Eastern Cottontail Rabbit They can be seen in Quabbin Park in early mornings. They like field edges and fresh grass. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1430697832446-UP0FFKUAWU3P3Q9U80Z9/DSC_5049.jpg SMALL MAMMALS - Muskrat This guy was feeding in a riverbed on fresh green shoots coming up this spring. They are rodents and related to the beavers. 5/3/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1493928042696-YWY0A6NR4R2UGZGTZ6HU/DSC_2646-2.jpg SMALL MAMMALS This little muskrat popped up twice this week as I have been living in a swamp with the beavers ! He eats a few acorns floating in the water then goes along his merry way.. 5/5/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1454202696517-FT94VCP11X2KR2MCMHG8/DSC_1779.jpg SMALL MAMMALS This morning I found these 2 red foxes traveling all over the ice on the northern Quabbin. Here they are running under a pair of bald eagles ! 1/30/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1458776214482-EZYFHPV6R87LHQAINHX0/DSC_6982-3.jpg SMALL MAMMALS I watched a mink swim across a pond and hang out on a beaver lodge. Notice the small patch of white fur under his chin. He was there for about 15 minutes before moving on. 3/23/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1498435053049-AG4HVZSWFB9HP1UI4GOG/DSC_4441-2.jpg SMALL MAMMALS An eastern cotton-tail rabbit was eating its supper when I blundered into it. It sniffed at me a few times and I took this picture and left. It then went back to munching grass. 6/25/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1496502882204-0CB61CVCULTHBUO1ZTGS/DSC_7579-2.jpg SMALL MAMMALS A summit meeting ! These 3 gray fox kits belong to the female gray fox on the next page here. They are about 3 months old and ready to take on the world. 6/2/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1496363952831-MLN7P7G942Z46DZQM8U2/DSC_7384-2.jpg SMALL MAMMALS I spent a couple hours with a female gray fox and her 3 kits this afternoon.... A rare find and a beautiful family I was able to photograph. 6/1/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1516584448499-HG2YLH3SDDKG9QB4P440/26952050_10214679609246917_5099121476274887156_o.jpg SMALL MAMMALS When mink go bad....... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1517751533336-702JD76ORZZEZ1J2RW0U/85O_2859-2.jpg SMALL MAMMALS Here is another mink image. They sure are alert and fast creatures..... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1540729635276-ZJJPCWR1Y2A7DZ9MKF9X/85O_2207-2.jpg SMALL MAMMALS Would you say this young porcupine is having a bad hair day ? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1537831085156-1MQU5JBFWCGUEIX3MRZI/85O_9968-2.jpg SMALL MAMMALS Have you noticed the abundance of squirrels this year, both alive and dead on the roads? So many were born this spring because of the great food supplies last fall the population grew. Now they are all having problems finding food. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1540217032169-IG2VR32RP2AOXZUCBGZA/85O_2138.jpg SMALL MAMMALS “I’m so outta here !” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1537831276152-YWIZDM7KTAQ2ODSJELTR/85O_0080-2.jpg SMALL MAMMALS I never saw squirrels swim until this summer. They are all on the lookout for food before the long winter sets in. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1560508689129-JUBJGVE5SDKP0GG6UT32/DSC_9600-2.jpg SMALL MAMMALS I found this snowshoe hare feeding along side a hiking trail yesterday You can see he still has some white fur in his coat as they turn white in the winter. Check out his big feet! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1546121320802-YJVMSMNEU49VQH84K7XR/85O_0633.jpg SMALL MAMMALS Yay !! This is one of only 411 right whales left in the world. I took this photo last summer. Last week a newborn calf was spotted off go the coast of Georgia …the first calf in 2 years discovered…so I say YAY !! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1547827178051-FT8YODBKUWI36A95OE09/IMG_9609.jpg SMALL MAMMALS I could not resist taking photographs of these two cows at one of my friends farm as they walked over for a visit….. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1557529539141-GYWAC2PECCLNPA99OAXY/_85O5778-2.jpg SMALL MAMMALS I watched this muskrat feeding in a small pond this morning. I was amazed to see how much it ate. I kept checking on it to see if it had stopped which it did after 2 hours. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1590353399998-E6YSQ1GVMEEWO26R2050/_85O8827-Edit-2-2.jpg SMALL MAMMALS I was assaulted by 5 red squirrels this morning along the shore of a beaver pond. One I believe was an adult as it was busily carrying moss and grass along a stone wall for a nest. Here she is flying along on one of 5 to 6 trips she made with mouths full of stuffing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1598727510467-4IHQ1KJRNVRZZQF3HMBQ/DSC_2218-2.jpg SMALL MAMMALS I ran into a pair of gray fox this morning running around a parking lot in Orange close to the Millers River in the pouring rain.. This seems to be an adult with a young one tagging along. I love these guys and usually see them running across the road in front of me. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1598727653692-JFYUTNFW8YESQRFBX98X/DSC_2219-Edit-2.jpg SMALL MAMMALS Here’s an image of the youngster gray fox wondering what the big black thing setting over there could be ! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1634232494251-9RI394O68W2E0QIJB3NI/_85O8889-2.jpg SMALL MAMMALS Great acorn crops this year means a rise next year in chipmunks. Lots this year however ! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1683493953238-YH6YIWIALIAEB83U14ZL/_DSC6404-Enhanced-NR-2.jpg SMALL MAMMALS I spotted this porcupine eating his breakfast way up in the trees yesterday. He just stared at me as I took a few photos and left him to his business of eating fresh leaves just popped out the last few days. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1454202690260-F925LWEHNACCVP6P6DJF/DSC_1874.jpg SMALL MAMMALS And the foxes again about to run off the ice and into the woods as they got closer to me. 1.30/16 http://www.northquabbinphotography.com/quabbin-summer daily 0.75 2023-10-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1425075619281-W8A2Y08XKGFJ4IXD4WVY/DSC_3745.jpg Quabbin Summer - Welcome to a hot summer morning at the Quabbin Reservoir. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1425075619281-W8A2Y08XKGFJ4IXD4WVY/DSC_3745.jpg Quabbin Summer - Welcome to a hot summer morning at the Quabbin Reservoir. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1425075675953-X1ZG26EG30WH1WD4XDN2/DSC_9184.jpg Quabbin Summer - Early incubation of great blue heron eggs as the adult sits on the eggs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1425075534353-ATVD3950PNL30MQ9W3SM/DSC_2298.jpg Quabbin Summer - Great blue heron chicks fledge in early to mid August https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1425075548115-91J18TLEYXQN0R0RWWMT/DSC_3169.jpg Quabbin Summer - Robins are out collecting food for the chicks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1425075575401-YT1C7V1JHGD1C2GT43WX/DSC_3181.jpg Quabbin Summer - Black eyed susans https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1425075598520-O7Z4C71TRHMGUMX1ENBR/DSC_3277.jpg Quabbin Summer - Prescott Peninsula from the Enfield Lookout in the Quabbin Park, Belchertown, MA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1425075609705-JUNRXEFIGRUI9LDIEXVJ/DSC_3465.jpg Quabbin Summer - Moose can be seen feeding all summer at small ponds and wetlands throughout the watershed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1425080285233-RO44372HG04TPC7ECN3I/DSC_9239.jpg Quabbin Summer - A white tailed deer buck feeds in an abandoned beaver pond that has turned to a meadow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1469315577272-XP13MAEA7J3P0BKVWFW0/DSC_9870.jpg Quabbin Summer A hot summer sunrise from New Salem looking over north Quabbin. 7/23/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1425075678530-0HNCSL31HLWAM1ER4G7H/DSC_9119.jpg Quabbin Summer - The road to Dana Common through Gate 40 in Petersham off of RT 32A https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1425075712320-DZ6GPGW20FJK7HQIEWBQ/DSC_9196.jpg Quabbin Summer - Calm as a mirror ! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1469379037625-B4RUO837A755TWJAED3C/DSC_9892.jpg Quabbin Summer Sunrise, New Salem, MA. North Quabbin... 7/24/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1469785461824-E3E4201ECA6ABBQBRYKH/IMG_6052.jpg Quabbin Summer - Good morning Quabbin ! Yesterday was a picture perfect day at Quabbin, except it was 95 degrees F in the loon survey boat ! These puffy clouds always make a great day at Quabbin and it seems to make the water a deeper blue. 7/28/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1425075710956-9UVP7KTXEL9SZ8DN5Q5F/DSC_9217.jpg Quabbin Summer - The painted turtle gang……. very common through out the watershed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1425080290511-H4BTY310602FAGNZJWLP/DSC_9228.jpg Quabbin Summer - Beavers spend the long hot summer days in their cool dark lodge and work all night. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1425080303313-N2PHLN0ZLVQF5BSPDTH8/DSC_9469.jpg Quabbin Summer - Northern water snake. We have NO water moccasins in New England https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1425080316097-OOF4XR2TP88TLOFAJS0F/DSC_9480.jpg Quabbin Summer - eeeek !! a spider !!! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1469014906490-VJLENQHAUTBLIVOV09JM/DSC_9855.jpg Quabbin Summer Quabbin full "buck" moon rising, 7/19/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1425080323631-HCF9QQWAC4HKSTRA5WPS/IMG_2233.jpg Quabbin Summer - Double rainbow in New Salem https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1425080345305-LT8FVN00IFYKW2ZBGTVA/P1110283.jpg Quabbin Summer - Hot summer afternoon…... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1425939515030-OS4V55TRBFDXOG7PCSXF/P1080678.jpg Quabbin Summer Here is where the water starts it's way to the Boston area thru the Wachusett Reservoir some 24 miles to the east. Shaft 12, the start of a long 24 mile underground tunnel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1435494932781-NUZ2D87P2QLLEIX3LEVO/IMG_2243.jpg Quabbin Summer - Looking north from on the water Heres a great reason to be on the water at Quabbin in a boat. The sky ! Awesome skys from out there. 6/26/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1435712432027-JZLZBHHA3WMP8RFU1JKU/DSC_2032.jpg Quabbin Summer - Female blue dasher I took this with my 400mm lens. Swamps at Quabbin are loaded with different dragon fly species. 6/30/15 (thanks to Dave Small for the ID) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1435712438901-BVKS28G0KGT1W51J6BFJ/DSC_2001.jpg Quabbin Summer - Bees Summer time and bumble bees. I took this with my 400mm. Its like photographing small birds ! 6/30/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1468518126922-MSQF216IZTM8V4I9099L/DSC_9705.jpg Quabbin Summer Sunrise on a hot summers morning. New Salem MA looking over the northern Quabbin and the southern part of Athol, MA. 7/12/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1438030723848-HNIX8PAIJFLMBN5TYG45/DSC_4361.jpg Quabbin Summer - A hot summers day at Quabbin. Looking north from the sight of the New Salem railroad depot. 7/27/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1437095023429-L0G3DV6GILQ8IXYWRZW5/DSC_3638.jpg Quabbin Summer - A beautiful summer day ! This photo was taken from the end of the gate 35 road in New Salem. You can see the old Route 21 road coming out of the water from North Dana heading towards Athol. Mt. L is to the right. 7/16/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1437761110777-ANL7VQ0QE5PN527SRUU7/DSC_0092.jpg Quabbin Summer - Quabbin summer day Today was about as perfect as you can get at Quabbin. Early morning was 50 degrees and about 70 at 11. Very little wind and few bugs out. Most birds have stopped singing and some are starting to group up for migration already ! 7/24/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1439426992082-ZNGDB501378T16W5PZ0L/DSC_0866.jpg Quabbin Summer - HUGE sky today at Quabbin. 8/12/15 I took this shot from the boat while doing the weekly loon survey. It is off of the gate 35 road area looking south towards the pass with Mt L sticking up the highest on the horizon. 8/12/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1439493569971-TR17528XXKX8LDUJ8523/DSC_0870.jpg Quabbin Summer - Today the sky was just the opposite at Quabbin than it was yesterday. A beauty of day today! This is the same view as the last photo only taken a 1/2 mile farther north from shore and not a boat. 8/13/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1438906714929-EBJVY8L1ZBQ7VQZ1J5AW/IMG_3970.jpg Quabbin Summer - BIG SKY at Quabbin. This is coming back to Gate 31 boat launch from the main part of the Quabbin and is looking north just before you come under the power lines. It was a great summer day to be in a boat on Quabbin. 8/7/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1438807109521-HDJXIYMLN4I2QLQSXTRY/DSC_0828.jpg Quabbin Summer - Sunrise from the Quabbin lookout in New Salem on RT 202. 8/5/15 You can see one of Quabbins many mountains poking up through the fog in the mid right of this photo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1468270393466-AY9MZ9MZ6P35TCNL01OS/DSC_9191-2.jpg Quabbin Summer I spent the afternoon fine tuning my camera lenses to my cameras with an alignment program I have. I took a break and shot some bee and butterfly pictures with my 105 macro lens on the milkweed that we have all around our yard. This guy was very photogenic. 7/11/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1441669168057-E3C4NZED58O71KK9E3VR/DSC_0935.jpg Quabbin Summer - Sunrise looking towards Athol MA over north Quabbin area from the Route 202 lookout in New Salem. 8/15/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1440882625375-84NHGJ8G8G1N9O9EC1WR/DSC_9156.jpg Quabbin Summer - Bumble bee buzzing While I was focused on the jewel weed I also noticed bees. I didn't notice the shadow on the leave until I got the photo on the Mac screen at home and my wife pointed it out! 8/29/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1440882624520-ETTR25CSHI6686YFUVI4/DSC_9164.jpg Quabbin Summer - Morning dew Jewel weed in the early morning sun. 8/29/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1440363255671-9MBEC379DNLIV6U9H7B9/IMG_4113.jpg Quabbin Summer - Panoramic from the gate 35 area. This is an early morning iPhone 6 panoramic I took with my phone. Some of these phones take excellent pictures. 8/23/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1425075655441-QOPIR5MG409L7Z9IHFOA/DSC_3844.jpg Quabbin Summer - Late summer in northern Quabbin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1470011165732-0IFBYKBKCQCPVMQA0943/DSC_2568.jpg Quabbin Summer Here is a pretty battered looking tiger swallowtail butterfly that was feeding on this jewel weed plant at pond side a few days ago. I just happen to see it in the early morning while the dew was still all over the plants and grass. 7/31/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1470873015692-Z48TRCRQIPPLJBKYG9I8/DSC_0008.jpg Quabbin Summer Mt Ram at the south end of the Prescott Peninsula. You see this from the Enfield Lookout. I was in a boat and we were right over the town of Enfield, or what used to be Enfield before the Quabbin was built. 8/9/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1471563829526-CT3XM194RC42RAES5SM0/DSC_0227.jpg Quabbin Summer A great day on the Quabbin in a boat !! The water is down almost 7 feet, or at about 85% capacity. Mt. Russ is straight ahead, looking south down the Reservoir. 8/18/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1470265781527-G6IP9HE069SEIW7LEFK0/DSC_9952.jpg Quabbin Summer Sunrise over northern Quabbin .... 8/3/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1471127615862-CEAFD9W6PJ34K52NQ5B7/IMG_6130.jpg Quabbin Summer This site is the location of a farm in former town of Prescott that was 1 of 4 towns taken by the State of MA in the mid 1930's to make way for the creation of the 18 mile long Quabbin Reservoir that serves 1/2 the state with clean drinking water. 8/13/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1471012457047-E998DGNBFLLDXDPOMZT0/DSC_0091.jpg Quabbin Summer Its going to be a hot day. Sunrise over northern Quabbin. 8/12/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1473209797668-URU6XIWT7H0J3ZBKB1R5/IMG_6202.jpg Quabbin Summer Low water at Quabbin, (iPhone 6 photo) 9/1/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1503257501379-L8MTYDKD1U8TJOISYQLI/DSC_8966.jpg Quabbin Summer "INCOMING !!" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1498434315118-49EGMUALKGH280I41M8A/DSC_4462.jpg Quabbin Summer North Orange Wildlife management area about an hour ago (6:45PM) this thunder storm built up right in front of us as we were watching herons...... 6/25/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1530370430487-5953MDHP76FUBHOFMPXW/DSC_6741-2.jpg Quabbin Summer Its been a while since I took a sunrise image ! New Salem Lookout, 6/30/18. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1505695506968-58Z2I9UIYRP7KNMMQ2OK/DSC_4720.jpg Quabbin Summer Its been a while since I posted a scenic view of the Quabbin here. This is looking north this morning from the administration building from my office window I was in when I was working there at Winsor Dam in Belchertown with the morning fog almost gone. 9/17/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1541374960403-8ESG6728WPSZMAC1XO4Q/DSC_7878.jpg Quabbin Summer I spotted this hot air ballon flying along the Connecticut River this morning as I was headed north on RT 47 looking for cattle egrets ! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1561767689714-H0Z30CX4H5P8L1EWX4JS/DSC_9788-2.jpg Quabbin Summer The mountain laurel in north central Massachusetts this year is awesome! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1561598401171-BXDZZZBLT576NAC6MYV4/DSC_9765-2.jpg Quabbin Summer Water Lily, I know not what kind! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1532545492203-S0VYYP6M66Y5B1K67U9Q/DSC_7039-2.jpg Quabbin Summer A great day at the Quabbin, although a bit windy, it kept the bugs away! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1543362466231-S151QY7HZRAI52JKSYWF/20.jpg Quabbin Summer New Salem Lookout, summer. 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1564430933767-GJ7C2MXFON9GGYIRGMU1/_85O4972-2.jpg Quabbin Summer "Well Doc, I think I need glasses?" Blue dasher, Petersham MA. Nikon D850, lens is a Nikon AFS-Micro 60mm 1:2.8 ED. settings were: 1/1250 sec@ f/7.1 ISO 500 60mm @ f/2.8 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1672423900462-G9LVFPA86BKVMXOHTA3H/321750583_834645370977365_2451655597305477253_n.jpeg Quabbin Summer The “golden hour “ at Quabbin. http://www.northquabbinphotography.com/new-gallery-3 daily 0.75 2018-01-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1425639806285-5X688KJNA74F1ZMD5MLS/IMG_3330.JPG IPHONE QUABBIN - Good morning Quabbin ! These photos I take with an iPhone on my outings at Quabbin and post ON my Facebook page immediately. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1425639806285-5X688KJNA74F1ZMD5MLS/IMG_3330.JPG IPHONE QUABBIN - Good morning Quabbin ! These photos I take with an iPhone on my outings at Quabbin and post ON my Facebook page immediately. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1430430343648-41OXSHE9ACD0HELVL2B1/DSC_4787.jpg IPHONE QUABBIN - 4/30/15 I went into Quabbin early this morning and was met by two pairs of loons. They were both off in 2 opposite directions. Within an hour they had both joined together and were happily comparing notes as to what they did and where they went over the winter. Bothe males in these pairs were here on territories last year. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1430159355481-HRCQMEPZLP413WCA7JKJ/10669343_10206317271873709_5000414168134611618_o.jpg IPHONE QUABBIN - 4/27/15 Its raining here up north and clear down south of the 18 mile long Quabbin Reservoir. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1430158937059-NCFIFGSFI7EOOUJETJD2/IMG_3546.JPG IPHONE QUABBIN - 4/26/15 Sunrise from the New Salem Lookout on RT 202 in New Sale. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1430159911515-BD4EJYWKXCLFZPFPJNDW/IMG_3545.jpg IPHONE QUABBIN - 4/25/15 Beavers are mechanized? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1430159355843-5Y1MH8SPTH9309HUCEK2/11155124_10206287866698598_5203292868598358201_o.jpg IPHONE QUABBIN - 4/23/14 Another chilly spring morning at the Quabbin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1429737594152-ZMI7188WXG3AV2HFC2BV/IMG_3528.JPG IPHONE QUABBIN - 4/22/15 Thick fog at 6AM https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1429487531965-QIG20DTCTAZHA4OR4DXU/IMG_3523.JPG IPHONE QUABBIN - 4/19/15 Barre Falls Dam. It controls the Ware River and the MWRA can send water from it to the Quabbin. It's 20 miles east of Quabbin and water is carried by a huge underground tunnel from South Barre to the Quabbin at certain times of the year. The tunnel can also carry water from the Quabbin to Wachusett Reservoir. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1429385432937-WCCOHFOZ2GPMRRCIQ7J8/IMG_3518.JPG IPHONE QUABBIN - 4/18/15 It's 6:15 and the wood ducks and redwings are pretty loud this morning. No bugs yet! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1429386182806-JUGZQIZJMSUJQF85P0JE/IMG_3515.JPG IPHONE QUABBIN - 4/18/15 Unusual for me. An evening shot. I went down to see if any loons were there yet and saw two! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1429216834663-NJJ647H450AUV9JRR7Q2/IMG_3503.JPG IPHONE QUABBIN - 4/15/15 This was the last ice day in this cove. Looking south towards Graves Landing from the west branch of Fever Brook https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1428866865083-YXXBXL6Y0SGI14IUAIHO/IMG_3487.JPG IPHONE QUABBIN - 4/12/15 Thirty two degrees when I arrived at 5:45 and forty-five when I left at 11:30 ! No mosquitoes…yet ! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1428527692357-CPGCOHTZ15ZC9H6N4FJ1/IMG_3460.JPG IPHONE QUABBIN Monson Turnpike Cove again. 4/8/15   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1428443787895-ZVEBHZDCJNNKW8WFD2EQ/IMG_3455.JPG IPHONE QUABBIN - 4/7/15 Monson Turnpike Cove at the site of the former town of North Dana. The west branch of the Swift River enters Quabbin here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1428353868965-PYIBCAJHQBCRDXIT4W07/IMG_3453.JPG IPHONE QUABBIN - 4/6/15 Open water ice holes gets bigger and bigger every day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1428353910811-40VWTMCCIT1S4KVX465R/IMG_3449.JPG IPHONE QUABBIN - 4/5/15 A great spring day but really windy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1427997670721-VGCLDPNCG5L18LT6T9LN/IMG_3440.jpg IPHONE QUABBIN - 4/2/15 Pileated woodpeckers are busy right now setting up territories and looking for trees to nest in. They also look for bugs and ants and leave a tell tale sign. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1427920235967-HH2A4YXW2XSS8KXSS480/IMG_3438.jpg IPHONE QUABBIN - 4/1/15 Still cold and ice bound. Little clear patches opening and 60's coming soon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1427760209050-0DMA0Q5TKKQZ6B2VLEK0/IMG_3434.jpg IPHONE QUABBIN - 3/30/15 One of many beaver lodges on the Quabbin watershed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1427646893209-5RTTOSPFZJ9ETQQWJ386/IMG_3430.jpg IPHONE QUABBIN - 3/29/15 Otter tracks going along an abandoned beaver dam. You can see where it slid on its belly. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1427557124382-RR3PJH9HW9R3SSCA2YLX/IMG_3414.jpg IPHONE QUABBIN - 3/28/15 More snow ! Will it ever end ? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1427301062604-DAUJK46IXJLJ1DUT2TLX/IMG_3409.jpg IPHONE QUABBIN - 3/25/15 New Salem as seen from the old railroad bed, or the gate 35 road. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1427241203419-7TAJ40V31O1XM614X386/IMG_3400.JPG IPHONE QUABBIN - 3/24/15 Another 15 degree F day ! Two eagle nests active in the range of this photo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1427142329384-0TDXV9ECV8WNUJ9A5VTS/IMG_3393.jpg IPHONE QUABBIN - 3/23/15 One of the hundreds of foundations left about the Quabbin watershed. This could be a school house in North Dana. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1426955697108-G4C9O7GWQ8998439WS7C/IMG_3380.jpg IPHONE QUABBIN - 3/21/15 Another snow storm for 2015, but this is a light one. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1426874911882-PK513007UEIGLXMUTMUV/IMG_3378.jpg IPHONE QUABBIN - 3/20/15 First day of spring and the temps were 15 F !! and snow tonight. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1426791896297-9M4KS4RHMSCY6HEHFKTE/IMG_3372.jpg IPHONE QUABBIN - 3/19/15 Another 10 degree March day that got real windy. Nice to be out with no mosquitos ! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1426541998431-UQQ9DEIAVVI6NVD78HR8/IMG_3373.jpg IPHONE QUABBIN - 3/16/15 It was 23 F when I started the hike..the ice age cometh ! and won't go-eth !! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1426280007765-TDFBL0CTEFOXIDKKPOUO/IMG_3360.JPG IPHONE QUABBIN - 3/13/15 It was a cold clear morning with the temps about 20 F but ravens are nesting as well as 2 eagle pairs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1426089761075-S6D4MEI5NA5HFJ4ZRFLG/IMG_3358.jpg IPHONE QUABBIN - 3/11/15 35 F and real foggy at 7 AM. When I left at 10 it was about 45 and clear…. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1426020470247-VUBFYIEAGQAO0O4WS5FL/IMG_3356.jpg IPHONE QUABBIN - 3/10/15 East branch of Fever Brook https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1425940979149-505TX8BU4WKA8XRI1Y2G/IMG_3355.jpg IPHONE QUABBIN - 3/9/15 180 degree panoramic taken with my iPhone from the gate 35 road. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1425679449825-QEO4UQ5KTMQG1BMUK7L4/IMG_3347.JPG IPHONE QUABBIN - 3/6/15 10 degrees F, The DCR plowing the gate 35 road. http://www.northquabbinphotography.com/north-quabbin-railroads daily 0.75 2024-09-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1611793899881-C3BK7874IX8P3ISIUE28/_85O3497-2.jpg N Q RAILROADS I just had to take a picture of a freight train in the snow storm …1/27/21. South Royalston. Pan Am ED-8. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1611793899881-C3BK7874IX8P3ISIUE28/_85O3497-2.jpg N Q RAILROADS I just had to take a picture of a freight train in the snow storm …1/27/21. South Royalston. Pan Am ED-8. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1613162553434-78RB8RYOL5Q6ATWBYPXW/_85O3733-Edit.jpg N Q RAILROADS A Pan Am freight train creeps thru Orange Ma. at sunrise on February 12, 2021. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1614649991094-2EAF09NEPYO83O7UZEXB/_85O4122.jpg N Q RAILROADS Every now and then I need to take some time to photograph trains. Pan Am will be sold soon and these trains will be extinct. Rumor says CSX will buy this railroad. Then big green and yellow monsters will roam the tracks. Today was the Pan Am ED8 headed for Ayer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1425166573420-ASUGSVYRQ7XTZ0ZIJW5M/DSC_1100.jpg N Q RAILROADS - Pan Am F units in Montague MA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1424811448390-X04P5ZAZYJ0NB89362QL/DSC_5901.JPG N Q RAILROADS - East Deerfield Yard, East Deerfield MA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1424811404729-GJ6WGUOFJU79JAAG7W30/DSC_5905.JPG N Q RAILROADS - Pan American RR East Deerfield Yard, East Deerfield, MA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1424811643814-I96IZPL6SBCWOG4LVPNA/DSC_8196.JPG N Q RAILROADS - New England Central yard, Palmer MA, Engine is crossing "the diamond" 4/14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1424811861601-BL34WAYTVH0GBGUPC03I/DSC_2897.JPG N Q RAILROADS - Pan Am RR Gardner Yard, Gardner, MA 8/14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1424811988609-O1Q6XQ7EIWZ7HWFAFMAA/DSC_3241.JPG N Q RAILROADS - Mass Central, Palmer MA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1424811902810-2ZZE2V2FCD5PZSAR5BYR/DSC_3232.JPG N Q RAILROADS - CSX through freight headed west. Palmer, MA 4/14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1424823510883-MS6OF81PFNRPENXEEGGY/DSC_2900.JPG N Q RAILROADS - Pan AM RR Yard, Gardner, MA 8/14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1424823596390-U72HCZC30E5XLU4MLS2N/DSC_3309.JPG N Q RAILROADS - Northfolk Southern at Pan Am Yard, Gardner yard, 9/13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1424824017895-RVZX5CQKYFLMKFY39TS7/DSC_3487.JPG N Q RAILROADS - BSNF @ Pan Am RR Gardner MA yard 8/14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1424824338535-NYBS29MPRP5Y6FICZJ29/DSC_3491.JPG N Q RAILROADS The trackage under the bridge to the right heads to Worcester. This is the Gardner MA Pan Am RR yards. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1424824371843-UNR42Y2VKSYGUZ7XJQE6/DSC_3493.jpg N Q RAILROADS - BSNF, Gardner MA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1424826403497-6EV1LUMRHXA5VOSO695A/DSC_0969.jpg N Q RAILROADS - Pan Am F unit on passenger coaches, East Deerfield MA 12/14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1424826427002-OCE1ELMVWWLL472A9TLL/DSC_0977.jpg N Q RAILROADS - Pan Am F unit with coaches in East Deerfield yard, 12/14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1424826454937-XNY5OO0JSRDC1NXNNDGX/DSC_0991.jpg N Q RAILROADS - Pan Am RR, East Deerfield Yard, East Deerfield MA 1/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1426205287989-NOZOPCJ54WWBSECJSWVM/DSC_1814.jpg N Q RAILROADS Maine Central Alco working in the East Deerfield Pan Am RR yard. Where this came from I have no idea! 3/12/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1426205517301-4P56BGCDAOEP5Z3ND14X/DSC_1825-2.jpg N Q RAILROADS Another Alco in the old early 60's paint scheme working the East Deerfield yard. 3/12/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1426205292955-WPVBJ78JUQB9A92BGYTJ/DSC_1816.jpg N Q RAILROADS Here's both Alco's lashed together working the East Deerfield Pan Am train yard putting a train together. 3/12/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1424826494216-LKJ9TVZRD7O5Q1RUBPL6/DSC_1170.jpg N Q RAILROADS - East Deerfield to Portsmouth daily freight runs through Orange MA. 12/14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1425166434682-LO6HASF1CMY7DJW7ZHSI/DSC_0871.jpg N Q RAILROADS - New England Central hooks up in Millers falls.. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1425166437792-HWB0E1NMJ2JGYK83V1CF/DSC_0884.jpg N Q RAILROADS - New England Central crawls across the Millers Falls bridge with a long trail…. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1425166507473-WN7DUGYUBMCHBZV1DOKP/DSC_1054.jpg N Q RAILROADS - Pan American Railways heading east and slow up a grade in Farley MA. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1425166501395-FS68MUX78FDHIMZAB33G/DSC_1071.jpg N Q RAILROADS - Pan Am heading west at Farley with an auto rack train... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1425166564794-WGB790BWI5DHS9C2G7V1/DSC_1145.jpg N Q RAILROADS - New England Central heading south in Brattleboro VT along the CT. River . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1425166600034-3PPIA5JXR69KB9UJGA6P/DSC_5807.jpg N Q RAILROADS - New England Central heading south in Northfield MA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1424826415695-O6UZST82DRSUID8QHWHO/DSC_0686.jpg N Q RAILROADS - Amtrak Vermonter, last run through Millers Falls MA. 12/14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1424826466455-TT1FRWPVJ3JL1GY4EZAA/DSC_0997.jpg N Q RAILROADS - Amtrak Vermonter through Greenfield MA, 1/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1424811153330-0IBWBUHTI626GFX95YKK/DSC_0041.JPG N Q RAILROADS - Amtrak Vermonter through Cushman MA. 4/07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1424826498602-67V1NYO7WXKPYGLNEPLI/DSC_1381.jpg N Q RAILROADS - Amtrak Vermonter through Brattleboro in storm 2/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1451177253006-MH96X8PXGODHE3UPZM5C/DSC_2187.jpg N Q RAILROADS - New England Central Railroad at Northfield MA A late afternoon freight train huffs its way to Brattleboro VT through Northfield MA the day after Christmas, 2015. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1470169606625-M3XABE35WO79P6YHAX21/DSC_9923.jpg N Q RAILROADS Storm leaving....... Pan Am Deerfield MA railroad switching yard. 8/2/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1551482122300-ZOTY1QQRANJ5FSPOTHEB/_85O8560-2.jpg N Q RAILROADS Eastbound Pan Am RR freight train heading over the Millers River in Erving MA taken from RT 2. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1541944353306-A7PLT9IHN5RGLZBB24D7/85O_3096-2.jpg N Q RAILROADS I love making images of railroads and trains. Here’e an image from a few days ago taken on one of my favorite places to catch south bound Vermont trains in Brattleboro. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1563838924432-B40N5ITB6V09BPRVILPI/DSC_0074-2.jpg N Q RAILROADS Its been a while since I took a railroad photo. Pan Am RR heading west thru Orange MA. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1583442181060-LMPCA5S8Y1CR85XAZVA3/DSC_1439.jpg N Q RAILROADS Three Pan Am diesels in the Northfolk and Southern paint scheme with the pony in the front grill and an train of empty cars setting in Wendell, MA waiting to get the word to head to Portland, Maine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1579289255104-4T7M94TTRLFBGAD9WJTH/_85O5678.jpg N Q RAILROADS Every now and then I look for trains to photograph. Here is a Pan Am train I found at the Wendell Depot heading for Deerfield MA on a cold morning a few days ago. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1595345026621-648IQLXNSKH8KJ1WQI0J/DSC_1819.jpg N Q RAILROADS Something different! The Pan Am railroad is for sale. It runs thru north central MA. It will probably be changing the paint schemes on their diesels ….. Here the regular morning freight train slides thru Wendell Depot, MA on its way to Portland Maine and is just about to run thru the hotbox detector.. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1606872058579-97MDNBM9GYXZQ0MQ9HPB/_85O1005-Edit-2.jpg N Q RAILROADS I found this deserted and running Pan Am pair of engines just setting in South Royalston this morning at 6:30. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1606264033388-DJ70AX2C190NX0GDKYWY/_85O0865-2.jpg N Q RAILROADS Another Pan Am freight train headed for Portland Maine thru Orange MA at sunrise. The Franklin County Courthouse in on the right hand side of the image. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1599780285722-HG2PMI2PCK3SHE988SIO/_85O6152-Edit-2.jpg N Q RAILROADS Another freight train heading west through Orange MA. Pan Am railways is for sale. These huge diesels will all be painted a different color when a new buyer owns this company. These colors will be extinct so I try to get photos of them every chance I get. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1598720684829-8BH06CYI7RGOOOF0SVEV/DSC_5553.jpg N Q RAILROADS Out of the early morning fog came this Pan Am railways freight train at 6:10 in the AM….always a ground shaking event when these babies rumble by. Orang MA crossing…. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1608843786763-YO944VHAOPA2AHEZ4RHQ/_85O1932.jpg N Q RAILROADS I haven’t done much wildlife since hunting season opened as I didn’t want to get shot, but here are a few railroad shots. Palmer, MA. Central Massachusetts putting a train together. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1608843968923-U4BQM77VS960TVZ3XSAO/_85O2058.jpg N Q RAILROADS CSX, New England Central and Mass Central Railways all in the same shot in Palmer MA. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1611523149347-7SJG1N9DS79FS75FFR2Z/_85O3278-2.jpg N Q RAILROADS Every now and then I take some time away from wildlife and chase trains! Here is a Pan Am Railways freight train over a mile long heading east up a long hill through Otter River MA . More train images on this page at N Q Railroads on the menu above. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1615913545780-O5LQKXFOULB8ZCRFECFC/_85O4856.jpg N Q RAILROADS Here’s a Pan Am freight train passing thru Lake Pleasant on its way to the East Deerfield freight yard from Portland Maine’s Rigby Yard. There is also one that goes the reverse direction. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1601677090902-ZLRUD4GTCRH49ATTL9NU/DSC_2662-Edit-2.jpg N Q RAILROADS An orange sky along the railroad tracks early this morning before the rain. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1623975342049-ZW37AFKA1I8X3UXIKMFN/_85O0366.jpg N Q RAILROADS Not an animal but train Number ED-8 thunders up Royalston Hill in the last afternoon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1619565753867-LZ5LLAPATZCG48KRB32V/DSC_3230.jpg N Q RAILROADS The EDPO (East Deerfield to Portland) sails thru Orange MA at 6:45 AM in the early morning. My second love is taking pictures of trains! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1627477170399-5KX383IFS7EJ3VESDSA0/DSC_4272.jpg N Q RAILROADS Pan Am’s East Deerfield to Portland Maine (EDPO) freight train caught rumbling thru Royalston in the early morning in a light rain. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1669383524717-LT50D4WB83SNKIT5YYAZ/_85O2119.jpg N Q RAILROADS I have to keep my train photography skills sharp :). I dont scare away these guys. CSX’s Portland Maine thru Orange MA. to East Deerfield yard. Thanksgiving Day. 2022… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1659124217756-5LJW7GRW5QDDU3UZYE8C/_85O1500.jpg N Q RAILROADS Time for a freight train ! CSX’s Portland Maine to East Deerfield Massachusetts is rumbling thru Athol, MA a few days ago… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1648568964478-A99F2E9ID8GBG1F0PTQZ/_85O0841-2.jpg N Q RAILROADS East Deerfield to Portland Pan Am freight train thru Orange MA belching out smoke from its 5 diesels on a 20 F degree late March Tuesday. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1641173761670-F2RJOHK81NBT11FO2VAX/DSC_4947.jpg N Q RAILROADS Chicago to Ayer…Priority Train number 22K is rumbling the earth! No wonder, 9,411 feet long, almost 2 miles! What a monster! A nice way to kick off 2022. I love trains! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1647362871575-QDZ8828B6D2ZPSKB2JMB/_DSC5270.jpg N Q RAILROADS Portland to East Deerfield rumbling into Millers Falls MA. 316 axels and 3,549 feet long. Five diesels made the earth quake! I love trains…. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1645385329569-47WUTA0CJ7DET2ZPONI3/_DSC3960-2.jpg N Q RAILROADS The Pan Am, Portland to East Deerfield freight train is rolling thru Farley, MA on a grey February afternoon. Note the 5 diesels tugging it along. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1670264329878-N16K839YRGFPGKNOX35H/_DSC6259-Edit.jpg N Q RAILROADS I caught this sunset along the CSX tracks in Athol, MA last night. The POED is waiting for a new crew and the track cars are all stacked in on the left. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1675817463129-LNTB8EREYBI8G3USWZU6/_85O2468.jpg N Q RAILROADS Early morning Portland Maine to East Deerfield MA freight train heading west thru Orange MA. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1672157913754-3Y8ZT3VXB2UZ4JS69W7B/_85O2148.jpg N Q RAILROADS I cant resist photographing trains and have always done it. This train was headed to Portland Maine from East Deerfield, MA on the CSX Northern New England branch on December 26th, 2022 at 8AM in Millers Falls MA. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1673811559445-AGBU1D9PKXOTQAJW0KPP/_85O2328.jpg N Q RAILROADS This thing belongs to CSX Railways. I found it in Royalston, MA. Its name is 426 and its 3,250 feet in length and it’s also from Chicago, Il. Its not lost :). It’s heading to Ayer Ma. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1708650083538-ACUHMQACSIFZPX16PBQ5/_85O3387.jpg N Q RAILROADS Train B 101 heading west thru Orange heading from Ayer to Chicago… I dont ever have to worry about spooking them out of the brush! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1712238915983-MPJJAPQI3KL1BAIMFL4B/_85O3533.jpg N Q RAILROADS Thanks to a tip from a friend of mine in Gardner I was able to get these photographs of NS train B-101 Ayer MA to Chicago. It had a special guest sandwiched in between the 2 ponies. It was a blue, Central Maine & Quebec RR engine. NS owns it but leaves it in its former color scheme. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1705156414711-LB9TRLX1ZAA30R6UMUR1/_DSC6448.jpg N Q RAILROADS Ive always loved trains. When it’s tough to get into the woods I can always find trains. This is Norfolk Southern train #B-101. 6500 feet long passing thru Millers Falls, MA on its way to Chicago from Ayer, MA. The late afternoon sun was perfect! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1719964962379-0YYGZ47O0PLZ3AKUJKTW/_85O3814-Enhanced-NR.jpg N Q RAILROADS Thanks to a tip from a friend I was able to catch train number B-100 cruising thru Athol about 6:30 this evening. The neat thing about this train that in it's 5 engine lash up was a rare diesel. The newly painted "Heritage Unit NS1074" that used to be owned by the Lackawanna Railroad in New York State. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1721337262569-3C2KCFLDUV5XCU4S1LJ5/_85O3885-Enhanced-NR-2.jpg N Q RAILROADS http://www.northquabbinphotography.com/quabbin-scenics daily 0.75 2024-06-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1424779876301-VZ4426FAK4EL1EL7K54V/DSC_4090.jpg Quabbin Fall - This is the old RT. 21, heading to Athol from the former town of North Dana MA. Otherwise know as the gate 35 road. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1424779876301-VZ4426FAK4EL1EL7K54V/DSC_4090.jpg Quabbin Fall - This is the old RT. 21, heading to Athol from the former town of North Dana MA. Otherwise know as the gate 35 road. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1424779945444-48WE64X14VNAWIIHV41E/P1100406.jpg Quabbin Fall - Monson Turnpike Road, North Dana at low water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1424893539070-ESAG2TGV77DMQ5MZUOPQ/DSC_8394.jpg Quabbin Fall - Russ Mountain with the top up in the fall fog on the left side of the photo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1424900994795-CEWIBNW8GM2PAXJKO9FD/DSC_5879.jpg Quabbin Fall - Lone tree island…. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1424779933244-P2UANAVSU0SZ6WZFYVEI/P1100395.jpg Quabbin Fall - North Dana Sunrise, late fall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1424779905028-WC3X7G47DYJP554YUDB1/P1100385.jpg Quabbin Fall - Wild cranberrys https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1424893551297-9AQUCQV1DCKOZNBMCRF6/DSC_8392.jpg Quabbin Fall - Early morning fall sun over Mount L looking east from Hop Brook Cove. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1424893605498-EUJ0I40MI9XNSEJ1PLW6/DSC_8957.jpg Quabbin Fall - Late autumn low water at Quabbin Reservoir https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1424893674775-HQT9IWGD13UU9CCE4VV1/DSC_9352.jpg Quabbin Fall - Hop Brook flowing into the Quabbin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1425000548593-KYYLPPACNTWI5GR26COR/DSC_4108.jpg Quabbin Fall - The Rabbit Run. Its the old railroad bed leading to North Dana. Now better known as the gate 35 road. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1425000556231-WO98D3J0JYEQYQQD6Z84/DSC_5937.jpg Quabbin Fall - One of many beaver ponds in the watershed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1425000630350-VQNII6IM4S0DZLWITC22/DSC_6039.jpg Quabbin Fall - The small beaver pond below Soapstone Mountain. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1425000593026-NXBOC7CPVXF8FZ53D25I/DSC_6273.jpg Quabbin Fall - The moon setting over Moore Island on an early autumn morning. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1425000699084-ACBYRMLHS0KVP7VYQYSX/DSC_8288.jpg Quabbin Fall - Early morning sun along the gate 35 road. The Quabbin is always low in the fall from heavy summer use by the 48 communities it serves. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1425000798458-79QEG55RMA9KGX3Z98NR/DSC_9106.jpg Quabbin Fall - Low waters in the fall after a hot summer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1425000780297-CPIFNY9BTSIRPQ563G6I/DSC_8420.jpg Quabbin Fall - A small tributary that runs into Hop Brook, and then into the Quabbin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1425000825652-S23TMGG5YUASPCRCJAQA/IMG_2766.jpg Quabbin Fall - The mouth of the west branch of Fever Brook. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1425000859583-ROKWM6YUG7X8RETOVNUL/P1100384.jpg Quabbin Fall - Turkeys are safe as there is no turkey hunting season in the Quabbin…. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1425226652818-KQHMWRAW7Y3RWKT0IIIA/IMG_0656.jpg Quabbin Fall - As I was closing the Visitors Center one night located at the Winsor Dam, the late afternoon sun was setting in the west and setting the Quabbin Hill on fire with late afternoon sunlight. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1426029892779-34FL1M2YGANEZ0YBGXKF/Picture+544.jpg Quabbin Fall - Early fall sunrise in the east lighting the west side of the Quabbin looking towards gate 8 from the Administration Building. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1425234231168-IR3I1M0UJJGIA8X3X9G7/P1100402.jpg Quabbin Fall - Late fall, North Dana fog dissipates under the sun. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1425940529552-773V990NX0BX7U9KI08L/Unsaved+Preview+Document+2.jpg Quabbin Fall - Winsor Dam The Winsor Dam is a half mile long and holds back 512 Billion gallons of water in an 18 mile long valley. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1425940557693-VRXYVY3MZ4ON1OUQE1JB/Unsaved+Preview+Document.jpg Quabbin Fall - Winsor Dam Here is another view of Winsor Dam. I wouldn't want to mow that with a push mower ! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1426029401942-OFR1HSTO1OBMF1YK0T98/Picture+151.jpg Quabbin Fall - The Quabbin Tower You can find this tower open to the public in Quabbin Park from Easter until a few weeks before Thanksgiving. There is a great view from up on the top floor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1425000637549-OFG4QIIQIJW1S97UKET5/DSC_6310.jpg Quabbin Fall - Bye, we're going someplace warm for the winter….like south ! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1443739744549-IYHVPAY9PPL434BXERZ5/DSC_1645.jpg Quabbin Fall - October 1st, 2015 Autumn is coming on at the Quabbin ! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1444040589157-ZTXX7UCCXHBM6IK6QPFO/DSC_1203-2.jpg Quabbin Fall - Early fall day at Quabbin, October 4th, 2015, Moore Island. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1444173617139-5679KNJBNWEWD4ERSQUB/DSC_1228.jpg Quabbin Fall - Early morning fog dissipating at Quabbin. 10/6/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1444173616682-WG24SC9MUVNDX6UMAG2W/DSC_1237.jpg Quabbin Fall - The east branch of Fever Brook at Quabbin on a crisp autumn day. 10/6/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1443521952431-1V8I16QOYUHJH0CRFQAF/DSC_1153-2.jpg Quabbin Fall - Early morning flight These Canada geese spend the nights on the Quabbin and the days feeding at Hunts Farm in Orange on whats left of the freshly cut feed corn cut by the tractors as they bring in the crop to feed the cows through the winter. Soon these geese will be heading south for the winter, 9/28/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1442274424358-UP61IMBNSI15O9KJX9XV/IMG_4284-2.jpg Quabbin Fall - Early morning sun on the tops of the mountains in northern Quabbin. 9/14/15 an iPhone 6 pano….. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1446410951103-9RWGQ6199FL22WET958I/DSC_2025.jpg Quabbin Fall - Hop Brook, gate 22 Quabbin Reservoir 7AM 11/1/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1446410960232-758W6L59O69JUWY4Q0LT/DSC_2028.jpg Quabbin Fall - Hop Brook running into the Quabbin, 11/1/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1446049826376-3M70G1LUOG0SYXYAK7LE/IMG_4622-2.jpg Quabbin Fall - The water level is going down and a big rain storm is predicted for tonight and tomorrow . 10/28/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1445979063246-0N98UZ9UDWJIST53EV7M/DSC_1952.jpg Quabbin Fall - Looking south from the mouth of Hop Brook. 10/27/15 at sunrise. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1445979040338-OTZS6WCXKR3QVPYM5QJN/DSC_4282.jpg Quabbin Fall - An adult bald eagle sits on an osprey nesting platform at Quabbin watching the fog disappear with the early sunrise. 10/27/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1447331019875-UT91DCK7S240075TDF5M/DSC_2076.jpg Quabbin Fall - The DCR rental boats are already into their winters hibernation at the New Salem MA boat launch area. 11/9/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1447331016124-6DGWPXWNC5F4FLY7C7A6/DSC_2087.jpg Quabbin Fall - A fairly warm late fall day looking south down Moore Island channel. Like lots of places in Quabbin, you can see some of the thousands of tree stumps left from the "woodpeckers". Thats what the local resident called the workers that cleared the 18 mile long valley of every tree known to man in the 1930's to create the 412 billion gallon Quabbin Reservoir 11/10/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1450295350274-X10WIN7BAUFHHAQ8FA5R/DSC_2172.jpg Quabbin Fall - Early morning sun on Moore Island, Quabbin Reservoir, 12/16/15. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1449451645219-P5YNPRTOHMBKRZK4YNND/DSC_2164.jpg Quabbin Fall - Frosty morning! Frost and fog at Quabbin. 12/6/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1449880039066-L8Q4W65FBTH5ULOCWEX2/DSC_2133.jpg Quabbin Fall - Sunrise, December 7th, Northern Quabbin...... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1453418648225-4PCXLUWS3NEKWICAD38M/gate+16-2.jpg Quabbin Fall I found a rear end of an old car today in the woods of Quabbin. I wondered how long this has been standing here against this tree? 1/21/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1449254993780-A8WD8J5LJD9NEFRW26IV/IMG_4824.jpg Quabbin Fall - Low water As of December 3rd, 2015 the water level at Quabbin is seven feet below normal. Or at 88% capacity. 12/4/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1477007365764-J7S30DY2VU5RER458H43/DSC_1407-2.jpg Quabbin Fall Early morning sun on the east side of the Prescott Peninsula at the Quabbin reservoir. 10/20/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1480535797724-LHTD2INHY38TLGI5BXIZ/DSC_1758.jpg Quabbin Fall Early morning fog at Quabbin.... 11/30/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1477148092348-YU5LB1UVJ5QCEKGPNKG0/DSC_1428.jpg Quabbin Fall There was a light mist to everything this morning. Sometimes I find this better for scenics than direct sunlight. I love the softness that foggy, misty days can bring to photographs. Harvard Pond, Petersham, MA. 10/22/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1479504608053-UFLOEH4F1FVGODQ9LEI2/DSC_1703-2.jpg Quabbin Fall A look at how low the water is in the Quabbin Reservoir. This is where the mouth of the east branch of the Fever Brook dumps into the Reservoir way back in the distance. Notice the old stonewall now out of water. 11/18/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1473109058240-UROFFAJRP36OYZTXHQ15/DSC_8477.jpg Quabbin Fall Cardinal flowers in a drying out stream bed at Quabbin 9/5/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1480375940994-QEWIRNL4H77I7J3JUYBM/DSC_1738.jpg Quabbin Fall I found Jack Frost's house this morning !! 11/28/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1541451260919-4NHPKZPB2TMIQGXZ6CV9/85O_2633.jpg Quabbin Fall And there go the Canada geese………. southbound. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1541949433089-6P7NNC23D3BY9GZIHZRY/IMG_E9447.jpg Quabbin Fall Quabbin Reservoir is at 100% capacity…….. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1636676082437-T3LR16JUK11IS87NYV2Z/IMG_2533-3.jpg Quabbin Fall Sunrise, north Quabbin. 11/11/21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1669597759624-2W1FE07ACMETPBYRQ6LZ/IMG_3750.jpg Quabbin Fall Spectacular Quabbin sunrise ! 11/27/22. http://www.northquabbinphotography.com/photographs daily 1.0 2026-03-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1467054299027-ILMQ28C4CVIX0MSQOWRM/DSC_9500-3.jpg ABOUT ME My home away from home ! 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Thanks again and best of luck ! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1463439758038-MYT9O3XATOSVBSUJN0P7/20160514_100240.jpg ABOUT ME Former President of the MA Senate Stan Rosenberg saw the photo thats on display at Logan International Airport in Terminal B and wanted to buy one. I presented it to him and it hung in the Massachusetts State House while he was in office ! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1590940362014-D7QXSYVN0S30L6MV65DP/IMG_0959.jpg ABOUT ME A blast from the past ! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1425520583338-H2XNFKMA11QN648EQCX1/P1030794.jpg ABOUT ME - White Point, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada Next to Quabbin this place is the cats meow ! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1434211135141-02VAO8UXOK72TRBNSAVR/DSC_8993.jpg ABOUT ME - Gone to Cape Breton ! Here's my camera in Nova Scotia, Canada on Cape Breton Island . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1559675538512-OFCAVJ1V7SZ25KZAT7D4/Intro+case-Atlantic+Ocean.jpg ABOUT ME I have a photograph featured in the Massachusetts State Library from June 3rd until August 30th called “The Natural Beauty of Massachusetts Waterways” at the State Library in Boston, MA…. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1559430085150-5NYFHWTXSBLIGPLDKJNP/_75A3182-3.jpg ABOUT ME I have 8 beaver images being used on 4 of these information boards at a beaver exhibit at the Ljubljana ZOO in Ljubljana, Slovenia in Europe. Theres 3 on this particular board. Cool beans huh ! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1440076767956-EPI3C47TVUM4848KR3VX/IMG_3934.jpg ABOUT ME One of the many swamps on the Quabbin watershed. You don't realize how much life there is in one of these ponds until you sit for a couple hours and just watch the world go by. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1426161978279-OTZXA2YFCUYPSBIWBIE0/FOQ_QRMap.jpg ABOUT ME Call the Quabbin Visitor Center at 413-323-7221 for more info about the Quabbin, including rules. I worked in the Natural Resource Div. there for close to 30 years. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1445988040505-FVMKD62BR2ZIWZ781LBV/IMG_4424.jpg ABOUT ME - Here's a family portrait. I am alway in good company with helpers in here at my desk working on my computer or running my ham radios. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1661806084107-RNPJ42T8U8LGNGZA8PSG/IMG_3516.jpg ABOUT ME From 1971 until 1986 I raised and raced sled dogs all around the Northeastern US. Here I am training a 6 dog team in a race with training rigs in Royalston MA in the early 1980’s. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/54eba6b9e4b05bee3a098258/60326723520a7560ba825390/1774910984197/ ABOUT ME - Chronicle - WCVB Channel 5 https://www.wcvb.com/chronicle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1771185188988-3PIX8OXG181G6JVSO3PH/Image+1-2.jpg ABOUT ME My happy place ! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1596065889298-37AOX7YL0CJOXXRO282V/IMG_1073.jpg ABOUT ME I also have played drums all my life and I still play with various bands in western Massachusetts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1436034464951-US2PGVZ06UBY7X1M1Q53/Scan10004.jpg ABOUT ME Ed Bennett passed away in June of 2015 at age 74. I took this picture shortly after we met in 1978 with his wife Paula. Ed loved the Quabbin and he and I spent thousands of hours hiking and watching eagles at the Quabbin. I still miss him a lot. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1632517298680-69FZCKIF438A65MZ86SF/20210922_150815-2.jpg ABOUT ME Dr, Gerald McGillicuddy, the neurosurgeon that gave me my back back :). UMASS Memorial Hospital on 8/30/21 with 5 hours of back surgery. I gave him the 2 books that I have published, not as payment !! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1677603669686-AVW9E477N516DXF5VKI8/74994C8E-4E65-46C0-B92F-65DC05F31892.jpeg ABOUT ME Pro photo tip of the day: Always take a snack. And not to feed the animals ☺️. After two or three hours of freezing to death, or being eaten alive by bugs open the snack package. Sure as shootin as soon as you get your gloves off, turned off your camera, taken your focus off the animals and taken a big bite, something will suddenly appear either running or flying right by you. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1746534304348-RE6QYLMRJWLURL0L23Z8/IMG_1273.JPG ABOUT ME Something different! One of the funniest nights of my life was seeing The Red Green Show live. Where else but in Northern Canada ? Glace Bay, Cape Breton NS. We went backstage to chat with him and he was a real down to earth funny guy. Thanks for the autograph Red. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1613915300873-04QYZDOL0YFGB12Y191T/image-asset.png ABOUT ME - Chronicle - WCVB Channel 5 MONDAY NIGHT, FEBRUARY you can catch me on Chronicle from Channel 5 in Boston. Then again on Saturday night at 7:30 PM also…. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1608155450977-JG66XAF9LYTF8MM4THPP/_85O1405-Edit-2.jpg ABOUT ME Wishing everyone a great 2020 and may you see lots of moose :) https://static1.squarespace.com/static/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/54eba6b9e4b05bee3a098258/5560e58de4b0b9c71e13f41c/1774910984241/ ABOUT ME Bobcat, Quabbin watershed, 7/16 /17 Welcome to the North Quabbin Photography page. I hope you enjoy the photographs and come back again. New photos added almost daily. Click on any category above to view photos and "prev/next" below to move along or go back while viewing the photos. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1505074491016-XJF0HYKZDM0XDVCBN4I3/9-14-17poster.jpg ABOUT ME https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1561130427102-C011FOVKRBHZ2FU73H5O/_85O1334-2.jpg ABOUT ME Welcome to the North Quabbin Photography page. I hope you enjoy the photographs and come back again. New photos added almost daily. Click on any category above to view photos and "prev/next" below to move along or go back while viewing the photos. To see them all at once click “show thumbnails”. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1525012794245-XC2C09B0ZWP1X0BYU5G9/85O_7091.jpg ABOUT ME Northern River Otter, Quabbin watershed, 4/26 /18 Welcome to the North Quabbin Photography page. I hope you enjoy the photographs and come back again. New photos added almost daily. Click on any category above to view photos and "prev/next" below to move along or go back while viewing the photos. http://www.northquabbinphotography.com/birds daily 0.75 2026-03-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1435273519598-W3B4T7CBHJYGV1QJKFKL/DSC_0797.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS - common yellowthroat I was taking pictures of a great blue heron today and this guy popped up beside me and started singing a happy day song ! 6/25/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1435273519598-W3B4T7CBHJYGV1QJKFKL/DSC_0797.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS - common yellowthroat I was taking pictures of a great blue heron today and this guy popped up beside me and started singing a happy day song ! 6/25/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1469997753922-VD3O2XP2IPJCZC0PFWH4/DSC_2584-2.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS This female ruby throated humming bird stopped for about 30 seconds. Luckily I was all set and was able to grab a couple pictures. 7/30/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1432082983585-OIBABD1RGTJ17CVY9PPT/DSC_6671.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS - Black and white warbler Quabbin Reservoir. 5/19/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1430426918557-NMWX436LHML0SZ7G751B/DSC_4838.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS - Tree swallows…. Very common during both spring and fall migration as well as common residents. 4/30/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1433186498534-J1ZK3JVCN6VYVL1KHJHC/DSC_7568.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS - Red winged blackbird A soggy red winged blackbird singing away in a rain storm ! 6/1/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1430697812097-H26MRV357QY5VK7LIKKX/DSC_5053.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS - Red winged blackbird "Conk-a-reeeeee" Common on all the watered areas of Quabbin. Very territorial birds with sometimes having wild battles with males that are encroaching the their territory. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1427557512191-2XLB3TN4X5YQ11SGH9KJ/DSC_2313.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS - Woodcock Some of the earliest spring migrants.They have a great mating display and eat earthworms. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1427557638713-NPXH3P0JF7YK1H6GQHVN/DSC_2322.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS Here is the same woodcock catching 40 winks, well at least 20 as he has one eye on me ! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1427026966336-BR334WE4P3TNRJV6UZ4R/DSC_2127.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS - Bohemian waxwing Cousins of the cedar waxwings. Found in winter occasionally at Quabbin in flocks. 3/21/15 at Hamilton Orchards, New Salem. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1427027881113-EJ3UP726U2UCYV1YHY8L/DSC_2148.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS - Another Bohemian waxwing photo. They travel in flocks and these birds are eating Japanese crabapples. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1424740471897-DSFJ29NLML550M9S2KPX/DSC_1487.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS - Common redpolls / Goldfinches Redpolls are rare visitors from the north and don't show up every year, and when they do, it's in the winter. Seen here with their cousins, goldfinches are year around residents. January 2015 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1424785695546-AM3VDYL2W91QOWGAJOIK/DSC_4029.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS - Greater Yellowlegs with minnow during fall migration. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1424785679312-KLZTSOBJLNSHOZHJ1CQZ/DSC_5666.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS A very cold blue jay, his nictitating membrane is closed over his eye. This protects him from wind and weather and he can still see. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1424888248500-X6WPNSNOB1ZHVMAMD8EP/DSC_1122.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS - Horned Lark, The Honeypot, Northampton MA 12/14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1424888271419-X2G0URB8W301WGLT9L1F/DSC_1237.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS - Robin spending the winter at Quabbin. on Sumac. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1424888318565-FZ5HAAW11J2G2F6K7INE/DSC_1301.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS - Male northern cardinal https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1424888352486-JS3GN1ALL67UV7F31OL3/DSC_1310.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS - Female northern cardinal https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1463863936933-TJZE9QSNUUBR7DGQMPFR/DSC_4027.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS Great friend and fellow Valley photographer John Green and I went on a whale watch out of Gloucester yesterday afternoon. It was great weather and a fun day. Here's a northern gannet that followed the boat for about 5 or 6 minutes. He was just begging for me to take his picture! 5/21/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1424888372777-M0JCRNIL8R9P8VBIHIDC/DSC_1573.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS - Black capped chickadee singing its "spring" feee beee song https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1467904384768-CM28SV015XKW826I9R1M/DSC_8930.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS - 'Hey dad, what about my bug?" A male tree swallow feed its chick in the early sunlight this morning in one of the local swamps. 7/7/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1424888398067-21PP06IPJR3QFN4RO2XC/DSC_1589.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS - White breasted nuthatch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1468892042054-RH4HKW0JTX3CYAOQ35Q6/DSC_0244.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS I spent about 3 hours this morning trying to catch a belted kingfisher hitting the water after small fish. This female came the closest as just leaving. They strike like lightning Its a wonder they don't break their necks as they hit with their beaks, not the feet like eagles or osprey. 7/18/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1426341310115-MLAYLJOKYH5WFM571LF1/DSC_1865.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS - Red breasted nuthatch I discovered this guy soaking up the sun on a cold winters day. I was surprised it sat so long! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1434759698410-2BDC2BCEGWP6ZOUOANZQ/DSC_9865-5.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS - Pileated woodpecker A female pileated woodpecker feeding a male chick while there is also a female in the hole being shut out. Quabbin Reservoir, 6/19/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1434760620993-ELBG8J7R1IDSAUD0AX8Y/DSC_9934.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS - The female pileated chick on the left and the male is on the right. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1434760071437-87FXYMTDJU92UQRQXD5E/DSC_0098.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS - Yellow bellied sapsucker A male yellow bellied sapsucker is about to enter the hole to feed chicks inside with a juicy caterpillar. Quabbin Reservoir. 6/19/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1434760083410-IVNRYVERW0EFVX3AY5OP/DSC_0110.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS - "Bye, be back soon" The female YB sapsucker leaves after feeding the caterpillar. 6/19/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1426380028341-DRI5O6WYYTNH3FZYJS91/DSC_1037.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS - Male downy woodpecker Looking for a quick snack. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1463083811256-S42KT7GZE0RD7GX76U09/DSC_3122.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS A red-winged blackbird calling from an old sunken stump in one of the many swamps about northern Quabbin. 5/12/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1424889084524-QA4M68Z8924WOTAY3X93/DSC_1070.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS - Male downy woodpecker makes a get away….. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1469377165584-ZBGH0V6ZLAM5UFE5M24Z/DSC_1622.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS Another belted kingfisher exploding into a small school of fish for breakfast. Can you spot the bird? 7/24/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1469227206722-OMYXDELQWMPR96CWC89L/DSC_1367-2.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS This female kingfisher missed her lunch. Females have a brown streak across their chests, males do not. 7/22/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1425483292714-ZK2F3ZUVF00VU87ZKA2X/DSC_0613.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS Red bellied woodpeckers are becoming more and more common in New England and can be seen at Quabbin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1425166041301-THBQTEDT6OTZKN8IV3G2/DSC_1282.JPG VARIOUS BIRDS - Purple finch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1425166144460-TR3AWFZSMPWC5273ROF2/DSC_1293.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS - White throated sparrow…. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1468791533523-RCMK1XQF42FHAYJWQJUS/DSC_9760.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS I went to Stebbins Wildlife preserve in Longmeadow MA early this morning. Its a little out of my territory but so are these mute swans and 5 cygnets... but they were fun to watch. 7/17/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1470684330015-NAFDMKFY3RE2RJNCA6K5/DSC_3528.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS A northern waterthrush wrestles with his breakfast this morning, a large dragonfly. 8/8/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1430872636550-C0CVIBJHPS7MR2OS032M/DSC_6898.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS - Turkey vulture Turkey vultures are quite common in MA also. People get them confused with bald eagles especially in the spring when they are migrating north. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1429474059121-6KZ5N2QBI2282RCGIFCX/DSC_3898.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS - Raven They nest at Quabbin and their territories are spreading each year. Larger than a crow and their tail is spoon shaped when flying whereas a crows is square shaped. Plus the bill is much larger than a crow. 4/19/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1429529722329-JT4NZ4PMMR6THFDAEP7D/DSC_3915.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS Another shot of the same raven heading back to the nest… 4/19/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1462743612891-741AYPPQ47NY5Z64H57X/DSC_2627.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS Here is a pair of bluebirds I found near a beaver pond this morning. What more can I say..... these are neat birds..... 5/8/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1430872749369-JSZ8LE8DNRR93911J7DV/DSC_5237.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS - Ravens Ravens have only been nesting at Quabbin for the last 25 years or so. Here an adult feeds four chicks at the nest on a power line tower. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1462561364408-5LNZX5DZPKCHQURAGLDF/DSC_2404.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS It took me 20 minutes to creep up on this ruffed grouse close enough to get a decent photograph this morning ! 5/6/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1425592115504-4972877BP96XDNLYLK9W/P1100957-2.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS To find out what this loon is doing and to see more loon photos see my loon page..thanks !! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1469972799017-YGG8MSEC99X59WAM8ZZB/DSC_2528.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS While watching for the kingfishers to do their thing this catbird offered me breakfast ! I kindly refused and he went on his way with it. 7/30/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1431207639978-FLN5PPBZLS41VKWG0ABK/DSC_5794.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS - Hermit thrush Another relative of the robin and bluebirds. It occasionally will winter over in Massachusetts and is usually the first thrush back in the spring. It has a reddish brown tail and gives it an upwards wag once in a while. 5/9/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1431207245528-AHNVNLJM8WUNMDO257HL/DSC_5823.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS - Veery Veerys are a thrush and related to the robin and bluebirds. Their song sounds like a waterfall. 5/9/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1462406012573-4LTLNVI5U7LZ09W1L92H/DSC_1961-2.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS Here is one of the adult great horned owls setting in a tree just below the main nest where the 3 chicks were raised. 5/4/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1431207240885-88MWHP0ULQ12EWLCCZCH/DSC_5773.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS - Catbird Catbirds are mimics and are related to brown thrashers and mockingbirds and quite common in Massachusetts. 5/9/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1431132970226-MACUR05NOCIMS4YB26JL/DSC_5669.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS - Eastern towhee An eastern towhee shows me his prize he found digging in the leaves. Their song sounds like "drink your tea". Cool birds with a bright red eye. 5/8/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1432082051997-SAHKKU49DRT8A6XGCAFZ/DSC_6735.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS - Scarlet tanager. Quabbin Reservoir. 5/19/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1431207155068-9APCVIHJXG09F6MH9NE8/DSC_5649.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS - Ovenbird Ovenbirds got their name from their nest building. It looks like an old fashioned oven on the ground. They are abundant with a call that sounds like "teacher teacher teacher" ! 5/9/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1428538169983-VAAC9HYI021LFJGE90PR/DSC_6940.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS Palm warblers are some of the earliest warblers to arrive at Quabbin in the spring. These birds constantly flick their tails up and down. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1430873108922-QMPP9F3W0K7U5N6GR15F/DSC_5321.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS - Yellow rumped warbler A yellow rumped warbler sits on the side of a beaver pond in northern Quabbin. These birds are among the most common migrant warbler we see all around Quabbin. 5/5/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1425588790231-HBODNNUY2G9NSBYJDOZB/DSC_7009.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS Blue-gray gnatcatcher. A very small warbler that up until about 20 years ago was very rare at Quabbin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1430948522239-9GME34PZY6Q2U0T9W1WM/DSC_5400.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS - Chestnut sided warbler (male) Chestnut sided warblers are all over the place this week at Quabbin. Their call sound like "very very pleased to meet chew" 5/6/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1430948520977-VVLSMSN3C71CQUIWXUCH/DSC_5407.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS - Chestnut sided warbler (female) Fuzzyy female ! 5/6/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1430597489965-BRXXJKHQJ1E19FPUQJW8/DSC_4975.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS - Black and white warbler These little guys are the nuthatches of the warbler family ! They climb up and down trees looking for bugs. Their call sounds like a rusty hinge, zeeet zeeet zeeet zeeet …..5/2/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1432148124485-EDDTERDRN2FTXFQ3XQ8B/DSC_6467.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS - Magnolia warbler Quabbin Reservoir 5/19/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1432082837330-VKJ471SW1DS4PH6PUTBU/DSC_6595.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS - Red eyed vireo Quabbin Reservoir. 5/19/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1432082482927-DDJ2AHURBX2EBMQFYKVY/DSC_6602.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS - Blackburnian warbler Quabbin Reservoir. 5/19/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1431283220984-V9638M22B3VY1SPI121U/DSC_5860-2.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS - Pairie warbler These guys are found along power lines and old field habitats at Quabbin. Their call is a high pitched "zeeet zeeet zeeet" going upwards in pitch and speed. Here's one singing in the early morning sun. 5/10/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1431283349555-5SUB209Y6DI4G9ZGRV03/DSC_5752.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS - Common yellowthroat "Witichy witchy witchy"" is the warbling song of the common yellowthroat. Common almost everywhere at Quabbin. They look like a masked bank robber or they are heading to a halloween party. 5/10/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1432156695936-GJJ20V7TR8W4CSWP1XNN/DSC_6435.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS - Canada warbler Quabbin Reservoir. 5/19/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1431283348715-7KGU37SMOMV1LHRPJZKJ/DSC_5877.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS - Black throated blue warbler They are found at Quabbin but sometimes it takes some work to find one. A very wispy song thats very meek. 5/10/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1432494475406-X9IP18M4V5IJESLB07EN/DSC_7200.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS - Mr. and Mrs. Bob O. Link Bobolinks are noisy members of the blackbird family. They are found in vast fields such as are found at the Ware River watershed. Can you see the female in this photo? 5/24/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1433186498878-ITQ0LKOHPH8XL0PRC5N9/DSC_7561.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS - Kingbird A wet female kingbird looking for bugs in a rain storm. You can see she has been sitting on a nest by the brood patch on her belly. 6/1/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1433379059732-LWO4WO6AU8DAX3CCJMZY/DSC_7856.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS - Common terns A rare treat at Quabbin ! Storms whip coastal dwelling birds inland to Quabbin every once in a while. Here are 2 common terns blown inland by the three day storm we just had. There are 2 because one good tern deserves another ! 6/3/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1435621365358-1TP45JXP6VWLT0A5Y3H1/DSC_1719.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS - Green heron Green herons are found about the swamps of Quabbin. It takes some work to find them but they are there. 6/29/30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1435712174479-K3UVELTJJXSVD9QCVB0B/DSC_1992.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS - Black billed cuckoo These birds are very hard to see and love to stay hidden from sight. We have two species at Quabbin. These guys and the yellow billed cuckoos. Cuckoos lay their eggs in other birds nest and let another species raise their young like cowbirds. 6/30/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1436136904390-Y64R9JK2W5HTH6V6L8ZE/DSC_2390-2.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS - Yellow bellied sapsucker chick A young yellow bellied sapsucker starts his life….. 7/5/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1436208453673-BAULLS5MPCZ7ACYE8WO1/DSC_2445.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS - Eastern kingbird Early mornings can be magical. Here is an eastern kingbird preening in the first rays of sunlight into the pond. Quabbin Reservoir, 7/6/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1440027748578-3PODJHP2QJXD4BT1PRW8/DSC_7914.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS - Female ruby throated hummingbird While sitting by a swamp watching heron and egrets this little hummingbird shows up every day on some jewel weed flowers. The bird stayed this time long enough for me to get a few pictures with my 400mm lens. 8/19/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1442359350934-HW46R2AB1G0A4LU5ELQP/DSC_0478.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS - Female Belted Kingfisher Here's a noisy female belted kingfisher chattering from a branch above the water. You can see why they got their name. The males has no brown belt across its belly. 9/15/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1443309064514-6WLQPR3MD3OPCOK41TYX/DSC_1237.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS - Male kingfisher Here is a male kingfisher. Notice that the brown belly band is not there, its just blue. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1443036766018-0R0MTDA2MX1977T2AH75/DSC_1022.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS - Kildeer A migrating killdeer stops at Quabbin on the long trip south for food and a good stretch . They have to eat hundreds of small organisms that live in the muddy wetlands to keep them on high energy to complete the long flight south. 9/23/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1442536694833-7XTEP9YHB26B2ZZCOJPQ/DSC_0663.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS - Greater yellowlegs A greater yellowlegs scours the shore for minnows and small bugs or anything that looks good to eat. The Quabbin is a great place to stop on their migratory route in the fall to South America. 9/17/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1443036788990-HW4CUFYTZO2JLZ7I5A0F/DSC_1053.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS - Greater yellowlegs Here is another greater yellowlegs chasing small minnows around on the shore of the Quabbin on a rest stop while migrating south. 9/23/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1443036792277-M60VLTXRW4OK6TR183WZ/DSC_1133-2.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS - Ring billed gulls are quite common at Quabbin Ring billed gulls love to sit in the sun on this section of rocks that appear each time the water goes below capacity in the fall at Quabbin. Here are 3 of them a few days ago working on their tans ! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1440882327827-CX80XV0T4ISGO6FKGK23/DSC_9180.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS - Earl morning hummer Right on the edge of a swamp is this jewel weed. A few times this late summer this female hummingbird has dropped in on me when Ive been watching the herons. Today I was looking at this to photograph this mist on the leaves and flowers and she appeared. I happened to be right on this flower and bingo! 8/29/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1444079853638-JYOY4Y2F5D3F771MUS4O/DSC_1871.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS - Juvenile white crowned sparrow probably migrating. 10/5/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1444079848205-T11TIMIL0SZ1L1WDU4Z8/DSC_1881.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS - Swamp sparrow also migrating. Found on the power lines running thru northern Quabbin. 10/5/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1444040882019-5JSDU4WGBD2MGGGL0NXK/DSC_1802.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS A common yellowthroat rummages through a winterberry bush looking for breakfast in early October. 10/4/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1445560747099-LMD4281S3UBMMBLFFAVO/DSC_4072.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS - A male kingfisher has a great perch to fish from at a small beaver pond. 10/22/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1448500047938-196W59YBCDBUPF6T1YGC/DSC_4904.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS The Quabbin turkeys wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving and say they are thankfull there is no turkey hunting in the Quabbin Reservoir ! 11/25/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1446937338294-MD4N49H2BHIYQ4ZRBLZN/DSC_5025.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS - Black Bellied Plover I got a nice surprise when this guy flew in over our heads this morning and landed in front of us in the northern Quabbin. These birds are usually found along the Atlantic coast during the winter months. In their breeding plumage they do have a black belly. 11/7/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1446333039584-TF59OZIITXBUL45MTFLL/DSC_4498.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS - Kingfisher This female kingfisher landed down the shore from where I was set up and the early morning fog, the early morning golden sunrise and the dark background made for a neat picture. 10/31/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1447798404885-I2B08C4G4KPQTDDZ3EL4/DSC_5810-2.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS This ring billed gull landed a ways away in the fog this morning in the early sunlight at Quabbin and Bingo !! Instant photo !! 11/17/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1450299742175-2Q2CAP59499VSWF90AG5/DSC_7941.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS - So many berries, so little time! Three robins were eating winterberries under the power lines. Here's one of them in the early morning sun. 12/16/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1450299737310-GBEVWCHK5R2ZQ3URCSQK/DSC_7942.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS - Down the hatch ! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1448570015177-CMEZ2LV3MQMKMD0B30WD/DSC_6231.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS - Belted kingfisher One photo Ive been trying to get is a kingfisher catching a fish. This morning when I least expected it and had a slow shutter speed set in my camera from another photo I was taking this female kingfisher started taking a fit right in front of me. As I tried to catch her in mid air she hit the water a few times. Here is the splash and if you look close you can see her right in the middle popping out of the water.... 11/26/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1440363188229-AHR9HGCDUNWL5YNU7Z4O/DSC_8589.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS - Incoming !! An unbanded common loon comes if for a landing off the gate 35 road in the early morning fog. It isn't using its fog lights. 8/23/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1452698299910-42RB4B910P3V1M8P4OEH/DSC_8087.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS - White breasted nuthatch Here is a common bird in Quabbin that walks upside down sometimes. They always keep going and love sunflower seeds. If you feed the birds in winter then chances are good you will have a few of them at your feeder. 1/13/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1455915803133-7Y7C5M76L10UF2CXYHEG/DSC_3500.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS A male bluebird landing on a house he and his mate were looking over today at Arcadia Bird Sanctuary in Easthampton MA. 2/19/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1455915844715-WTH6ZZHVH3BYDUMXK73P/DSC_3499.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS Here is the same male bluebird with a feather trying to decide what house to put it in while his mate watches and wishes he's hurry up and make up his mind. 2/19/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1455583634197-EK17S78Q7IFGMVFLMFNE/DSC_3235.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS I found this raven on the roadside in Hadley this afternoon in the snow burying a piece of frozen meat he was carrying around in his beak. You can see his nictitating membrane that is a second eyelid that comes in from the side of the eye for protection. It makkes them look blue eyed but protects the eye from snow, dust and rain while still letting them see. 2/15/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1454895806883-FOU6MJX5QZX0RBA58304/DSC_2688.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS The bluebirds were very active today at Massachusetts Audubon Bird Sanctuary in Easthampton. here is a male already carrying nesting material to a box....... 2/7/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1456778122377-TP908MNTIDH5J69CQZBO/DSC_4149.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS The ravens have started nesting at the Quabbin. Here is the female in the nest adjusting the sticks and the male coming up with another stick. He looks like his tail feathers have seen better days! 2/29/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1458606381512-DPV0ZZQOF3HNQ128TO9D/DSC_6807.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS - Fox sparrow I have 2 or 3 fox sparrows at the feeder this week. They always stop on their migration north. They are larger than other sparrows and a fox red color, hence the fox sparrow name ! 3/21/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1458859699740-0R5NVLI95CGJVZOJ1L2K/DSC_7004.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS A male bluebird is inspecting a hole just out of view for a nnesting hole..... 3/21/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1459469654879-BGV2W73YC73AT2ZFOK3Y/DSC_7478.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS I have lived in this same location since 1978. Every year I have a pair of phoebes nesting in the shed or about the house. They come back like clockwork every year. I wonder if their ancestors were the ones that were nesting here in 1978? 3/31/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1459614787575-81W133XXAR7PZ628RAMF/DSC_7756.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS I was stopped by this gang of ruffians this morning demanding cracked corn for them or they would not let me through the toll booth. Lucky for me I had 10 pounds of it in my back pocket :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1459689652723-QH124EHCSXKL6UV92SLP/DSC_7779.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS A female turkey from the flock in the last picture fluffs her feathers. Birds all do this from time to time to hook the little barbs back together that keep the feathers all in line. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1471210805605-OLST0R89D6QXA2IMGP37/DSC_4437.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS This female ruby throated humming bird has a chick with her this year. She also has a favorite tree branch she sits on. Here she is sitting on it ! 8/14/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1473710436292-ISERLGTZAV0GSHAQ98MH/DSC_9713.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS A female belted kingfisher flies away from diving head first into the pond with her breakfast. 9/12/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1473444732653-DO31XJVFGG656SX2XJWV/DSC_9182.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS You could hear these 2 female belted kingfishers yaking for miles around the swamp this morning I'll bet ! 9/9/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1475009085361-QLK67BY906VL4TRTHWSZ/DSC_1320.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS An early morning breakfast cruise for this female kingfisher. She landed a big fish that went down in about 30 seconds. 9/26/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1471388189872-PRZOTRCD3ATVGHV3Q5IX/DSC_4875.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS In order to stop the wings in mid action on this female ruby throated hummingbird I had to set the ISO on my Nikon D810 camera at 3200 and my shutter speed at 1/2000 of a second. 8/8/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1476906806661-KQFXJQ74RY87H71UUFZM/DSC_3365.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS I spotted this pie billed grebe running across the water on a small beaver pond in northern Quabbin this morning. Its the first one I've seen this fall. 10/19/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1475008958052-2OFP9BTFIKGML26M3DAP/DSC_1294.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS Northern flickers are on the move south now. I shot this picture of this one in the first rays of the sun making a racket up on this dead tree top. 9/26/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1478201316397-Z2YPO48IM9GC6HHL25AY/DSC_4091.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS Here's a rare red headed woodpecker thats taken up residence in Belchertown, MA. He seems to spend the days stuffing acorns in dead trees for his winter cupboard in a small section of a swamp. Lets hope he stays around for the winter to eat everything he has collected. 11/3/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1478201348068-Y851U3C4UYBKJDYQ9V90/DSC_4079.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS Here's another shot of the red headed woodpecker with an acorn in his beak about to launch off to another crack in a tree to stuff his acorn in. 11/3/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1483108065981-88O55JV8WC68JQ9RP6B0/DSC_6050.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS This white throated sparrow has been staying around with the juncos under the feeders since late November. Looks like he may be planning on spending the winter with us..... 12/30/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1480986175821-2CHWLTWO1L4LOSWXXPI0/DSC_5200.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS A few visitors from the north, snow buntings, were zipping around a large corn field today in Northampton MA as I drove by. I had to stop and take their picture. 12/5/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1482367177126-LH11CE55MKQE3GPEMPDA/DSC_5814.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS A red bellied woodpecker hopped up on a branch right in front of me this morning in the early morning sun. 12/21/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1479914849507-IB2XTHG2NG12WNCMEQ4O/DSC_4988.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS Happy Thanksgiving everyone ! A brisk cold walk this morning turned up this barred owl in Quabbin. 1/23/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1479854055962-OZ4AFTFZ7B4TOLVZO5OW/DSC_5848.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS I took this photo of a female peregrine falcon in late September of 2016. I sent it to Masswildlife for ID because she has bands on both legs. You can see the band numbers if blown up on a computer. She was banded in Springfield MA on 5/20/16 at One Monarch Place Building . Tom French told me this was a great sighting because they havent seen her since she fledged early July. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1479505031604-V0KOCFBPU32BY5O7ODH7/DSC_4904-2.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS I was along the shoreline this morning at Quabbin before the sun came up. I heard something coming and got ready as I could see ducks flying towards me. Out of the fog came 26 common mergansers and landed right in front of me. Notice the orange feet all sticking out !! They made me laugh ! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1479172806955-1F361CNYQCD2QZ0BPY9N/DSC_4760.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS A rare Mountain bluebird has bees spotted at the Turners Fall Airport. I was by there today and the bird was close to the parking lot. It was a life bird for me ! Such a beautiful color of blue ! 11/14/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1474394228194-AAVOP90SOXKA2XT1IRE0/DSC_0811.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS A pair of greater yellowlegs are racing along the shore of Quabbin while feeding and loading up on calories to help them thru their long migration to South America. 9/20/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1488837297396-2SEL7LNKWZUH84FHZUF3/DSC_2961.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS "The butcher bird" While waiting to see the great gray owl today, I spotted this northern shrike. These birds drop down into New England and show up in the late fall/early winter when the rodent population is down up north.. They have a habit of hanging their prey on Hawthorne spikes and branched while they feed on them. The eat small birds and rodents. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1487966361430-2NXLT1I8G8NM35QKSLHH/DSC_7883.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS One of the local characters around this joint ! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1487966608286-3VUY0OCS1EJ2Y866JXHK/DSC_8122.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS This crow came gliding up the shore and was planning to land on this rock and I was ready for him! 2/14/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1487631069655-3WR9OTM5TJ1FOSCT6NON/DSC_7495.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS Ive spent so much time waiting for big animals wandering about the ice on Quabbin with not much happening, I decided to drop by to see my old friend the red headed woodpecker. He was working on a new house. When I left about 2 hours later he was looking for acorns he stashed last fall for dinner 2/20/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1491947164134-35Z0MO3NPFUBIRYSZHH5/DSC_0507-2.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS Turkeys turkeys everywhere this morning ! These 2 males were leading 9 females up the shore of Quabbin and I was in the woods watching for anything that passed. This is not a photoshopped picture (I don't own photoshop and I don't believe in it). This is the true color in the early morning sun of these guys. It was even more impressive in person. (or in bird) ! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1495670418768-ZGBZ16S1H4DLBP3SHJ9W/DSC_6425-2.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS A tree swallow in barking orders at its mate that just went into the nest in the hole just below him in this dead stump pond side. 5/24/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1495322913574-XYMFKAXKESEX71WJAEBU/DSC_5765.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS I found a female bluebird sitting on my great grand parents grave stone during my visit there this morning. I also have a picture with a male in the same place. 5/20/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1494965014748-4XFILS154E7ZC7N1AB1M/DSC_4935-4.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS I snuck up on these 2 wood ducks sitting in a patch of early morning sun. 5/16/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1492476185557-951V5B37Q9XWPQPPOZ8O/DSC_1173-2.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS I was surprised to find an adult sandhill crane in a north Quabbin beaver swamp this afternoon.! What a magnificent bird and a rare find in Massachusetts. 4/17/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1492476182007-5XP41U3IHVDZW30E3J4J/DSC_1265-2.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS Here is a second shot of this afternoons sandhill crane. 4/17/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1486165848216-4UQFEPJ3OD3XV8MZ4I8Q/DSC_7116.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS I haven't seen to many turkeys along the shore of Quabbin this winter. I was quite surprised to see these four jump up from behind a stump and run up the shore and into the woods. 2/2/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1481669132879-Z1BMHFTLIRZGLIJAVIIO/DSC_1869.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS We've alway had pileated woodpeckers here around the house. I love seeing these prehistoric looking birds. Here's the male banging on a cherry tree in our front yard after he finished eating some wild grapes left in the woods beside our house. 12/13/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1493927002030-OQJ9QFVBMSAXUVK0AWXF/DSC_2628-2.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS A male bluebird checks out a tree swallows nest in a beaver pond early this morning. 5/5/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1493313058127-FPN8PT841BZRGEH6OCHA/DSC_1857-2.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS A pair of tree swallow have a discussion about their next nest, and how many kids they want ! 4/27/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1489194033249-YAZMH45MM65POQ71S794/DSC_8356.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS A female bluebird landed right smack in front of me in with little snow falling. 3/10/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1498321875890-4IRIKX1AYU7FVW18WCOK/DSC_0159.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS This rare photo opportunity showed up as this yellow billed cuckoo landed on a dying spruce tree thats growing up in the middle of a beaver dam in Quabbin yesterday. 7/22/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1499023744276-BURSJA1D9E9CKHDLOI2G/DSC_1419-5.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS These 2 bluebirds are in this house in a local cemetery. I discovered them a few days ago and have had a great time watching and photographing them feeding chicks in the box. 7/2/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1501178175764-ORVIR13UZOXKXMYQ0Z6Z/DSC_6282-2.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS This male bluebird just finished raising one nest of chicks with his mate last week. Now he's busy looking for another place to nest but it's to late in the season. Maybe he's practicing for next year. 7/27/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1506464100082-JCNLSKNDG3VQZ6P8ZXL4/DSC_1678.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS A belted kingfisher landed in the fog in front of me this morning. He was looking for breakfast but wasnt having much luck. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1513302279633-K5GRJHINZGZLYD6PYKWF/85O_0537.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS It was 12 F as I walked along the shoreline of the Quabbin this morning. I stumbled upon this rare American pipit. Its Christmas Bird Count week so it got on the Athol list for the first time in its history of the count. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1515079917831-WVO4YBFAI26JNAG9RY2P/DSC_5638.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS I've been on this land since 1979 and I've never seen a ruffed grouse at the feeders until about 2 weeks ago. Here it is today digging in the snow for seeds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1516188878802-QZC5EFPC0IXYSRHYDKSK/85O_2443-2.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS I made this image of a red bellied woodpecker yesterday as he was looking for breakfast in the northern Quabbin area. These birds are becoming more common as time goes by. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1526774598664-GAMZDAF7AS6L4KU8U5QH/85O_9744-2.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS I don’t usually see northern orioles so low to the ground. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1526339174132-AF12XCCHQK1B8740U8FQ/85O_8935.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS Red wing blackbirds are still making a racket in the early mornings in the local swamps. I love their song! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1525968128581-DDPD2XA3RX7RP1M3BRI0/85O_8219-2.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS I watched these 2 pileated woodpeckers rip apart this pine tree to get at ants for about 3 hours in the morning sun. 5/9/18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1524787433903-42X4BARK0HKUPAEMDD5C/85O_6757-3.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS While setting in the woods watching the otters I was swarmed with migrating warblers. These palm warblers are usually the first warbler, along with pine warblers, that we see in the spring. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1513904937779-7AAC6SF240LXK5O7US6G/85O_1575-3.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS A flock of cedar waxwings have stripped about 10 thousand winter berries from our winter berry bush the last couple of days. Here's one making off a prize!.. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1522440345294-OOC0XJ4S6PP0NRO330I3/85O_4634-2.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS The first singing song sparrow i have seen this year was singing near a beaver pond..spring is here! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1543362839086-X5NBKORS6AHGV4PN93HK/17.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS The male cardinal has been here year round with his mate. They come out at dusk and early morning no matter what the weather is. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1556931020229-MM3XLRP5Q08CJ5ERBLTE/_85O4251-2.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS This red-winged blackbird sits on this stump every time I show up in a certain swamp and serenades me with “conk-a-reeeeee”….. today it was foggy and misty. The bird is about 35 feet away from me and this is taken with a Nikon 500mm f4 VR ED lens and a Nikon D850 camera. The ISO was 4000 to get the shutter speed up to 1/350 as it was very dark when he showed up. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1558257999141-1TQ2EK3OX82GL95HUOSR/_85O6602-2.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS One of my favorite birds. The bubbly bobolink just going crazy with song in the rising sun. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1557361355115-A9CPDEKSUG0KUB8TRHK5/_85O5042.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS I guess this rough-winged swallow wasn’t to happy to see me taking its picture! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1563235023120-MLOHFBZYTNA6RPNKRH7N/_85O3434-3.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS Every now and then I will find an image I overlooked. Here is ones such shot from last week. This female red-winged blackbird flew into a dead bush a ways from me and started clucking, which caught my attention. I just looked at those images this evening and found this. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1563319718867-RZ0XY7S918WEGGIA2CA6/_85O3709-2.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS An adult kingbird lines up the kids for bugs, and blueberries… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1563319828128-QK4HFUBYH3J1ARVP3JM8/_85O3750-2.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS like I said…and blueberries! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1571271237332-OLD1V02MZ2YNA4VL1D3O/_85O3069.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS A pair of greater yellowlegs refuel on the shores of northern Quabbin while taking a rest from migration. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1575834332015-5WL9NBYF6LAI5XCRVM4W/_85O4688.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS I am developing a new TV series called “Suet Battles”….. umm maybe not.. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1590353921901-XEACTPLS2N5JM2N6AQNQ/DSC_5733-Edit.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS “Sweet sweet so sweet” is the call of the yellow warbler. These birds are bright yellow and hard to miss along with their song and bright yellow color. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1578260357139-WK7IGFNQJSEEF0N48KSH/_85O5604-Edit-2.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS Eight ring-billed gulls showed up yesterday morning and put on a good show on the edge of the ice in front of me. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1578260702177-BPQVEKDK1AA4OWMNORAF/_85O5610-Edit-2.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS One more shot of the ring-billed gull landing on water covered ice at the Quabbin Reservoir. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1577481466465-710DPCC91KVLFJ6W6NHH/_85O5286-Edit.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS For the last week and a half we have had 5 bluebirds, 3 robins and 15 cedar waxwings eating the red berries from the huge bush next to the house. They are fun to watch from the house. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1586194297470-54BGAY83QE3MGHW84NRQ/_85O9614-Edit.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS It’s great to have song sparrows back and singing ! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1590795493128-MBVNSRKAF2FHNE0VVPZ3/_85O9452-Edit.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS I found this yellow warbler searching for bugs to eat. I watched as it combed this bush along the shore of a beaver pond. Their favorite habitat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1592781668326-SMBJ676UO1LYAI4DQBJ0/_85O3559-Edit-2.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS Yesterday morning as I was tucked in along the shoreline of a drying up beaver pond this red wing blackbird make started feeding a couple of chicks that were in the bushes a about 30 feet a way. he made numerous trips to the shore for bugs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1589800171154-1RZ9E3TUS5HCEA7Y5VQN/_85O6896-Edit-2.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS This female red-wing blackbird was really busy trying to get the attention of any males that were in the area. I was lucky she landed on a stump in the pond about 40 feet in front of me. A piece of cake with a Nikon 500mm , f4 telephoto lens. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1613995560432-V5T3XT9K84Z154DBRRG9/_85O3663-Edit.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS I have always loved these little guys. White breasted nuthatches remind me of a small bus going up and down the trees honking… This year there are an abundance of its cousin, the red breasted nuthatch around the woods at Quabbin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1613575339809-UNQKL7N226UHMCA59GBE/_85O3653-Edit.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS Our male cardinal that comes at sunrise and sunset…. once in a while he and his mate will visit in mid day together. Its always a treat to see them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1603582017891-WLMU0JWYL23ZF7Z5LCRN/_85O9188-Edit-2.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS I found a small flock of blue birds a few days ago. These thrushes look great even when they are in non-breeding plumage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1599679518185-6EZT7L4DC5QR6DPEHRWN/_85O5960-Edit-2.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS One of the last ruby throated hummingbirds left around here…. 9/5/20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1614386643015-1ODTVRLYD6IDS4I3TDLE/_85O4085.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS This ring billed gull just keeps calling and calling for about 30 minutes. I think it wanted its picture taken and plastered all over the internet ! Here it is :). CT River at the Ox Bow Marina in Northampton.. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1614205504366-8NUBKAD3ABHBVSUH8BEF/_85O3682-Edit.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS Pamela Coppiano, or if you know Pamela, please have her get in touch with me. She ordered some books and my email to her was returned to me as undeliverable….thanks. oh yeah a blue jay at out feeder in the snow :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1612363509991-8OC3YOKTE4Z22Y4YL5BR/85O_9571-Edit.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS It won’t be long before the red wing blackbirds show up at feeders. My first sightings are usually around February 11th…..which is next week ! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1624906392586-8AVR3HEUK7IAVO6OJD2D/_85O1974-2.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS This tiny house wren popped up in front of me in the heron pond a few days ago. I was surprised to see it there. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1642887604761-V0M6VADG0BASX86KTVPG/_DSC0383.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS This robin has decided we are worthy of his presence all winter. I caught him drinking from a small stream we have on our land this afternoon. He certainly looks healthy doesn’t he ? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1625705187766-NINUZLKCXOM2JDSD54O8/_85O5005-Edit.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS Here is one of about ten Virginia rail chicks that were probably a week or so old. The female was also there. These chicks were very cute and fuzzy :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1620773924712-3U3RE2RUZO6O1P32NIK2/_85O4842-Edit-2.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS Belted kingfishers beat the snot out of big fish they catch until they are limp enough to swallow, then down the hatch! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1643243740348-B9Q7ML6SOH5SJJ44OF82/_DSC1327.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS Our male cardinal under one of our feeders. He has a mate and they are never separated. They nest on our land every summer. Its great! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1679352835623-GDY477KCKAI8O3RG8UGB/_DSC9951-2.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS Happy first day of spring…from the red winged blackbirds …28 degrees F and 7:15 AM…calling already! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1674421238549-7QA9ZT5BTDJA0V1N2TY1/_DSC7038-2.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS I found this eastern meadowlark toughing out the New England winter at the Northampton airport this morning. He was also singing as it was overcast with an impending rain/snow storm coming this evening. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1677026032220-TIQFG1J15PRJ18RNAW85/_DSC8210-Edit.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS This red winged blackbird had me fooled. I thought spring was just around the corner! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1625705021873-X1NCZ0OWC4RGDBO0IIUZ/_85O4942-Edit-2.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS I was lucky enough to stumble onto a family of Virginia rails yesterday while taking photos of a great blue heron dining on horn pout. Here is the male running across lily pads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1651672434990-TJFFHHDJGZN79OBKT4SI/_DSC2914.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS This woodcock was strutting across the road yesterday so I had to stop and make this image of it! Great birds…. that eat worms! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1678752652521-7UKW6EWUXFVPVYBTEU6L/_DSC9573-2.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS I caught this ring billed gull doing an imitation of an osprey at Quabbin a few days ago. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1690830409568-ELE884PNWS9G0K9ENXNU/_DSC9545-2.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS How these birds can cram so much into their beaks is beyond me let alone catch one with another bug still in its beak. This song sparrow has a caterpillar and a dragon fly. (taken at 25 feet away with s Nikon 600mm f4 lena) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1686944852338-ZN43Y3VPZ90KEPAI989R/_DSC5092-Enhanced-NR-3.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS I found this common grackle hoarding these dragon flies yesterday. It must have a nest full of chicks but how do they catch them with a mouthful already? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1657760893219-AEF0SA5LFXLWT3CJ050R/_DSC8175.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS I was watching a pair of cedar waxwings building a nest when part of it started to fall. A few minutes later they were back building. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1669250083228-DQ4PCEKFBV7L2M8IHI2S/_DSC5440.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS This turkey vulture flew out of a tree I was standing under and landed about 60 yards away. They open their wings to gather heat from the sun on cold mornings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1689368442367-L4KKPGZCA2UBPK3OEJ76/_DSC8639-Enhanced-NR-2.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS I found this killdeer feeding on the lawn at the Millers River Riverside Park in Orange a few days ago. These plovers are fun to watch and I dont usually get this close. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1654013689450-U9G2TPQJM2YSV6XUJ19A/_DSC7205-Edit.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS I watched as this pileated woodpecker flew in to a small dead tree on the shore across from me in a local beaver pond. Forty five minutes and lots of wood chips ripped out and ants eaten he left. Look close and you can see his tongue! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1677968586642-E163T4ARKEHMH1XKPGMD/_DSC9123-2.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS I found a small flock of bluebirds hunting for insects around a small bog that had some open water one day earlier this week. Here is one of them… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1686431210647-3WZ7LC25OFRAE8HYQT8I/_DSC3958-Enhanced-NR-2.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS Today I found this female Killdeer and her 2 chicks feeding at a local airport where she nested. I would say the chicks are about a month old and they run like they are jet powered! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1705944376270-12Q2QUTEWGRM6DS3INS4/_DSC6749-Enhanced-NR-2.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS Our female cardinal made an uncharacteristic appearance alone midmorning to see if the feeder guy was around....he was ! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1679859620387-ZQWB9OIMVLVU1KRXGWO9/_DSC2336.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS I got a surprise this morning while going thru the town of Orange. As I crossed the railroad tracks I looked up and saw two black vultures gliding around. I pulled into the court house parking lot just in time to see them land on the court house chimney. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1687479791768-FLGE8ZBGJ3T128S1QYXL/_DSC5457-Enhanced-NR-2.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS This male indigo bunting was singing his heart out but he looks a little ragged towards the end of breeding season! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1740256693135-S6L1NIBJH3WN4IODTK5L/_DSC6556-2.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS Bluebirds love dried mealworms but they are expensive. To me its worth it to have these guys around in the winter months. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1713292790799-O4RLNM167X0UBSZH5X37/_DSC2887-2.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS A rare western cattle egret hung around Hunts Farm on RT 202 in Orange for a couple days earlier this week. This was a new one for me. A striking male in breeding plumage. He’s gone today. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1718387831705-N7EWAVOB6L4PW9UWOJF9/_DSC9189-Enhanced-NR-2.jpg VARIOUS BIRDS I was away for the last 2 weeks on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia. I now have 7500 photographs to wade thru. Here's one of the first. Captain Raven on his lobster boat in Dingwall Harbor. http://www.northquabbinphotography.com/new-gallery-1 daily 0.75 2025-11-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1614256353523-9KVRK29BGUF5ZL1OBQVR/image-asset.jpeg Quabbin Winter - Winter in the Quabbin WCVB CHRONICLE, QUABBIN IN WINTER I filmed this short piece with Chronicles crew in January, 21. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1614256353523-9KVRK29BGUF5ZL1OBQVR/image-asset.jpeg Quabbin Winter - Winter in the Quabbin WCVB CHRONICLE, QUABBIN IN WINTER I filmed this short piece with Chronicles crew in January, 21. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1427648155956-0NPUEWKX7TXKF878KVPG/DSC_1672.jpg Quabbin Winter Asa Snow was a resident of North Dana. He was known as "Popcorn Snow" because he liked popcorn. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1424999192099-060QGT4NMMVODS9UFJGI/dam-03.jpg Quabbin Winter - Looking north from Quabbin. Mt Monadnock can be seen on the horizon on the left center of the photo. It's 50 miles away. I took this photo from a small Cessna 152 aircraft in 1986. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1425422797594-IZ3H7EFM1SA6EKVU59ZW/DSC_0884.jpg Quabbin Winter Sunrise, New Salem Lookout, December 31st, 2014. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1424997354889-WOS4475NWAIK64VGR75A/IMG_3132.jpg Quabbin Winter - Early winter morning. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1424997074824-UIXGNK4VS24N606YZAQ0/DSC_0550.jpg Quabbin Winter - North Prescott area. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1424998592343-8HGQM28FBWIKYIIL7C8I/DSC_9704.jpg Quabbin Winter - Its a gray day after an early winter snowfall ….. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1424998513265-62M42TFDXOW4FKDEDBUU/DSC_0953.jpg Quabbin Winter - These beavers have a great twig cache built up for food through the winter. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1424998549944-7GK8DQ2S1XWF28V1PZBC/DSC_1386.jpg Quabbin Winter - These are young beaver tracks dragging the tail and had no food cache built up so they need to go out in the snow looking for trees to cut and take back to the lodge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1424997121380-2XYJXK481EFOKJM262TN/DSC_1024.jpg Quabbin Winter - A cold 15 degree F winters day with the moon in the upper right corner of the photo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1424997208965-LUS9YMH8GQC257XNONGI/DSC_1256.jpg Quabbin Winter Not a picnic day! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1424997167936-V39CWR3W7059CA9CSF3M/DSC_1250.jpg Quabbin Winter You can see the pressure ridges of the ice along the shore line. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1424997239735-1XI7EVUODQKTVD8I2ARV/DSC_1570.jpg Quabbin Winter - Just something that caught my eye. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1424997309026-RM1DJSPFYGN1DZJ94793/DSC_1600.jpg Quabbin Winter - Taken after one of the 20 inch snow storms of 2015 looking south. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1424998599229-MROMAMSEMSNBX877CJCY/DSC_9688.jpg Quabbin Winter - Another early winter photo after an 8 inch snow storm…. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1424997312424-OQN2VFBPEDOCL3HO5RR8/DSC_9697.jpg Quabbin Winter - Moore Island channel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1424997348121-VO6V9G94KR06PP3YRJ67/DSC_9986.jpg Quabbin Winter - The morning calm after the storm. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1424998559057-972MCDRNGLGJBZNTM4KQ/DSC_1330.jpg Quabbin Winter - Phragmites waiting for red winged blackbirds to come back to nest in them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1424998630826-45IE9ALCU77U2NSDQN5H/IMG_3199.jpg Quabbin Winter - An iPhone panoramic….. Taken from the gate 35 road. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1424999193811-7YRXGB64HXYHJJLVBZ3K/Image0067.jpg Quabbin Winter - Flying over north Quabbin looking south. Mount L is right in the middle taken in 1985. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1425073639218-GCPDY6IG0QG3RNDEXJ5X/DSC_1669.jpg Quabbin Winter - Looking up the west branch of Quabbin from the Enfield Lookout. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1425073684020-GMGQJXCW8VA5XV6NIBFN/DSC_1668.jpg Quabbin Winter - Looking at the Prescott Peninsula from the Enfield Lookout. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1425591140235-EI7X87U27ISOP0K94KAZ/DSC_1670.jpg Quabbin Winter Hanks Picnic Area in Quabbin Park. One of the most popular sites in the whole watershed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1425590985032-V1XQHKW6YZINATMP38RY/DSC_1664.jpg Quabbin Winter Mount Monadnock located in Dublin NH, 50 straight air miles from Quabbin. I took this on a crisp winter day with a 400mm lens. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1425073631909-0F0S1PSM43DLC7F9Y925/DSC_1671.jpg Quabbin Winter - The Enfield monument to the Civil War soldiers. It sets in the Quabbin Park Cemetery in Belchertown on RT 9. He always has good jokes ! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1425233513265-MGCTJ1ZUD28LQL75VOYI/P1100463.jpg Quabbin Winter When you visit Quabbin please read and obey the signs! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1425421861217-LZ5S34KCLJZ4ROGGEQJ4/IMG_3338.jpg Quabbin Winter - A crisp day with long visibility. You can see Mt L through the trees. Mt. Zion to the left and Mt. Pomeroy off in the distance through the pass. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1425590991465-76XFSDQZ1E4WVPR4ATQC/DSC_1565.jpg Quabbin Winter Mt L and part of central Quabbin as seen from above Hamiltons Orchards in New Salem. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1426030636086-ZW9MVJBO8K0O7LCCG4RR/P1070789.jpg Quabbin Winter I took this one day looking out the front door of the Quabbin Visitor Center. It looks directly up the west branch of Quabbin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1451956854196-DVB3JURU1UYW9HJ7B2NN/DSC_0343.jpg Quabbin Winter Heres a photo I took early this morning (1/4/16). The wind chill was 16 F. You can see the low water at Quabbin. In the middle you can see Mt Pomeroy's top popping up through "the pass". Mt L is on the right of it and the north tip of Mt Zion is on the left. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1452113127631-WXMMGVCZHARXPTW79PUA/DSC_0448-2.jpg Quabbin Winter - Dense fog on Quabbin this morning and really cold temps about 15 F. 1/6/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1452113137038-DEL3VKDG0580K805WULD/DSC_0486.jpg Quabbin Winter - As the sun rose it created great photos with awesome colors. 1/6/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1455064676306-UO7W1XE7LNMHVV5N487X/DSC_8342.jpg Quabbin Winter Northern Quabbin after the second snow of the year looking south from the old railroad bed. 2/8/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1459267456251-KNDO747U7RYL5KT0A7XH/DSC_8519.jpg Quabbin Winter - Sunrise over northern Quabbin. 3/29/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1458657616920-3ZXSJCA8DKKDP5ICBV0N/IMG_5281.jpg Quabbin Winter It's a beautiful day today in the northern Quabbin watershed. Spring is not far away. 3/22/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1456872559058-OBME6131M686OT3RGO8N/DSC_8464.jpg Quabbin Winter - February 29th, 2016 Its been a long time since I posted a sunrise. Here is the Leap Year sunrise from RT 202 in New Salem, 6:24AM February 29th, 2016 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1456421418096-9YKT0A740UTIN2A40QOW/DSC_8431.jpg Quabbin Winter First light, Quabbin Reservoir 2/25/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1481992641425-O6EPDX3M1YS86VSRIFZ7/IMG_6618-2.jpg Quabbin Winter Gate 35 Road, Quabbin Reservoir. 2016 annual National Audubon Society Christmas Count. 12/17/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1485796924155-6QZZ3IVRM7M5BB85IGZO/DSC_2143-2.jpg Quabbin Winter This beaver family could have one or two new kits in their clan! I"ll certainly keep my eyes oped for them through out the spring ! 1/30/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1485634009393-CPSVSDY88GVW0R75AVCO/DSC_6990.jpg Quabbin Winter Two adult bald eagles at the Quabbin Reservoir are watching the days go by and waiting for breeding season to start with in the month. 1/23/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1485131941655-43NPCC9E6RGVGJ7NWSWZ/DSC_2101.jpg Quabbin Winter Looking south at Mt Russ from the mouth of Hop Brook you can see in the right side of the picture in Northern Quabbin. If the Quabbin was full I'd be under 10 feet of water. 1/22/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1483898627849-PE0RLF98JIBRCZ9LKKXS/DSC_2057.jpg Quabbin Winter A lone stump of a tree that was cut in the mid 1930's and is under the water most of the time, sits on the Quabbin shoreline on a zero degree F day on January 8, 2017. The tree was cut to clear the valley of all trees to make room for the giant 18 mile long Quabbin Reservoir. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1482788748460-CW6Z2TA9QJADPZ0QNJIT/DSC_5992.jpg Quabbin Winter A pair of about 14 bald eagles that call Quabbin reservoir their home. This particular pair are imprinted on this best and territory and stick here year round. I made this picture on December 24th, 2016. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1482282537235-C3STBRRXCRZD05UTALZS/DSC_1992-2.jpg Quabbin Winter Here are a couple pictures of the Quabbin at 6 below zero in the early morning sun. Bring on winter! 12/20/12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1482282560955-Q6SWZSL8YL8E1FBGZGN6/DSC_1936.jpg Quabbin Winter The second of many pictures I made this morning as the sea smoke drifted away from the Quabbin Reservoir. 12/20/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1486842276965-MV5VBM4YBTJ35KST37B7/DSC_2162.jpg Quabbin Winter Roses are red, violets are blue, I thought my legs would drop off before I was through ! 2/11/16 16" blizzard aftermath at Quabbin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1481404127671-BF9UVQEB6JXMZ6ZJ1547/DSC_1825.jpg Quabbin Winter Quabbin fishing area 2 in New Salem sits silent and all snugged up for the winter months at 6:45 AM on December 6th, 2016. Fishing will resume at the Quabbin in early April, 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1487435027530-8KE1EYKHVFLFHOS54M4Z/DSC_2171.jpg Quabbin Winter It's a great day for a hike ! Ive been slaving away on my computer all week so it was good to stretch my legs. Not much in the way of wildlife but its good to be out .... 2/18/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1492030964566-OZJNQZV60KZFVI9AAIBF/DSC_3853-2.jpg Quabbin Winter The last 2 morning at Quabbin have been pretty slow, especially today. i've spent 10 hours along the shore in coyote-ville with no luck. Today on the way out the sky was pretty awesome with the rain slowly rolling in. 4/12/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1520773916262-IK3SU56P472R5KQQ4X4Z/IMG_8691.JPG Quabbin Winter Winter is on its way out for 2018, ummm, maybe ! 3/10/18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1510178874924-BXCFERVPNVZCY3BWDQ93/DSC_1028.jpg Quabbin Winter Not an animal but I couldn't resist taking this shot of the moon over Quabbin early morning on 11/6/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1514464431673-VWDQ72PA3XD9P6CCPT3F/85O_1744.jpg Quabbin Winter And the big freeze is here at the Quabbin...... I feel like Dr. Zhivago did when he was left at the farmhouse in Siberia at the end of the movie :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1519079429060-DYDWJ1XOZD1LOYMQCRR9/DSC_5959-2.jpg Quabbin Winter It's a rare thing to see fog when it's 14 degrees F at the Quabbin Reservoir, but here it was this morning ! 2/19/18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1544819418522-C73BME8BEYV30CJ99RWI/DSC_7955-2.jpg Quabbin Winter HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO EVERYONE……. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1513041105557-JG9B6BONG1UKG5ULH1F0/85O_0383.jpg Quabbin Winter A Quabbin octopus...... getting ready for the deep freeze. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1579993560219-FKXIAFJK3H9ZUGO5HKI5/IMG_0677-Edit.jpg Quabbin Winter Quabbin sunrise, 1/23/2020. Note the coyote tracks in the foreground :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1611275226710-98HE2LLFX2V26NBTIAX1/IMG_1586.jpg Quabbin Winter A late day snow squall moves over the northern Quabbin Reservoir. There has been some wicked skies over Quabbin lately. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1614795920179-5QN3O8DXP15VG4XCEKQB/IMG_1690.jpg Quabbin Winter I checked on my favorite beaver clan and their dam this morning. They are still in the lodge with a small sign of them coming out sometime last week thru another neighboring lodge that have used. There are 5 beavers here unless they have kits coming soon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1674607083965-DZT227LS6IQWORR9XTF8/_85O2388.jpg Quabbin Winter Looking down on the north Quabbin watershed over Hillmans Orchard in New Salem, Massachusetts. The apple trees are all snoozing away the winter. :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1735085470446-AAY6J5OUNZ7Q5C29M2RO/IMG_6032.jpg Quabbin Winter Storm approaching. First Light power canal, Turners Falls, MA, 12/22/24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1735778749340-1SXQ7QMIRQI0KGNL7HS9/F38D2185-2EA5-4467-AD8C-1354A3403D5B.jpeg Quabbin Winter “To Boldly Go Where No Man Has ev….. err” ummm wait….Its not Mars, its the Quabbin. !! Happy New Year everyone!…. May all your photos be sharp and you never get stomped by a moose! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1739292920631-JQ5Y9KQVX8KQJMT9WRTM/_DSC6359-2.jpg Quabbin Winter A bright and calm Quabbin Reservoir morning. New snow quiets things in the woods. http://www.northquabbinphotography.com/new-gallery-2 daily 0.75 2024-10-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1425690560789-P0IHP7M7CF5YDLS59JGA/IMG_1983.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND - Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada After driving 800 miles I love seeing this sign again after crossing the Canso Causeway. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1425690560789-P0IHP7M7CF5YDLS59JGA/IMG_1983.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND - Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada After driving 800 miles I love seeing this sign again after crossing the Canso Causeway. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1528228241467-BC4RY8DE8SXT9NG05EK0/85O_3897.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND Cape Breton Island, South Harbor sunrise. 6/5/18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1425582590723-AYKSZ299JALT2AKT4Y3S/IMG_0537.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND Aspy Bay, South Harbor, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia. Our home away from home! Looking out on the Atlantic Ocean behind a barrier beach. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1425735555662-ZRSHYTZLLCMMZIBCC51W/IMG_0526.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND - Cabots Landing The plaque tells the story. Its the barrier beach in front of the cottage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1425736037582-92VS97ZP2BTBHVOICB2F/IMG_0527.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND - John Cabot Here is the man ! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1425605863770-DYCQHXB7AMT49RV20AUR/IMG_0531.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND - Cabots Landing beach, This is supposedly where he landed in Aspy Bay. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1425583291481-9DRFSG2408OSIP3USILJ/Scan10025.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND This photo is Bay St. Lawrence taken from the access road to Money Point in the early 1990's. Newfoundland is 40 miles away straight out. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1425604616672-U5V2R3XWE0BABT1WR1G5/IMG_0544.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND Lobster season in the small fishing village of White Point. By the looks of the barn its this guy hunts moose antlers laying on the ground in the off season. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1425604599997-VRV3BCYLU3AGMG7LDC1P/IMG_0610.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND Early morning on the beach……it reminds me of the last scene in Planet Of The Apes ! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1425604645714-BILSAZ8D2H35BN31XXMJ/P1030981.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND Sunrise from the cottage. I find myself getting up at 3:45 AM Maritimes time to take these photos in early June. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1425605081515-KFQ85NFUL52SESYNRJ1F/015_12A.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND - Dingwall, Cape Breton I took this photo in the early 90's and converted it from a slide. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1425604655152-QOTPTGTRIBJY39QF1608/P1040687.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND The Atlantic coast just south of Money Point. You can see Money Point in the fog under the rainbow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1425605080159-H6HLDDSL0560J7770B9M/IMG_0572.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND Neil's Harbor, Cape Breton https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1425605488557-TZK0U693IHE0SIJFUNNY/IMG_0580.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND The Englishtown Ferry. Its a small ferry that runs on a huge cable. It saves you 30 minutes off your trip. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1425605479525-T758ELYP3WK9V9QG8QJ9/IMG_0584.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND Fiddle lessons anyone? This is the Sydney Cruise Pavilion where the large cruise ships dock. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1425605518955-VULTR3GS03O6RAH5S4X8/P1030736.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND - Meat Cove Drive the 6 mile dirt road out to Meat Cove ! It got its name because whales used to brought into the cove by boat and cut up for various whale products during the whaling years. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1425605510518-72LBWGN4L4YEZGAEJ5XP/P1030861.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND Looks like another early morning and another sunrise photo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1425605861172-I4AE68979PRG5C05KS6R/IMG_0540.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND This is the Cabot Trail on the St. Lawrence Seaway side of the island. This is the most photographed portion of the road along this coast.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1425607357832-GJFHC8OT8EX7V7TRMRMW/1929573_1269429098867_1320492_n.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND - Entering the Park on the west side of the island. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1425607363103-SB4NHEESRP3CZD87MOVQ/1929573_1269429378874_4196144_n.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND - At least they can read and know where to cross the road! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1425607360145-HG84WMZN08R7NE273VB1/1929573_1269430138893_1804743_n.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND - Pilot whales are very common around Cape Breton throughout the summer and fall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1466497813915-7GSHLHIDPVERC4KMBR76/DSC_9592.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND - Good morning Cape Breton ! Sunrise June 21, 2016 South Harbor, Cape Breton Nova Scotia. View from the cottage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1425607363251-7SXG1DP6K3J7YOQADTO0/1929573_1269430218895_1984056_n.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND - We were out on a sailboat and these guys came up to say hello ! Pilot whales are also called blackfish or potheads by the local fishermen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1425605100347-5MLTPVIMCF5C68P80SMX/P1030768.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND The road to Red River can be seen along the shore. It goes through Pleasant Bay and into the wilderness. trust me ! Ive been there... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1466293885709-A5D0QJNDM5OBGOXIANI3/DSC_9073.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND Here are 7 grey seals lounging about on the shore of Bird Island off the coast of Cape Breton Males can grow to be almost 8 feet long and weight 680 pounds. 6/15/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1425607785988-4K3C2YFVSPH2V2E72NGB/1929573_1269429658881_6899228_n.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND Did you know Cape Breton has the most rainbows of anywhere on earth? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1466262978547-VR79ITFRFVSCB1C756IG/DSC_8984.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND A grey seal gives us the seal of approval out at Bird Islands Seabird Sanctuary 7 miles out into the Atlantic Ocean off of Cape Breton. 6/18/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1425607787984-3POIGCENGGBVRLADIWG2/1929573_1269429778884_837739_n.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND The Orangedale Railroad station. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1466238797493-12WQG52U34SUKTJOJ597/DSC_9317.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND Good morning Cape Breton ! Finally after a week I see the horizon in front of the cottage. No fog today! 6/18/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1425609376789-WA2WHVBMERVEU2ROJBLE/1929573_1269477460076_4988939_n.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND The Skyline trail is named correctly. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1466121107711-CBPQJ4PEENLEM5D0AQS9/DSC_9082.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND A group of puffins bob in the water off of Cape Breton near Bird Islands. These little guys spend all year out to sea and only come to land to nest. This is one of their nesting islands. 6/16/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1466868637618-M13957E2OS6FI7IL085S/DSC_7439.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND A snow shoe hare was hopping down the road to Paquette Lake on Cape Breton Wednesday night (6/22/16). He turned around and came right up to the car.... notice the huge feet on this hare... still some white fur around the edges. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1425607821394-2G3P9ZQ6HVN0RNJ7TAWC/DSC_0674.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND - The Skyline Trail "Halt, who goes there?" Some moose just stand and look while you stroll by on the Skyline trail.. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1466121487706-O98CH3JH9X8Q4MQL6MN5/DSC_9177.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND Here's a group of puffins hanging out on their front porches in front of their nesting burrows. They are discussing the Red Sox's chances and who will be the nest president. I overheard one of them say he was glad they live way out to sea for 10 months a year! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1425607869153-POEGAUNA7K2GZ3PK7D8E/DSC_1502.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND A snowshoe hare jets off to get away from me on the Skyline Trail. These guys have huge feet and I saw a great photo op by walking up behind them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1425609463246-7NZCQOLHAJN46TPIQ32F/DSC_0575.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND - The Skyline Trail. Its a 2 mile hike out to the end. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1465989620879-NBAOC6EUAKYDPI4TFEMP/IMG_5720.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND These flowers are all over the Cape Breton Highlands National Park.....6/15/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1425607805670-BJ0TKM5EMD70EDF64J2C/1929573_1269477340073_2675622_n.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND Snow the first week of October. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1465947803529-G2X14A4T2OR99GBT9U0J/DSC_6631.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND Piping plovers are endangered in Nova Scotia as they are in MA. The beaches where they nest are all posted. This morning I found this one wandering up and down looking for breakfast a far shot from where the posted areas were on South Harbor Beach on Cape Breton. 6/14/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1425607840762-SGO608EHAEKRIBPT70XU/DSC_1079.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND Arggh ! another sunrise https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1451476767019-GEWZVZPTS5OQU7TKS8OM/F1010015-2.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND - Obviously not the Quabbin ! Taken from Blackomb Mountain, British Columbia, Canada 2004. Some friends and I used to go skiing each year in the Canadian Rockies at a different place each year. This was taken from Backcomb Mountain and converted from a slide...what an awesome place the Canadian Rockies are. Im not sure what mountain range that is on the horizon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1425607858517-MBB3BZZ0BB9MBZGE01UX/DSC_1425.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND Some times the sunrises up there have to be seen to be believed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1465855842633-DJSN9WYGVUZJ2S19ZW98/DSC_8781.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND Heavy rains last night on Cape Breton really gave us some wild water today ! Mary Ann Falls, Cape Breton Highlands National Park, Nova Scotia, Atlantic Canada. 6/13/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1425609379245-SDUH5MWDYAX3A80XWFFT/1929573_1269477500077_7855317_n.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND Looking off into the wilderness of the Cape Breton Highlands after an early snowstorm. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1465856017922-3PB20MMZ36O3PWQJIXLF/DSC_6325.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND The mighty North Atlantic was pretty wild today after the heavy rain storm last night on Cale Breton. 6/13/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1425609470682-6PAIO2VJJYIDR1UAFQV7/DSC_0084.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND A fishing boat heads into White Point Harbor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1425691673283-6OGNE7EPC2S0PSK9J3C2/1929573_1269477220070_5225785_n.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND A storm is coming across Aspy Bay…... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1465772265138-Y8RUNF43PNA817D87TST/DSC_6297.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND I saw this red fox walking casually down a dirt road this afternoon as I was cruising the back roads of north Cape Breton. It watched the car and when I opened the door it made for the woods.... 6/12/16   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1425691725075-IWXA4C64A0UPE58WYIKT/DSC_0272.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND Neils Harbor. Storms generate tremendous waves right on the North Atlantic coast. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1465735343334-O83EMGBC3WXW32C7ZJQF/DSC_6173.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND White Point, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. This raven got a little to close to a nesting gull colony this morning. 6/12/16   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1425691744260-393Q5X3OJ1SCB0B59ETR/DSC_1029.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND North Harbor, Aspy Bay https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1465692121904-5KQ3LWFMDQ52H8TJJNOC/DSC_8749.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND - Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada First day here ! Looking north from the top of MacKensie Mountain towards the northern tip of the island 6/11/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1425607789647-F4RJT40K1EIRPSLCYZ3V/1929573_1269476860061_3249338_n.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND The entrance to the Bay St. Lawrence cove. The waves get to be HUGE sometimes up there. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1425607368130-1485FJU3TABYJA3U87HZ/1929573_1269476780059_3132392_n.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND This is how then Canadians wash their cars aye? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1425691795313-W2SCEH2QUUSWGLFE26JP/DSC_1035.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND Bay St. Lawrence on a beautiful June Day…… This is on the west side of Money point looking east. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1425691796228-LLTYVAXU1ZPVRWFSPXHM/DSC_1340.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND - Bear Mountain in Pleasant Bay This was taken from a boat. I have actually seen black bears up there so its appropriately named. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1425733985713-YPAFDW16TK3HERXJD56O/25226_1420775882442_4951270_n.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND - Snow on North Mountain Photo courtesy of my friends Jean and Lawrence Walsh of South Harbor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1425734339952-YMXCDU7P6I2XVW7F27T5/1929573_1269428698857_8154213_n.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND - Hanging Valley This is called a "hanging valley" by the geologists. As you can see fall is a great time to be on Cape Breton. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1425739534345-00HSIVOLJCJF2HKI33SN/DSC_9977.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND - The view from Broad Cove Mountain Cape Smokey in the distance and it looks like I need to clean the lens but its black flies buzzing thick as fog !! They were so bad I could only stay there 15 minutes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1433718264434-RX4YAVWNYYR4NP1OHZB8/DSC_8089.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND - Dingwall Harbor, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia 6/7/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1433718201335-LCKG55IAQGXQORYATPMT/DSC_7952.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND - Ring necked ducks I found this pair of ring necked duck on Paquette Lake early this morning in the Cape breton Highlands National Park. The male sure has his eyes on me! 6/7/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1433718198928-3MXXOFJBXYI8UR06GEWV/DSC_8003.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND - northern gannets These are great birds that dive from great elevations beak first to spear fish. They are on the ocean all the time except when nesting. Aspy Bay, Cape Breton. 6/7/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1433662699551-60P33G8M04RYWX7QKGOH/DSC_7910.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND - Nova Scotia soaking wet eagle I saw this bald eagle sitting on top of this huge pile of rocks right on the oceans edge on my way to Cape Breton, Nova Scotia yesterday and had to drive back and take his photo. 6/6/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1433982009735-ALYERGHRCLWA7MAWRUA0/DSC_8431.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND - Sunrise, Aspy Bay, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia. 6/8/15 Sunrise over South Harbor, Cape Breton Island. 6/10/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1433982079170-9LQWKBVGXO1803MWRLIU/DSC_8544.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND - Black Brook Black Brook. Cape Breton Highlands National Park. Nova Scotia. 6/10/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1433890627833-1SHLZ2IHMYC64O5PX6LJ/DSC_8222.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND - lobsters anyone Lobster season is in full swing on Cape Breton. If you like lobster you would be in heaven here.! 6/9/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1433803989992-4F1DAFCFRVQ9HQP9CKHK/DSC_8096.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND - 2 AM shot (in the dark) I took this time exposure shot from the front porch of the cottage at 2 AM in the morning. ISO at 6400 and shutter speed at 15 seconds. 6/8/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1433809424098-NHTGBI33GCW6XEM7DUEM/DSC_8100.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND - Night shot Cape Breton Here is another night shot from the front porch of the cottage on South Harbor on Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, 6/8/15, 2AM https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1433804486378-LSPYXNL21DEKBRORHO48/DSC_8105.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND - Sunrise, Aspy Bay, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia. 6/8/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1433804021739-4HDXXM27CM8O92ECCVLO/DSC_8191.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND - Pleasant Bay, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada This is the fishing village of Pleasant Bay with the lobster season in full swing. 6/8/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1433718283613-B7QJCGJ8H6HGQZ100YW0/DSC_8075.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND - Aspy Bay, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia 6/7/15       https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1433981835694-HXQ0USXQ7G95QOYZ33XR/DSC_8459.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND - Minke whale This whale was cruising the shores of White Point this morning. I heard him blow out his blowhole and thats how I found him. White Point, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. 6/10/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1433890510981-5QCOEJ2M7M9VWXXZOOVO/DSC_8229.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND - Northern gannet Its very hard to get these birds near land as they spend most of their time at sea. This one flew right over me as I sat on a cliff at White Point, Cape Breton, Island, Nova Scotia, 6/9/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1433890524569-Q8KOYRE7XNY1EPYM9NI4/DSC_8246.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND - Bombs away for lunch ! A herring gull drops a clam from 100 feet up to crack it open on rocks ! 6/9/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1433890548253-GX47ECFQY6XVXMH4291D/DSC_8307.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND - Black guillemots A pair of black guillemots get a visitor ... White Point, 6/9/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1433803923346-XDK3QB1QBYT54Z58MCIN/DSC_8126.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND - Yellow rumped warbler Lots of these birds on the Skyline Trail in Cape Breton Highlands National Park, Nova Scotia today. 6/8/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1433803952844-UYYN2LFCY1CLHWO4FKXU/DSC_8159.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND - Snowshoe hare A snowshoe hare with just about all his white fur gone for the summer. He really was enjoying the spring grass. Skyline Trail. CB Highlands National Park. Nova Scotia. 6/8/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1434060729459-RFHT68A3WILOJ3ILGNF0/DSC_8657.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND - Snow in June ! I had to post this ! there is still big patches of snow on Cape Breton in June. Ive never seen snow on the ground in June !! 6/11/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1434060022466-6HQJ3BNVSFXGQ1A61LC6/IMG_3762.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND - Benji's Lake This is the trail to Benji's Lake in Cape Breton Highlands Park. Ive seen many moose over the years on this trail ! 6/11/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1434410782839-7S4C6R8FG51TUX617TIE/DSC_9645.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND - Bird Island, Saint Ann's Bay This is the southern of the two islands that make up a large pelagic nesting sanctuary that is accessible only by boat. Its a fascinating place ! 6/15/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1434156297427-ZMSE6EHHTW9TTRXYU4JU/DSC_8973.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND - Atlantic puffin Found in a large nesting colony on the Bird Islands north coast of Cape Breton Island accessed only by boat. 6/12/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1435017831367-JP3QPWMSO1VNBOT3GUWL/DSC_9707.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND - Puffins Here is a few of them looking at us from their front porch ! Saint Ann's Bay, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia. 6/15/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1434326537002-DRSF128KI94A0T3OZUUI/DSC_9468.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND - raven I found this raven playing with a lobster claw !! 6/14/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1434326890738-9HDL6MS7G2QKH0RJ35EL/DSC_9499.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND - White Point White Point is that white point in the far distance :) 6/14/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1434326526558-1EHIBOHHNS0QH5U61SLW/DSC_9463.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND - common eider ducks A small flock of these guys bobbing in heavy seas. 6/14/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1434326882066-UVAR9SJLURJYLDRY9IW5/DSC_9397.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND - Nova Scotia coast The rugged coast of Cape Breton, 6/14/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1434156315645-93WA4JRF1LWI1IV9TP0W/DSC_9142.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND - another eagle scores ! Here's a lucky eagle scoring big time with a fish thrown from the boat ! 6/12/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1434156307456-MR46NYW0QXE1CNC5X3WR/DSC_8905.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND - razor billed auk A seabird found on Bird Islands off of the coast of northern Cape Breton. There is a large nesting colony accessed only by boat. 6/12/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1434156522239-YI3C6RKBV6WSTD1X7SU4/DSC_9000.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND - female grey seal A female grey seal is hauled up on the rocks on Bird Island off the coast of Cape Breton working on her tan ! 6/12/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1434156546641-52K9T6CVACQ1HSD7ULUF/DSC_9031.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND - male grey seals A large group of male grey seals all hauled up on Bird Island off of Cape Breton Island. They are all talking about the Red Sox this season I'll bet ! 6/12/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1434060413248-RMTHYQGPADPMU45XGS1G/DSC_8699.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND - Spruce grouse Here is a cousin to the ruffed grouse that is rare except in northern New England for us. This bird was in a spruce tree next to me while I was photographing the moose !! 6/11/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1444520410428-G9K7X2FSAJZ18OAWEC2P/DSC_1330.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND - Cormorants riding out the waves Notice the band of brave cormorants on top of this rock with the waves as high as they are. They have a close up view in about a 40 to 50 mph wind. West side of Cape Breton Island. 10/10/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1444519262934-JUKV0G8VXXEVQQ284NXG/DSC_1398.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND - No whale watches out today ! Monster waves on the west side of Cape Breton. You could get seasick just watching them....... 10/10/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1444679396490-QYV5HJT0WV2VY2V183KD/DSC_1437.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND - The Atlantic coast just south of Neil's Harbor. A storm goes out to sea... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1444732264526-ET2SWRUCVF4QCI0B9U7Q/DSC_1475.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND - 11 PM October 12, 2015 This is from the same location as the last photo only taken at 11 PM last night. You can see the cell towers on the Aspy Faultline and Money Point in the distance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1444987409176-LQLZ6TON9ZU1O1UEON7Y/DSC_1778.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND - The Milky Way from the Aspy Bay, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, 10:45PM... 10/15/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1445034584921-XM5RIYXK016LBXIHBD7N/DSC_1813.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND - Mary Ann Brook Here is Mary Ann Brook just before it flows over Mary Ann Falls in the Cape Breton Highlands National Park. 10/16/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1445035135758-Z83ZZFVFBVUFPZDX1PUG/DSC_1825.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND - Mary Ann Falls https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1445034584939-22HBNPZOM8NCSDXT0E77/DSC_1833.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND Leaving Mary Ann Falls https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1445034599937-9EQTVSAM7KWUZTBXK3NQ/DSC_1836.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND - Neil"s Harbour, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, 10/16/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1445034607713-T880F0CR5SQ5T1JI0BQJ/DSC_1840.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND This is Money Point looking at it's west side just above Bay St. Lawrence. 10/16/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1444990874804-A877WSJV7HWN4T58Y2DE/DSC_1752.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND - Bay St. Lawrence, Cape Breton 10/15/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1444991073220-LDK2QHFE61CMJGTVHKX8/DSC_1764.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND - One of the many peaks on the Island. They don't call them "The Highlands" for nothing ! Meat Cove. 10/15/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1444770397297-FMUCKGZ0SKUHYZ9Y76W6/DSC_1524.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND - Mica Hill Today I hiked 2.5 miles up to Mica Hill. This is a new trail in the Cape Breton Highlands National Park and the views were spectacular. It puts you right up top of the taiga region of the Park and you can see for miles all around. This photo was taken after the first half mile. 10/13/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1444770831156-VVWPBI791DTEONBKARMY/DSC_1592.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND - Close to the end of the trail. This is farther along the Mica Hill trail and close to the top. Money Point can be seen way off in the distance. 10/13/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1444771063793-JYZECDTEFOVVKIIYDA3V/DSC_1622.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND - The end ! Mica Lake. After a two hour hike I was at the top. Mica Lake can be seen. This is prime moose country and in the heart of the Highlands National Park. Sadly I saw no moose today! 10 13/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1444732083802-W02135PZTWCXI53QZ0E1/DSC_1492.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND - Morning, 6AM October 13, 2015 A real nice morning here off the front porch. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1444903591502-P5KSS5EATIGP7452JFTW/DSC_1718.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND - Cape Breton Highlands National Park"s northern section looking east into the park. 10/14/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1444903615940-M18V2K7G7XIV09S3QP9P/DSC_1719.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND - Taken from the same spot as the last photo. Looking north up towards Pleasant Bay an into Red River along the St. Lawrence Seaway on the west side of Cape Breton. 10/14/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1444903604163-HKMW6PEHIWTQ9CMZRONZ/DSC_1666.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND - Heading up North Mountain in the early sun. 10/14/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1445300358280-E3U8RZNXI2T8WBT395EW/DSC_1676.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND - The Sunrise Valley, Cape Breton Early morning fog sits in the valley looking out towards the Atlantic Ocean ovwe the Aspy Bay and the fishing village of Dingwall. 10/20/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1445208289698-OFIKXQUC4ZL0YGSJFLDN/IMG_4564.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND An iPhone pano shot looking down on the Saint Ann's Bay on Cape Breton. 10/17/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1445208267696-J7M9M90ENOFZ9XV5DJH8/DSC_1895.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND - Irish Cove Lookout Heres an early morning photo of the Bras d'Or lookout on the east side of the inland lake in the middle of Cape Breton. 10/18/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1444594811430-48AS2TR91KGDL9DCNV5P/DSC_2196.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND - Northern gannet A fly by from a northern gannet as there was a large number of them feeding on fish fairly close to shore. They dive head first into the water after the fish (see next photo) Cape Breton, 10/11/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1444594819331-A1PECQPK89OJLH7MO8NI/DSC_2118.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND - In we go ! Here is a northern gannet diving at a break neck speed after a fish. 10/11/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1444769789857-4LG975CB1C8OQF7ZCH93/DSC_1549.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND - Male spruce grouse Here is a cousin of the ruffed grouse. These birds are found in the taiga and spruce regions of Cape Breton. I did a 5 mile hike today up to the barrens and saw 4 males. This was the second one. 10/13/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1444770092501-BPX5DVNF61NMCZDEJH92/DSC_1564.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND - Spruce grouse number three This is the third male spruce grouse I ran across this morning. They are very tame and you can get quite close to them. A lot closer than you can come to the ruffed grouse! 10/13/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1445044564550-TLH4KO47MD132NZFKI8P/DSC_3187.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND - Northern gannet These seabirds dive at 60 miles per hour sometimes from 30 stories up head first after fish sometimes breaking their necks ! 10/16/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1445044580636-KJLIM841886N11OA65LP/DSC_3205.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND - Gannets love to soar on the high winds...... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1444596132454-00LPF3GY5DI5ORXJJP3I/DSC_2004-2.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND - Gray seals Gray seals have taken up their winter residence along the coast of Cape Breton. These 3 guys were part of about 20 or so just hanging about the rocks feeding on White Point, Cape Breton. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1465856186484-MN055L8PTHM0DGSY0OKZ/DSC_6499.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND I saw this eider duck in Ingonish Harbor this afternoon. She had seven ducklings with her and she had them in the surf along the shore. Cute little buggers! 6/13/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1476300216183-UL4Z9LI4A07XQ6JXMT5L/DSC_1169.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND The tail end of Hurricane Matthew made for some hair raising weather on Cape Breton. This was right after it left for Newfoundland. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1476300380267-1OEGP1UZ3N72QRPPAYCS/DSC_1136.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND The power of the North Atlantic can really be seen in Black Brook Cove on Cape Breton. This was the aftermath of Hurricane Matthew. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1476299682076-KTFSSA5NSSUJEW9SKER5/DSC_1257.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND Meat Cove, the northern most village on Cape Breton. Today was a fabulous day to be out and about on the Island. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1476299827754-PTV5FGE1CC6MQAVT9W67/DSC_1206.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND Sunset from Cheticamp Island on the west side of Cape Breton over the St Lawrence Seaway. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1476299788500-LIJ37AYUIYENANN918G9/DSC_1103.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND This mink lives in the breakwater wall in front of the cottage. We see it every year when we are here. This year it got pretty curious ! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1475974540943-R1EDO4OOOWWTO9EUOU26/DSC_2051.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND A small pod breaks from the larger 40 or so short beaked common dolphins while feeding on the small bill fish that the tuna fish have chased into the end of the Canso Causeway on Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada. 10/8/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1475874752247-ZZOZTV6YKC1BK3ZHZMAM/DSC_1763.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND An adult northern gannet hovers over a school of fish with about 5,000 other gannets ! Cape Breton Island, Canso Causeway, Nova Scotia, Canada. 10/7/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1475714298640-L1MOKIZUF26JAZ0PZ3OJ/DSC_0810-2.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND Point Wolfe River flowing into the Bay of Fundy, Alma, New Brunswick, Canada. 10/5/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1477148876369-TWSCQG0HT0MI9SXVKHD3/image-asset.jpeg CAPE BRETON ISLAND - Northern Gannets off of White Point, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. Heres a video I took last week on Cape Breton of northern gannets diving for fish. The next day these thousands and thousands of gannets were gone. I was lucky to see this just before they migrated south. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1497705670092-SGEZ1ZDJ43B268X22ONI/DSC_8168.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND Northern gannets diving for fish off the east coast of cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia. 6/3/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1497471668548-SECK0YTXEE5G8HY0Z5DL/DSC_4404.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND This sunrise suddenly was gone and it was dark and in the 40's today with heavy winds here on Cape Breton ! 6/14/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1497373983607-VV7D2LSHCHR188I8FEKX/DSC_9440.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND I've been having fun with all the snowshoe hares on the island. They still have some white fur left from their winter coat. This one let me get almost up to it before it exploded with those huge feet !! and check out the ears !! 6/13/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1497373982615-3HW5MLEFAMJ5TZJ5090P/DSC_4353-2.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND As i was getting ready to head out for a hike along the Atlantic shore this thunderstorm appeared right before my eyes! Needless to say I waited until it was over and over the ocean ! 6/13/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1497341343207-XXZK93M2U4BNRE6P5TK8/DSC_4317.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND Good morning Cape Breton ! 6/13/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1497304474155-X54WBZJAAA788NW81F8W/DSC_4250-2.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND Sunrise Valley, Cape Breton looking out over Aspy Bay this morning....put on your sunglasses !! 6/12/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1497198880236-3PXT8QH4EIB4MX751RQU/DSC_4202.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND Sunrise, 6/11/17, South Harbor, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia...... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1497198287850-9MKSYJ8B2SZLV5ISJADW/DSC_9053-2.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND Two greater black-backed gulls were buzzing around in tandem this morning out on White Point. 6/11/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1497198284366-DM5YAW2XM919EM1EM3XF/DSC_9208-2.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND Northern gannets hit the water head first going 60 mph while diving for fish. They fly as fast as peregrine falcons at times. This was another White point visitor this morning. 6/11/17     https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1497198296200-962KVB62D1J1KNS2SIUH/DSC_9250-2.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND Quite a surprise to see ten herons along the coast loafing in a seabird nesting colony. Here are 5 of the 10 this morning sitting along the rocks of White Point. 6/11/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1497106053771-2UA7L6J2BE32G3JJ13GC/DSC_4168.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND The small fishing village of Ingonish, on the east shore of Cape Breton right on the Atlantic Ocean. A beaut of a day today after a rain storm last night. 6/10/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1497041944219-0A048K523R4LQJXKSQR9/DSC_8919-2.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND I found this young raven hiding in the grass on top of a huge drop off over the ocean this morning. he was just watching the world go by ! He finally took off behind him and glided down to the rocks below. 7/10/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1497041981983-80827ID418PE2943T8W3/DSC_8945-2.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND Heres an adult raven screaming "I am king of the world" in the same location as the previous raven photo. I love Cape Breton ravens ! (sounds like a sports promo) 7/10/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1496963068521-OO8VG9NWO9RQVG8D0TMS/DSC_4039.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND Sunrise 6/8/17 South Harbor, Cape Breton, NS Canada https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1496963066340-KDN5S0QF6S7CG2462TB4/DSC_8887-2.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND An adult bald eagle soars over St. Ann's Bay, Cape Breton. 6/8/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1496963126944-GQT8S44S6OE0VBMAQSH5/DSC_8592-2.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND Puffin day for me ! Bird Island tour out of St. Ann's Bay to Bird Islands in the Cabot Strait. Many nesting puffins and other sea birds, including great blue herons !! 6/8/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1496963153877-F1CSF5E4ODTLXGYRTDT2/DSC_8787-2.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND Three puffins lolly-gagging about the Bird Islands. 6/8/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1496853980928-GIC8RYL44FYC4XUX5XHI/DSC_3981.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND Cape Smokey,, Northern cape Breton Island has its own weather system being right on the northern Atlantic Ocean.......7/6/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1496776411078-Y67URG5Z79SQ7CNFFSAZ/DSC_3976.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND Sunrise from the porch. 6/6/17. South Harbor, Cape Breton, NS, Canada https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1496776511242-UTZ6NR6IR0WNCW7C78Y8/DSC_8260.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND Lobster season on Cape Breton..... St. Paul's Island in the distance. Taken from Neil's Harbor looking dead north up the east side of the island. 6/6/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1496776480743-G2C7EP6MC0XEAW3HVX0V/DSC_8225.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND I was taking gannet pictures 200 yards off the rocks as they fed on small fish. This giant humpback whale made his presence known to me by popping to the surface and blowing air out his blow hole ! What a great surprise so close to me.... 6/6/17 (better than a bear Jim !! ) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1507843979558-023EKSHLJPRSKLY1TY7C/DSC_5131-2.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND Did you know Cape Breton has the most rainbows per year in the world? I watched this one form into a double rainbow over the Aspy Bay this morning then head right towards me before disappearing. You can see the rain falling around it. 10/12/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1507811010174-QTN9TJHB680UYEKMZFSK/DSC_5036-2.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND Neil's Harbor, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada, planet Earth 10/11/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1507673981533-E6D1NTC0BRRC4Y72SYB8/DSC_3034-2.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND After 3 hours one day and 90 minutes the next of watching these gray seals I finally got a decent family photo...... Cape Breton, Nova Scotia 10/10/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1507577531828-38L7JZ7L3OM0QFDCJIZG/DSC_4903-2.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND Early morning sun lighting up Aspy Bay, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia Canada 10/9/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1507496787184-C7M0R0LAGARR3F5WDJLW/DSC_2770.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND Cape Breton at last ! this is the welcoming committee first thing this morning just down the shore from the cottage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1528228504021-F0PXHUMO0HR01TON4A56/85O_3861-2.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND Mabou, Cape Breton Island….6/4/18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1528836634464-LKGWWZ3PR4XFF48BXZ4U/85O_5953-2.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND This juvenile bald eagle carried this 2 foot long stick around the Aspy Bay this morning for 15 minutes. He finally disappeared with it ! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1528754022659-HMC0MJE5DSIK4W1NQ9OD/DSC_6647.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND Sunrise, South Harbor, Cape Breton NS Canada 6/11/18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1528753680402-3ZQSO04JWLCCQJGU29KT/DSC_6462.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND I caught this snowshoe hare in miid air as he hopped away from me. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1528753588706-7JVVV56DLXCA9CO0CQKH/85O_4866.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND This spruce grouse was setting by the side of a hiking trail in the boreal forest here on Cape Breton last week. The are very approachable birds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1528493027003-AA2XKPJ8IKU8O3TCAO3G/85O_4464-2.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND This bald eagle snagged this fish right in front of me as I was in a boat on the St Ann’s Bay on Cape Breton yesterday…..6/7/18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1539647599628-YHUIU64G3YBKYD88DQ7P/85O_1543-2.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND Black Brook Cove on the Cabot Trail, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. Because of the weather systems up there, Cape Breton has the most rainbows a year in the world ! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1539647657372-HRO5TSVA2SQC4QA6FOEM/85O_1653-2.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND Here’s another rainbow we saw 30 minutes after the Black Brook rainbow. This one is over the fishing village of Ingonish on the Cabot Trail on Cape Breton…. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1539375119140-CSUWO36L351A5HCUK2WB/85O_1255.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND Neil’s Harbor today. Wild and wooly remnants of Hurricane Michael leaving northern Nova Scotia and into the open Atlantic. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1539375411817-76WPNL9JHQE4EI8HAF8R/85O_1162.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND Black Brook, Cape Breton, Cabot Trail, Nova Scotia, Canada. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1539375429839-5RT4LSMG06L07R4AIGUA/85O_1183.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND Lake Warren, Cape Breton Highlands, Nova Scotia….awesome foliage this year…. you can see a loon informational poster off to the lower right. Loons nest on this lake. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1539168725925-53LSVY926G4XHQS6UDTJ/DSC_7591.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND The north Atlantic Ocean at the mouth of Neil’s Harbor, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada…….. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1539168890051-6T1M5NLQ4GN3V59P1CZZ/DSC_7561.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND Money Point off in the distance looking over South Harbor on the Aspy Bay. Cape Breton NS, Canada on a calm day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1539167972876-1L6XHCRKPIVUK6SW8T4C/85O_1046.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND An immature northern gannet shakes off water after a break-neck dive for a fish off the coast of Northern Nova Scotia, Cape Breton Island, Eastern Canada https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1539375172237-RVI7X4U7L6TRUZ7XOYWA/DSC_7841.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND A male spruce grouse was picking seeds along one of the many dirt roads in The Highlands National Park yesterday morning https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1560368695630-FFS31I9KOL2V9TR5WYFL/_85O1189-2.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND This morning in the rain on Cape Breton Island, Canada I had this HUGE black bear appear magically in front of me on the trail. He took one look and ran a ways into the woods and then just stared at me for about 5 minutes. I wondered if he thought I didn't have had enough meat on my bones!… He left…. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1561336505998-VKC4YT4XEVNNCWV1CR9N/_85O1480-2.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND Here are a few razor billed auks in an image taken last week off of the Bird Islands on the shore of Cape Breton Island. These birds are related to penguins and only come to land to nest and raise the young. Then they fly back out to sea. Sharp looking birds :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1560901210341-X4PFFPRSAU3ZW22E7U4J/_85O1896.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND White Point, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia. 6/18/19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1570397507238-IBZ7D8N92DVWLRJTU0XK/_85O1603.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND Early morning from the North Atlantic on the east side off Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1697749582865-VR55XX249IWPF0TJDQDX/_DSC1891-Enhanced-NR-2.jpg CAPE BRETON ISLAND Sunrise from Neils Harbor, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada from last week on my 2 weeks stay. It poured quite a few days while I was there. http://www.northquabbinphotography.com/cape-breton-moose-1 daily 0.75 2020-01-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1428183299965-SPGHVZLY6KZTIOWA205D/P1050561.jpg CAPE BRETON MOOSE All these moose photos you will see were taken in The Cape Breton Highlands National Park on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada Enjoy them as I had a blast photographing them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1428183299965-SPGHVZLY6KZTIOWA205D/P1050561.jpg CAPE BRETON MOOSE All these moose photos you will see were taken in The Cape Breton Highlands National Park on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada Enjoy them as I had a blast photographing them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1428183208667-KEIJRXKGFD3EMYRSV9V9/P1030798.jpg CAPE BRETON MOOSE A female on The Skyline Trail in Cape Breton Highlands National Park. All these these photos were taken over a period of 20 years in the Park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1428183077276-AMQZMBBKXSEFRMI1XGOL/DSC_0638.jpg CAPE BRETON MOOSE Mid June and the antlers are already growing on the bulls. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1428183091608-X7HYFWPTRCPWUH8LEIDQ/DSC_0599.jpg CAPE BRETON MOOSE "Who me ? " They look real shaggy in the spring when they are shedding the thick winter fur. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1428183162510-GOT2NENU5F17UIHW4GNT/DSC_0674.jpg CAPE BRETON MOOSE Another bull watching me cautiously. Thanks for telephoto lenses !! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1428183223115-KKEUT47BD2JPBWC7TET8/P1030800.jpg CAPE BRETON MOOSE "Can you see me in my disguise as a bush?" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1428183181263-E8PCSMPGF9KI98AU8CWK/DSC_0741.jpg CAPE BRETON MOOSE They love the roadside ditches for the salt in the muck that they need to survive. Its from the Park salt/sanders trucks in the winter! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1428183237746-SHOI13RH2HF3BTY7BUQE/P1030817.jpg CAPE BRETON MOOSE A female with a young one in the spring about 60 yards off the Skyline Trail. You never know when you will see a moose there. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1428183250638-6EHHL6YQUKZH3J40LHMW/P1030838.jpg CAPE BRETON MOOSE As I said, you never know when they will show up. Another female with her young one. I had to just wait until they wandered off into the woods. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1428183262596-JNQ4R0ILF0IADIBJ17O7/P1030840-2.jpg CAPE BRETON MOOSE But first a lesson on getting the green grass….. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1428183277089-AYKFYLVY6A3F8P47DIML/P1030848.jpg CAPE BRETON MOOSE A female very alert to a bull about 40 feet away. Notice the full fur still on her back not shed from the winter yet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1428183287948-5SQ5F7TFB81K2VJKXGXO/P1030921.jpg CAPE BRETON MOOSE A young bull standing along side the Cabot Trail in the Park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1428183304087-R9J9GCOWQIVB6EEMRH2P/P1030974.jpg CAPE BRETON MOOSE Roadrunner !! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1428183319162-EYPIOLJ2VRF7JG314UDZ/P1050598.jpg CAPE BRETON MOOSE Mom giving the "crossing the road" lessons….. which is run as fast as you can. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1428183336887-89URP7E540NSF0MJN0AO/Scan10003.jpg CAPE BRETON MOOSE Brothers…. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1428183346521-6WSD0XEGOZBNW9U6RYTH/Scan10004-2.jpg CAPE BRETON MOOSE Benji's Lake, Cape Breton Highlands National Park…... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1467117164928-EN4MENON022DV3ZL9K91/DSC_6819-3.jpg CAPE BRETON MOOSE This was taken in the pouring rain at Paquette Lake in Cape Breton National Park, Nova Scotia on June 17th at 5 PM. The moose and I were soaked when I took this. He was 130 yards away on the other side of a little cove. I used a Nikon D810 (set on 1.5 crop) with the Nikon 200-500 ED VR telephoto lens. I then cropped it in Lightroom. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1428183359751-D6BNAWIN0QI4FN07FDYA/Scan10026.jpg CAPE BRETON MOOSE Mom and twins at Benji's Lake https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1428183379342-R1ZF5FPW8WXNRRIZAJYE/Scan10006.jpg CAPE BRETON MOOSE They need to eat 50 pounds of grass and bark a day to survive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1466982943370-BA7HXQE19PQQK81FRT7X/DSC_6944-2.jpg CAPE BRETON MOOSE A female moose detects maybe another moose clumping through the woods or she sniffs another one coming. They have a great sense of smell. Benji's Lake, Cape Breton Highlands National Park, Nova Scotia. 6/21/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1434060318207-5R22OIECML1P89VOKTYV/DSC_8666.jpg CAPE BRETON MOOSE - Benji's Lake moose And here is a moose feeding on the trail to Benji's Lake I saw today ! 6/11/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1467579474391-DNQ8YMIRU2EQQ9QQ3NLL/image-asset.jpeg CAPE BRETON MOOSE - Benji's Lake moose Here's a video of a moose I found bedded down early one morning in Cape Breton Highlands National Park at Benji's Lake a few weeks ago in Nova Scotia. Click on the white arrow and watch her long legs uncoil as she stands up ! 7/2/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1433981853407-UNFDLMFT1KOKW68BAV5K/DSC_8610.jpg CAPE BRETON MOOSE - Moose A different bull moose in a different part of the Highlands. The Cape Breton moose always look so scraggily after a long winter ! 6/10/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1445375033726-ENXR5KZT5U8O2BT5N18W/DSC_2895.jpg CAPE BRETON MOOSE - A female moose with her two young in tow on Cape Breton in THe Highlands National Park. 10/20/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1445375035008-CP8PJJDNYUAQYHZKUO6V/DSC_2954.jpg CAPE BRETON MOOSE "Fifi, I could smell your new cologne way down at the end of the swamp !!" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1445375419966-LVKUFTXL6GL9K25TI93M/DSC_2891.jpg CAPE BRETON MOOSE - The moose Gods were with me today ! Moose number one ! A big bull was standing in the field on top of North Mountain in a heavy mist. Thats why I stopped the car, to take a few pictures of this guy....10/15/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1444954844237-1KQI92ZSE3762NS1GFI6/DSC_2918.jpg CAPE BRETON MOOSE - Kids will be kids ! After watching the bull in the field and he moved on. I spotted three moose up the road 100 yards in the roadway up to a cell tower. Mom and her twins, here are the twins..... moose number two and three.....10/15/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1444955130355-UDK36DIWTCGJ6QPBF5LU/DSC_2944.jpg CAPE BRETON MOOSE - and here is Mom..... moose number four https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1445375748938-T61DDLCKNVYO065OOZ1W/DSC_2951.jpg CAPE BRETON MOOSE - moose number four, MOM ! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1466206091521-MJGEZP6L9FNQK1K5J5FI/DSC_9296.jpg CAPE BRETON MOOSE This moose was sleeping about 50 feet off the Skyline Trail curled up in a ball snoozing away. I scurried by and she never batted an eyelash. 6/17/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1444861859809-5N8PVLGAPOC8PK6X5ANK/DSC_2563.jpg CAPE BRETON MOOSE - A Cape Breton giant. This bull moose was hiding out of the high winds on the Skyline Trail today. I knew where they go when its windy so I went there and BINGO ! He spotted me after about ten minutes of taking pictures and I figure my jig was up! He laid down !! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1466200357759-OBL71KAFVKLEP9TS501P/DSC_6911.jpg CAPE BRETON MOOSE Today was a four moose day. It started off with this gal laying up along a small pond in the Highlands National Park. I hiked in a mile to this pond and she left on her own about 30 minutes after I arrived. 6/17/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1444861855792-VE8R6SMPL59JGIN03R4U/DSC_2573.jpg CAPE BRETON MOOSE - "Excuse me, Im tired and need to nap" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1466200606122-T2QVOE2INI1AHE9U6XDQ/DSC_7007.jpg CAPE BRETON MOOSE Here is moose number 2 today. The moose up here on Cape Breton are still shedding and this guy looks like a scruffy dude. Benji's Lake, Cape Breton Highlands National Park, Nova Scotia. 6/17/18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1445375536337-SUZVFA3EDGJBCAUCRO1M/DSC_2941.jpg CAPE BRETON MOOSE - and along comes moose number 5 ! This is bull number two. He crossed the road within twenty yards of me standing on the side of the road with one thing on his mind! 10/15/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1466377291887-1V102P8508RGV87ZI7RM/DSC_7021.jpg CAPE BRETON MOOSE This scruffy young bull moose saw me before I saw him. Then we played peek-a-boo for about ten minutes.........I won !! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1466037553018-E23PQZZ5PE5OGQINA52T/DSC_6876.jpg CAPE BRETON MOOSE I walked up on this guy feeding in a small pond and watched him for 45 minutes in the rain. An adult moose needs to munch 50 pounds a day of grasses, bark and leaves. Cape Breton Highlands National Park, Nova Scotia...... 6/15/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1465947500242-UW0DIPUKZFBVFROQ9015/DSC_6710.jpg CAPE BRETON MOOSE A very large female moose leaves a small pond in The Cape Breton Highlands National Park. I ran into 4 moose today !! 6/14/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1482146684486-O14BVHXJJGJGCS3WGCON/DSC_9259.jpg CAPE BRETON MOOSE - MERRY CHRISTMOOSE EVERYONE ! Thanks to everyone for dropping in on this page either casually or every day to see whats going on around the Quabbin Reservoir throughout the seasons. This is a Cape Breton moose and I made this photo last June in Nova Scotia, Have a great holiday season and keep checking back. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1497290238971-FD14JDD232XPRM8RAHM3/DSC_9365-2.jpg CAPE BRETON MOOSE Cape Breton Highlands National Park. 6/12/17, 5:45 Atlantic Standard Time. No words can explain the feeling...... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1497106056035-NK1DJ8SRYBXZOMYWJPGM/DSC_8979.jpg CAPE BRETON MOOSE The word among moose on Cape Breton is "when you see Dale, run as fast as you can, or get lots of bushes in front of you" This moose spotted me this morning and she was off to the races ! Note she is still shedding her heavy winter coat. 7/10/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1497039108483-IO8AS5ZHWPKG8THP66W9/DSC_8902.jpg CAPE BRETON MOOSE At six o'clock this morning this bull moose saw me just before I spotted him. He told me his favorite Beatle song was Hello, Goodbye and promptly left...... North Mountain, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia...... 6/10/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1496853734828-34BBDEXZUBR1K1CJBM8H/DSC_3988.jpg CAPE BRETON MOOSE This moose magically appeared out of a foggy forest this morning right in front of me, she looked at me and them sauntered away like "oh, you again?" ...... 6/7/17 Cape Breton Highlands https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1496776532555-223LFFWNF3ATNRN0B38L/DSC_7848.jpg CAPE BRETON MOOSE Within 10 minutes of arriving at Cape Breton Highlands National Par, Nova Scotia, a young bull moose was following its mother across the road. The mother was so fast, no picture, but I did get this little tyke ! 6/5/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1528492764162-GLU44QSLL20RNIE106LS/85O_4941-2.jpg CAPE BRETON MOOSE A bull moose checks me out as he watches the family you will see in the next slide. 6/8/18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1528492510618-YFA6GOGJRGE74GK76CSY/85O_4902-2.jpg CAPE BRETON MOOSE A female moose with her two kids in tow this morning in Cape Breton Highlands National Park, Cape Breton, NS…..Canada 6/8/18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1539299371076-Z9I1KCZAIDCWHVQGH467/85O_1232.jpg CAPE BRETON MOOSE This female moose kept looking into the woods as something was disturbing her. Finally she wandered off in that direction. I was hoping for a bull to show up ! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1570665862095-22SSE6QQGSSWWE75KACG/_85O2528.jpg CAPE BRETON MOOSE A large Cape Breton female moose made an appearance this morning right after I finished a hike looking for moose! http://www.northquabbinphotography.com/animal-conversations daily 0.75 2021-02-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1549759806133-DXT2IPSAX9YWXXERB501/DSC_8208.jpg ANIMAL CONVERSATIONS "welllll, you know Marsha, he just hasn't been the same since he sat on a piece of used chewing gum someone threw down up on the grass" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1549759806133-DXT2IPSAX9YWXXERB501/DSC_8208.jpg ANIMAL CONVERSATIONS "welllll, you know Marsha, he just hasn't been the same since he sat on a piece of used chewing gum someone threw down up on the grass" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1552588497104-DL3B28MZSWZK6GANDBA4/_85O0199-2.jpg ANIMAL CONVERSATIONS "Look !!, we are NOT on the Titanic, You're NOT Leonard DiCaprio, Kate Winslet is NOT here and we can ALL fly. Quit yelling I'm FLYING.... I'm FLYING so we can get some sleep !!" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1430431084426-DX3FWMWVTK146PDA7NXO/DSC_4838.jpg ANIMAL CONVERSATIONS "Shut up Harry !! If it weren't for you we'd still be where its warm with lots of bugs to eat,, BUT NOOOO you had migrate early to see the guys again, so we freeze and have to fly 50 miles a day for a few measly bugs that are also frozen, next year we do things MY way !!" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1425329785888-CXOL62PCDR8LQGFAPURZ/P1100962.jpg ANIMAL CONVERSATIONS - Common loons "Please stop doing that in public, you're embarrassing me!! " https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1424889014353-LMT1MIWXCE4YLPFT690Z/DSC_0399.jpg ANIMAL CONVERSATIONS - Hooded mergansers "You girls did WHAT to your hair ! !? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1428183192133-LDY0NQTK4YE6NEOOCQPP/DSC_0744.jpg ANIMAL CONVERSATIONS - Cape Breton Island moose "I don't usually drink from a roadside ditch, but when I do its salty muck on Cape Breton in the Highlands National Park.. stay thirsty my friends" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1425429901573-0BHQWJQEXGAQ5B0EHUG1/DSC_3662.jpg ANIMAL CONVERSATIONS "He lost his watch last week and he's driving me nuts, since then everywhere we go he looks for it. " https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1428176222044-C983G3VI2QY15SKK4PUB/DSC_2448.jpg ANIMAL CONVERSATIONS "Watch out !!! my brakes don't work !! " https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1429386393432-X8MA3U1G7GBA3FNURPTL/DSC_3821.jpg ANIMAL CONVERSATIONS - Shoot ! I dropped my wallet https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1436301109668-K2SGM5HMT9T5SMDD46B6/DSC_2601.jpg ANIMAL CONVERSATIONS - "did you eat a bad fish? " https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1436389131985-CE4SB8F75SS4HL02LWJI/DSC_2834.jpg ANIMAL CONVERSATIONS - "Who invited the frog, was it you?" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1454277750547-6DLM86Z0E1FCSYB0L2GT/DSC_1765.jpg ANIMAL CONVERSATIONS - If eagles could talk ! “We have about a month to make up our minds. I heard a band from California called the Eagles of all things, was looking for a new member, maybe Ill try that for a while"....... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1456263013834-F3O19GZHHNSOSXWPXMGX/DSC_3709.jpg ANIMAL CONVERSATIONS "Hey Fuzzy, have you ever wondered how many tons of fish we eat in a year?" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1455194883559-K731HFD4LUJH74JLMWAP/DSC_3166-2.jpg ANIMAL CONVERSATIONS "Stop it ! you'll draw attention to us and make people think greater black back gulls are nuts" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1459772223297-1SFIYCAK2X42OAFQHTIN/DSC_7547.jpg ANIMAL CONVERSATIONS - "Hey fellas, help me out here I dropped my wallet" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1469973044210-309PQ65HRR5Q7AMBZNKA/DSC_2578.jpg ANIMAL CONVERSATIONS "Do you think we will interfere with their TV reception?" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1527010125459-BBLMFZJ9R2RQDVCIVK4M/85O_0990.jpg ANIMAL CONVERSATIONS "HEEYYYY !! who's up there screwing with the TV antenna??. will you knock it off? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1425944924232-BSY3VAL12FMCR0KJPPDH/P1060700.jpg ANIMAL CONVERSATIONS I thought this was funny ! Mrs. Raccoon did not I guess... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1584725390966-BN4GBR4BWCNSBGUL8ZL7/_85O8092-Edit-2.jpg ANIMAL CONVERSATIONS “Hey Ozzie, look at this mess, these beavers sure are pigs!” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1587990320036-OSEYEDHHZL6C4R33Q43E/_85O2371-Edit-2.jpg ANIMAL CONVERSATIONS “ I heard dad tell mom if they didn't leave on their own, he'd help them out of the pond himself. This is what we get when we turn 2 ? after all the wood we've cut down and long nights patching up his old crappy dam ?? ! ! " http://www.northquabbinphotography.com/weekly-photos daily 0.75 2026-04-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1775133821613-MA5MK91U0JMQAGYPU89S/_DSC4004-2.jpg NEW PHOTOS “Oh crap, I dropped my watch !” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1775133821613-MA5MK91U0JMQAGYPU89S/_DSC4004-2.jpg NEW PHOTOS “Oh crap, I dropped my watch !” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1774812012903-GCFB3TTKPDUDJJ4SVUIF/_DSC3799-3.jpg NEW PHOTOS These great blue heron are either young birds or birds that lost their nest of last year in the heronry over the winter and are rebuilding. This heronry last year had 12 nests and lost 4 to the wicked winds of the past winter. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1774648146214-4AQ3Q3QT51GUGZP9EC4U/_DSC3677-2.jpg NEW PHOTOS Not wildlife but fun to photograph…. Loaded grain train from north central plains to Ardent Mills in MA. Over 2 miles long and 106 cars with 15,000 tons of grain being delivered to the mill. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1774569835910-JCNCK5MDUU4G9CT0CSSM/_DSC3335-2.jpg NEW PHOTOS Another nice find this morning! A river otter popping up here and there thru the ice trying to make me guess where he would pop up next. sorta like “Whack-an -Otter “ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1774392647255-7VM2OOZ047U86C2K6FQM/_DSC3091-2.jpg NEW PHOTOS They are back !! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1762814890590-AX8Y8KLCOKIGFQKUV88S/Screenshot+2025-11-10+at+2.00.22+PM.png NEW PHOTOS A screenshot from one of my trail camera videos in the “Macedonia” section of New Salem. Two bull moose fighting during their rutting , or breeding season. They sparred for about 6 minutes. The larger one drove off the smaller one then he laid down in front of the camera and slept in the road for 5 hours… an awesome catch. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1774050214073-M741FBBSCYIP210EBA1F/_DSC3014-2.jpg NEW PHOTOS SPRING IS HERE ! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1773268370810-SF0CS8WRY0CZILN6PWB6/_DSC1991-2.jpg NEW PHOTOS One of the keepers of the shoreline at Quabbin paid me an early visit this morning with his Olympic running and sliding along the ice... otters are always fun no matter what the weather.....I waited 2 hours for something to come along and it was worth the wait. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1773178983263-FUM1V0NNDYTLGG79IM6M/_DSC1752-2.jpg NEW PHOTOS It was a nice day to grab the girlfriend and go for a walk in the sunshine….. until a voyeur popped up to wreck everything :). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1772131641982-YZ2G558TPIOXECQWO2SW/_DSC1608-2.jpg NEW PHOTOS Thru the cold winter Ive been busy with a book project inside so it was a good time to send my Nikon Z9 back to have it cleaned and the software in it updated while I wasn't using it daily. It came back a few weeks ago and today was a good day to test it outside. I didn't have to go far. Our bird feeders out front! Our tufted titmice were good models! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1771698248894-1YNXY28UQ2Y9G7ZXDFTF/_DSC3326-2.jpg NEW PHOTOS Incoming! Cape Breton Island, Dingwall Harbor, June, 2026 one of the mated pair of bald eagles thats nesting close to the Harbor. I see them every spring when I am up there….. These birds are always together. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1770559140742-S77HK9JD87TF9W4MFAP9/Screenshot+2026-01-14+at+10.41.52+AM.png NEW PHOTOS Harry Hacketts camp was located on Hackett (Bassett) Pond in the north Quabbin area. You can still see the foundation and the chimney is also still standing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1769633640046-94OMF6WUS6FRCO7BAL9F/_DSC1315-2.jpg NEW PHOTOS A small flock of mute swans waking after spending the night on the ice on the CT River in Turners Falls, MA. The temp was minus 2 there this morning. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1738195914937-QCS0NG63CWUF30QIIMXP/_DSC6018-Enhanced-NR.jpg NEW PHOTOS Good morning! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1768152994829-Z5Q0VF7MH3DBCB2VSAJG/DSC_9163-2.jpg NEW PHOTOS No wonder the Quabbin is so low..... those pesky coyotes! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1767743710049-GD5NELQ7JNHM9GGE976N/_DSC1250-2.jpg NEW PHOTOS A nice find for me this morning, unexpected …. a female snowy owl !! (taken from about 80 yards away, 6oo mm Nikon lens with a 1.4 teleconverter) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1763943838891-KXJKWIPQ14BD52K82TD7/_DSC0837-2.jpg NEW PHOTOS This is one of our barred owls that likes to hunt on our land. They hunt from the roof of our house, my cars roof rack and our mailbox. This afternoon he was on the big maple tree in the front yard and flew up to the corner of the house. ( lite snow, not a dirty lens ) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1763944044024-UCR9FQS6VNVPI4UZEPS5/_DSC0955-2.jpg NEW PHOTOS Here he is on the roof of our house… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1766954032583-K5R20N4C8I24FEENQF46/IMG_6888.jpg NEW PHOTOS Bluebirds are here probably for the winter. Mealworms are really expensive this year. This ia a crappy iPhone photo I took Christmas Day of some of the bluebirds taken from my car in our driveway! We have close to ten here but they come and go. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1763296651102-BWEUJDGU1OA1TCILXFTI/_DSC0631-2.jpg NEW PHOTOS I came across 2 bobcats in the middle of an old logging road last week. One took of immediately and one was curious and hung around checking me out long enough for me to make a few photos. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1763061780240-2CEUSNTVAFQ30STU7IMH/_DSC5564-4.jpg NEW PHOTOS While rummaging thru some of my Lightroom files looking for a red tailed hawk photo, I ran into this guy that I had skipped over after I took it…. I love it when that happens. I should go thru them more often. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1762721595412-ESE7RBKRJ0OH6BFDMKLA/_DSC0421-2.jpg NEW PHOTOS That look ! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1761568938237-5XIFN7KP8REG76YO7KHC/_DSC9891-2.jpg NEW PHOTOS Who doesn’t love wood ducks ? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1761406367647-4U0J1E1JYJYPLRBCQ92X/_DSC9779-2.jpg NEW PHOTOS The moose rut is about finished for 2025. Bulls are wandering around alone or sometimes in pairs as the previous photograph. here. This bull had a limp and I hope it was nothing serious. He was gone from this place an hour later. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1760475216494-AV2CHZ54IQL8FRMPBYHZ/_DSC8981-2.jpg NEW PHOTOS Two young bull moose are catching up and comparing notes from their last few weeks of their rutting season which is coming to a close. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1759793637970-AT7SPA7VG988RN176WH5/_DSC8743-2.jpg NEW PHOTOS Early morning breakfast for these two. Before the sun came up. New Salem, MA…. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1758150605661-KA71XVWZ13MES75GEV9O/_DSC8440-3.jpg NEW PHOTOS Early this morning I found a female black bear way up in a hickory tree with her 2 cubs feeding on the nuts. Here’s one of the cubs wondering if it should come all the way down after Mom, or just hang in the trees about 35 feet until I left. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1756579962056-3NPH1D86AZLSICPRT649/_DSC7815-2.jpg NEW PHOTOS This young blonde coyote came creeping up on me as I was watching for otters in a local pond. He took a few seconds and then blasted off from the way he came back down the shore. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1756329769224-H9HJ324C5LESO0K79P62/_DSC7714-2.jpg NEW PHOTOS I was surprised to see that Mom’s coat is already turning to her gray winter coat when I got this photo home and looked closely to this photo.! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1755630459487-ZK4TH9XSNWLZ718UBX0H/_DSC7412-2.jpg NEW PHOTOS Finally. !! Out of the house and into the woods and fields. This was my greeting committee ! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1755357587914-6NJOH183755MYL3JLFE1/_DSC6881-2.jpg NEW PHOTOS Hi everyone.. sorry to be slow with the photo posting but Im fighting a case of Lyme disease… I hope to be back out in the swamps and woods soon. This green heron photo I took last May in North Orange MA. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1751761943821-DAGITLVOLWLEFEKBXSMS/_DSC7096-3.jpg NEW PHOTOS I found this rather large female moose in a small bog this morning about 10 AM. I was surprised to see her out then. Usually they are in there at sunrise but I’ll take it ! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1658502020511-8GGFCZEBJ3OY24B2GJBX/_DSC0246.jpg NEW PHOTOS A young great horned owl flexes its wings before jumping off to a large pine tree. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1698882815402-6JCGE3ETJGYFSKHMFNOA/_DSC3820-Enhanced-NR-2.jpg NEW PHOTOS No words for this guy…..Another Quabbin beauty. November 1st, 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1751239128471-DT8ICS3PDUHT4WGDHSQ4/_DSC6175-2.jpg NEW PHOTOS Eastern cottontails are everywhere this year both large and small.... I was able to creep up on this one who was enjoying a morning ray of sun. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1750794725382-VG4UJPM96VH66FK1PSS0/_DSC3419-2.jpg NEW PHOTOS Andddddd, here comes supper. !! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1750793866667-K4BY8MGN6BHPTE2OS1GK/_DSC6106-2.jpg NEW PHOTOS A loan male bald eagle watches over a small pond in Dingwall, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. He’s one of a pair that have a nest along the coast of the Atlantic Ocean on the north part of the island. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1750628853124-SGAO9FMJYWYOQZRQW18N/_DSC3511-Enhanced-NR-2.jpg NEW PHOTOS One morning last week while on Cape Breton Island I looked out the cabin window to see this very large coyote skulking across the lawn on the ridge right above the Atlantic Ocean. Thats the blue background you see. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1750420159183-XNTV4MM7RK8ZJL3WJIEF/_DSC2740-2.jpg NEW PHOTOS Just back from 2 weeks on Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. I have about 3500 images to wade thru…. here’s the beginning. A great male bald eagle sitting on a fish pier in Dingwall Harbor. I spent hours photographing this pair…. stay tuned ! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1750421577741-1T8CSOVVKSC7HDBBJC19/_DSC5127.jpg NEW PHOTOS A highlight for me each visit to Cape Breton is a boat trip ( 2 this year) to Bird Islands, 7 miles off the coast in the N Atlantic Ocean. Numerous pelagic sea birds nest there including many puffins. Strange but there is a great blue heron heronry on top of one of the islands. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1748723957802-T3NOSCY63E3FKK0JN8PY/_DSC1595-2.jpg NEW PHOTOS Did you ever feel like you are being watched ? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1748722947382-II29E6YF2BQXNCSWR0D8/_DSC1500-Enhanced-NR-2.jpg NEW PHOTOS Frog legs for supper ! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1748382392105-L7TB1CNBWVATY22WFMEB/_DSC1572-2.jpg NEW PHOTOS A great day to be a northern painted turtle !! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1747513668098-OYK86J78UY91609AUGIL/_DSC0349-Enhanced-NR-2.jpg NEW PHOTOS This bobcat walked almost 200 yards up the road to check me out. He then took a long look at me standing as still as a rock, and it jumped into the woods with no worries ! Note the red eft by its feet! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1747140653741-6T4G2LP8DYUGGRTVVCVI/_DSC9256.jpg NEW PHOTOS This as about 20 feet of the total 66 that belong to an adult fin whale. The second largest animal on the planet. A whale watch out of Gloucester MA and 30 miles off the coast of Maine yesterday turned up 3 of them feeding on Jeffreys Ledges. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1744817565225-TL3AZ1XP6GLTYODAQ7UO/_DSC8804-Enhanced-NR.jpg NEW PHOTOS Glad to see this female moose made it thru the winter….. All moose look really ratty as they are shedding their heavy winter fur. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1744372772114-V618CDVT7MZG2I8H70UO/_DSC3014-Enhanced-NR.jpg NEW PHOTOS I found this bobcat hunting chipmunks from the road last fall. I’m sad to report there is one less chipmunk in the world. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1744117504634-3XP9E05W7E7S5ROYCTVL/_DSC8406-2.jpg NEW PHOTOS Sunrise fishing by this male hooded merganser. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1743341975582-9TPDTFLV3VJ6YVRH6WGC/_DSC7760-Enhanced-NR-2.jpg NEW PHOTOS After 45 minutes os waiting for them to drift my way. A pair of ring neck ducks finally drifted right by me on a perfectly calm morning on a small beaver pond. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1742745032041-VQG4W04QKCC6BCT5RCC6/_DSC7491-Enhanced-NR-2.jpg NEW PHOTOS I started out this morning looking for great blue herons with no luck. I remembered a tip from a friend and drove about 45 minutes and found 8 Sandhill cranes. Two left about 10 minutes after I got there but 6 were still there when I left. These photos were taken at about 250 yards away from the Cranes who were in the back of a large mowed corn field. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1742669059992-BFJ0LTI19YX6EC6QI3VC/_DSC7222-2.jpg NEW PHOTOS Ring Neck ducks numbers are building now due to migration. By the end of April they will be all gone as they dont nest around here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1741812739642-1SE75RUI32ARGM9BVRHK/_DSC6927.jpg NEW PHOTOS A loaded grain train of 106 cars was shaking the earth in Royalston this afternoon. It originated in Illinois and ended at Ardent Mills in Ayer, MA. Fun to watch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1739816493930-FQPGXF2WZODGIIH4F7OG/_DSC6386-Enhanced-NR-2.jpg NEW PHOTOS I feel sorry for these guys in this nasty weather !! Especially the young yearling moose. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1739581677307-CEDX30H4HDUA156HXEHQ/_DSC6492-2.jpg NEW PHOTOS Lots of birds at the feeders today so I dragged out my Z9 and the 100-400mm Nikon Z telephoto lens. The tufted titmouse were very obliging .... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1737840742448-MV26LXSVJPMN5ST1TUP5/_DSC6263-2.jpg NEW PHOTOS After years of scientific research, I have finally made a great biological breakthrough with one photograph! I will be famous !! White tail deer CAN NOT read !! Stop wasting money on Deer Crossing signs because they cant read and ignore them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1737236260088-JBDCDNSD0X4EQT63GJT4/_DSC5879-Enhanced-NR-2.jpg NEW PHOTOS Yay for 600mm of Nikon power ! An old friend appeared today, I was glad to find him…… you can see the pedicles, the places his antlers were attached in this photo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1737070474271-AZVVJUYDOUTREHI8ZI1R/_DSC5863-2.jpg NEW PHOTOS Thirteen mute swans out of close to 25 all sleeping on the ice in the CT River this morning. How they sleep on ice is beyond me ! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1735680486762-UIQJNUMIKS7H8WDK77QJ/_DSC5459-Enhanced-NR-2.jpg NEW PHOTOS A lone snow goose was found a few days ago at the power canal in the following photo. I was there this morning when it took off with a large flock of Canada geees and headed dead south over the CT River. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1734038592942-RO69Y29C7NO9U0MWWRGU/_DSC5366-2.jpg NEW PHOTOS One of our local barred owl pair I found in our back yard on their favorite hunting perch late in the afternoon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1454499297747-9M9FVG12QAJB1VC3XAS3/DSC_2293.jpg NEW PHOTOS This healthy looking reddish coyote was hunting along a field edge yesterday at the Arcadia Wildlife Sanctuary in Easthampton, MA. The heat waves coming up from the meadows makes for a slightly blurry image as I was about 100 yards away with 750mm's. 2/3/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1733841593722-2XME904W8FO0IQ44HJ8N/mitzie+sunglasses.jpg NEW PHOTOS Something different for a change : Mid 1980’s training my dogsled team in the fall. Mitzie, my lead dog, was a star as you can see !. She lead me to quite a few trophies thru the 70’s and into the 80’s. I’ll never forget her. I got out of racing in the mid 1980’s due to rising dogfood prices and NO snow. A great time in my life. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1732649235789-RJW9A3H2G7IP3A3TPGIL/_DSC5084-Enhanced-NR-2.jpg NEW PHOTOS PRO PHOTOGRAPHY TIP : Never stick your fingers in a river otters mouth when he eating lunch :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1730911066981-1TG7DBUJQIGAQWIW8NNH/_DSC2961-Enhanced-NR.jpg NEW PHOTOS This photograph was a once in a lifetime episode watching a bobcat hunt in the trail in front of me. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1729711361162-Y88PC6RHBKGJW0108HOB/_DSC3026-Enhanced-NR-2.jpg NEW PHOTOS and……ACTION. !! One less chipmunk in the world.. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1730653930471-OCMPBUHO9NLKJLHQK3NJ/_DSC4114-Enhanced-NR-2.jpg NEW PHOTOS I found a lone snow bunting along one of the north Quabbin trails yesterday. I suspect it just flew in from up north and it wasn’t to concerned with me. All it did was eats seeds from the plants on the side of the trail. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1730594348921-T3RB35AFPY2U2I9KWOBE/_DSC3983-Enhanced-NR-2.jpg NEW PHOTOS I call this guy Nick. His right ear has a few nicks in it due to battles in the rutting season. He’s a regular sighting every year to me and has been for quite some time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1729381471200-ROELFIE6F95RCC4CIU7C/_DSC1320-Enhanced-NR-2.jpg NEW PHOTOS I have been in Nova Scotia for the last few weeks and returned with thousands of photographs to wade thru. The highlight was watching a pair of eagles share a herring gull carcass. Here’s one of 1400 images I made. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1728241780006-PC242LD6HPGOSODHZL6I/_DSC8698-2.jpg NEW PHOTOS I found an old friend today. I haven't seen him since last October but I seem to find him every year in the same vicinity. I keep a database of bull moose headshots I take of bulls and their antlers ever year so I can recognize them. He was following a cow with a calf and stuck right to them as they wandered into the woods. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1727478795609-OR4U1A6ZGRK5VU8EZ5PT/_DSC8162-Enhanced-NR-2.jpg NEW PHOTOS I found this adult bald eagle hunting for breakfast along the shore of the CT River a few days ago. Always fun to see bald eagles.. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1727043219304-ZPSJ17N19IZW9WOIT5MJ/_DSC7605-Enhanced-NR-2.jpg NEW PHOTOS I've had bears stand up and look at me when they have been in the woods and fields, but never in the middle of a hiking trail! A bucket list photograph for me. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1724632105141-KK3SIJINJ38GO5EUAEHM/_DSC4879-Enhanced-NR-2.jpg NEW PHOTOS Early this morning I found the otter family fishing for frogs. This one found this quiet log to munch down his frog, that is until its littermate popped up and shook off beside him. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1723905763673-ZGDOO05ZJIRNDC6ABESM/_DSC3649-Enhanced-NR.jpg NEW PHOTOS I didn't have to go far for this shot. My front yard! Yellow swallowtail butterfly. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1723664039407-W1SA6MFH28FSSPKJJQ4Y/_DSC3088-Enhanced-NR.jpg NEW PHOTOS Cool weather means the local moose can come out of hiding from the humidity and hot temps in the cool dark swamps and start moving about the north Quabbin watershed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1721775630449-RCBAQE12QA90BQW2AEIW/DSC_1201-Enhanced-NR-2.jpg NEW PHOTOS I finally took some time to photograph these tiny buzz bombs today. Last Tuesday it was 45 ton humpback whales! and leather back sea turtles. :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1721260331788-PH584QCLVHSF98WXZXO6/DSC_8750-Enhanced-NR-2.jpg NEW PHOTOS I spent 1/2 a day in the Gulf of Maine recently. Here's a leatherback sea turtle. These guys can grow to be 1,000 pounds and are rare to find. First time I have ever seen on in the wilds! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1720987335640-AMDIZXJDN39D1334VS4Y/DSC_8342-2.jpg NEW PHOTOS One of the loons that belong to the 6 pairs thats are nesting at Quabbin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1720656492274-YPIZ4E67O8IGAAVAPZ8V/_DSC7629-Enhanced-NR-2.jpg NEW PHOTOS "Hmmm, let me see"...... eastern cottontail rabbit. If you got an itch, scratch it ! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1720048659568-Z5XU4N8D7KLR89JO2CST/_DSC4975-2.jpg NEW PHOTOS Feeding time! I dont usually crop this close but the looks on the young great blue herons faces are priceless! Note the one clamped onto the adults beak. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1470945834690-DP6OQEROH54EWHUCORYR/DSC_4063.jpg NEW PHOTOS This huge snapping turtle showed up this morning to feed on a dead fish that was floating in the Quabbin. I'll bet the turtle was at least 45 pounds. 8/11/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1718669922083-3ULAX08XNPMLSQ33RWAZ/_DSC2753-2.jpg NEW PHOTOS I spent a few hours out on the Stellwagen Bank in the Gulf of Maine today. Here is a female humpback whale and her calf on the top blowing out air and creating the spout. Many humpbacks around today. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1714398589228-1EUCL9ZV9E9ROZBP1M7I/_DSC3924.jpg NEW PHOTOS While coming home from southern New Hampshire yesterday I spotted this bittern just sitting in the open grass alongside a large swamp on RT 137 in Jaffrey. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1712760997706-2GI8KSEZNI0JL6NJMK0H/_DSC1633-Enhanced-NR-2-2.jpg NEW PHOTOS I found a small flock of green wing teal last week. These tiny ducks seem to be getting harder and harder to find. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1712533603275-6ODZGXYA6IZMCBMFU7QB/_DSC1210-Enhanced-NR-2.jpg NEW PHOTOS A pair of male wood ducks butting heads over a female thats just out of the photograph. Springtime is here ! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1710515761314-R7XC3WSHQYNBZZUHRG9F/_DSC9083-2.jpg NEW PHOTOS A pair of mute swans doing their mating dance on the Connecticut River in the early morning. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1706923123265-IHJSI2IZILSNS7ZXKSQV/_DSC6919-2.jpg NEW PHOTOS A calm winter morning on the Quabbin Reservoir… The large mountain in the background is Russ Mountain. The first eagles to nest in Massachusetts since 1906 nested there in 1987. See my Voyagers, Visitors and Home book for the full story. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1704224522847-R8LUQKKW63CVT3ELDZ49/_DSC6215-2.jpg NEW PHOTOS A great way to start 2024. This resident pair of bald eagles at the power canal in Turners Falls, MA chirping at each other in the morning sun. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1701119175520-IGLRTMSE7304SRNX205U/IMG_4911-2.jpg NEW PHOTOS Right place, right time! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1684528312691-F5YSB7KHHJ6H23EMFSOE/_DSC9542-Enhanced-NR.jpg NEW PHOTOS For the second time this week I have found a sow black bear with cubs up a tree! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1684368927632-TLAME7O5SB7KNYFREE44/_DSC7806-2.jpg NEW PHOTOS A male humpback whale lunge feeding 25 miles north of Boston out on the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1683752692117-LDDPN5VVMUHX51HI6EH1/_DSC6829-Enhanced-NR-2.jpg NEW PHOTOS Another reason to get up and out before sunrise. I watched this large male eastern coyote hunting for mice for about 30 minutes. He didn’t seem to mind me being along the side of the field. Finally he wandered off into the woods. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1678398444971-R2CZ7G146H89IMDB819G/_DSC9303-2.jpg NEW PHOTOS Todays great find was a fisher (they are not cats) feeding on their favorite food, a porcupine. Note the quills in the mouth of this large male and one stuck in the side of his cheek. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1531870877726-E1H14Y5XTBNMEQI5R2D5/DSC_6941-2.jpg NEW PHOTOS This bumble bee was taking his time with this flower so I tried out my new Nikon 60mm micro lens.. what do ya think? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1492109450731-6EHBY8DNZYJO687OVWR0/DSC_0437.jpg NEW PHOTOS Quabbin Valley moon over New Salem. 4/11/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1481139435052-79OE7WTIXSOS4W6EIU3B/DSC_5237.jpg NEW PHOTOS I found a flock of 25 hooded mergansers actively fishing in the early morning before the sun came up. They fed on these small fish at the Quabbin for over 2 hours. 12/6/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1661805761004-QJP2HM03E7CPPH2EBP4O/IMG_3516.jpg NEW PHOTOS Surprise ! From 1971 until 1986 I raised and raced sled dogs all around the Northeastern US. Here I am training a 6 dog team in a race with training rigs in Royalston MA in the early 1980’s. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1704719293244-I4KVI9SDJVC4O801FG16/pals.jpg NEW PHOTOS My happy clan! I had sled dogs for 15 years and loved every minute of it….. There’s nothing like standing behind between 9 and 12 dogs all silently running thru quiet wooded trails…… This photo was taken by Lisa Falgren on Lake Chocura in Ossipee NH in the late 1970’s. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1531491105804-7UPM0X3Z70QDOU50KF7E/DSC_6813-3.jpg NEW PHOTOS Yellow swallowtail feeding on the milkweed outside my office window! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1454356100482-158I1IS81TFPFZU8IAUH/DSC_1891.jpg NEW PHOTOS - A great windy day to soar over the Quabbin ! 2/1/16 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/55340a9fe4b0aca1f6626c82/59cee9ad6f4ca3b208628ad2/1774569797162/ NEW PHOTOS Four semipalmated plovers landed in front of me this morning and kept me amused for about 30 minutes..... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1523319523269-IVHRV0VSACH8DBKYJK67/85O_5734.jpg NEW PHOTOS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1454806922332-CLJ8JGX74YH3WINZVPL1/IMG_5070-2.jpg NEW PHOTOS The morning after the first snow storm of 2016 on the north Quabbin. 2/6/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1601589995422-OPHJ9P6D5XQ1TR07SCN3/_85O7930-Edit-2-2.jpg NEW PHOTOS Young moose stay with their mothers for at least a year. I have seen this young moose before with Mom as she nursed it earlier in the summer. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/55340a9fe4b0aca1f6626c82/5be84614562fa7018669397d/1774569797181/IMG_E9447-3.jpg NEW PHOTOS Quabbin is at full capacity ……… http://www.northquabbinphotography.com/great-blue-herons daily 0.75 2026-03-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1436899780121-9HH6W8FA037BMOQDFB6B/DSC_2295.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES - Dinners here ! I love great blue herons. Here in the north Quabbin area there are loads of them. But finding a nest you can watch can be tricky some years. Enjoy the photos I've taken over the past few years of these great birds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1436899780121-9HH6W8FA037BMOQDFB6B/DSC_2295.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES - Dinners here ! I love great blue herons. Here in the north Quabbin area there are loads of them. But finding a nest you can watch can be tricky some years. Enjoy the photos I've taken over the past few years of these great birds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1436386256507-AVQ3S1JR5V6O2U0OUSMN/DSC_2703.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES - "Anyone see a heron around here ?" I was photo bombed today by an otter family while taking pictures of this great blue heron fishing. 7/8/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1437007663657-56CZ8EUMOF3U27AJJ7XH/DSC_3399.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES - "Has anyone seen an otter around here?" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1436901569082-C58MNTBW3IEVL53MJJOH/DSC_0459.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES - A very wet great blue heron One day I saw this heron sitting there on his fishing grounds in the pouring rain. I watched as it just poured and he just sat there looking about for a meal. I don't know who get wetter, him of I ? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1442748365527-0LVINH9EWIKX3LAW8C7A/DSC_0526.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES - An early fall, early morning sun landing in the swamp https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1442748365893-B1NZ2KUS0MG6BFMV9TL0/DSC_0517.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES A young great blue heron puffs himself up to look bigger to another heron as he defends his fishing yards. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1436827060114-7IURWMDV1R0OMALJI5ZD/DSC_0893.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES - Lunch is served A great blue heron can stand at attention like a stone for many minutes at a time after spotting a frog, snake, minnow or large bullhead as you will see in a few frames. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1472520433028-930ZF3H4QCLUZP8JRP7D/DSC_7010.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES Another green heron fishing for breakfast at a Quabbin watershed swamp....8/29/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1435274429233-OHLMKVUSDXLSJ6R953D3/DSC_0468.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES - Great blue herons strikes like lightning when the time is right After watching and waiting for the right time it strikes. A great blue heron diving after a catfish. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1435274609300-Z3NXFWCORA4BWAHRHFWA/DSC_0897.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES - "Did I catch it?" Here he is coming out with a fish…. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1436827200323-K8WM3T0W0Y5E6HSQWQ49/DSC_0901.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES - Success !! A large bullhead for lunch! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1435275034619-1J008BCYHGW893ZZOVNS/DSC_1021.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES - YAY !! happy heron ! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1434847874347-I2NNSF08OIQXTK1HX15G/DSC_0234.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES - Down the hatch After stabbing and it many times he swallowed it on one gulp. He looks like he is wondering if it was the right decision !! 6/20/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1472153722301-YJBJFEIECHDIE1CBZD3N/DSC_6070.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES A juvenile green heron is watching the world go by in a hollowed out stump. 8/25/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1435274923602-5A7K2CW2YO3BNK611IJF/DSC_0445.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES - Hours and hours preening A great blue heron takes a break from fishing for breakfast to preen. They spend hours and hours preening each day. Sometimes after each dive. Quabbin watershed. 6/25/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1436827171361-O3IFV4EJDDDBGJ42KMIX/DSC_0846.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES - More Preening….. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1436827888408-8FEO7KK3JUVNVLIE6ASB/DSC_1009.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES - Another day, another fish ! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1436827940277-7X8E3IB2IZDSHCTM0A5Z/DSC_1008.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES - urghh come outta there …... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1436899311186-0II7LFS7C4ABFYBME490/DSC_0229.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES - GB heron with lunch ! I watched this great blue heron stalk and catch a big catfish. Here he has it in his beak with weeds after he grabbed it at his feet. 6/20/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1468970628095-T0DWGKMRZ220WTNL5298/DSC_0540.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES Young of the year great blue herons are leaving their nests and starting to show up in the local swamps, ponds and waterways. Here is a young one I found fishing today in Petersham. 7/19/16. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1439755726693-MTT2F7653HLVA64EE6JJ/DSC_7137.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES - Great blue heron I've been watching this injured heron all spring/summer. Today I was able to see monofiliment fishing ling wrapped around his leg and cutting into his skin. I fear this will do him in although as you can see here he is still eating like a hog !! 8/16/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1435189789096-OZNYUB8A1RREJ1GGL4RK/DSC_0682.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES - Great blue heron chicks awaiting dinner. Quabbin watershed. 6/24/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1468891852369-J3TN1K4Y41S6RX2PV2M8/DSC_0179.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES A young great blue heron probably fledged within the last 3 week to a month came wading right by me today. I couldn't resist its antics. 7/18/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1436900883851-FK6B6J4C28HWQH8BPEUJ/DSC_0644.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES - Another meal is delivered. As the chicks grow and get older the meals slow down coming to the chicks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1435189828374-7G1FGQAB271E33S2CWZ7/DSC_0710.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES - "LOOK, Ma's home with dinner !!" Great blue heron chicks getting fed. Quabbin Reservoir watershed. 6/24/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1435087422297-TG7E8PPKPM5J5DRS6PM2/DSC_0418.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES - Hop along ! He hops from mud patch to mud patch looking for fish, frogs, snakes and anything else that might make a good meal. Quabbin watershed. 6/23/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1442749079470-DGWT2VZUK0WN6HK3B8IQ/DSC_0427.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES - Air miles ? This is better than hopping about in a marsh when your a great blue heron ! Quabbin watershed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1436899397768-TBSYW9C1E5GJI3IHC814/DSC_2776.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES - Drop in for lunch some time ! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1437006642411-MFHIN7J2KTL58TP0FGSL/DSC_3518.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES - My best buddy in action again today. I've had more fun watching this great blue heron this spring/summer ! He's very photogenic and a real clown. He's always glad to see me :)   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1437006642103-I5370E8LF7KAG0K11T6L/DSC_3531.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES - And…..LUNCH ! The same heron strikes a nice frog for a snack right in front of me. I though we were buddies but he didn't offer me any. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1437855698864-WOIFV1TRQXO7CWAVWIAH/DSC_0138.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES - Great blue heron coming in to land. 7/25/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1467221958640-JPI4CHEGKTBI7657GBRO/DSC_7958.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES "Dads here with lunch !" Two of three great blue heron chicks are greeting dinner from one of their parents landing. The third chick has already left the nest. I suspect these 2 will be gone from the nest within a week. 6/29/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1437855767474-6ZFJOY1YIXRHYPJWUKVZ/DSC_0184.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES - Yum yum, fresh fish ! A great blue heron strikes out at a fish from a good fishing stump. 7/25/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1437696073051-ZXZXJ7BIQKQSJMXI3AL3/DSC_4298.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES - Dive bomber !! This great blue heron jumped from near the top of a pine tree about 150 feet up to the shore of a beaver pond at Quabbin. Or maybe he thought he was a peregrine falcon ? 7/23/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1438128448190-7UQGF4O15IZX36BRV5XN/DSC_4582.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES - Another day, another fish! Ive seen this heron take a ton of fish and frogs this summer. I figured out his best fishing spots and he has gotten used to me taking pictures (I think?……) 7/28/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1465244991494-1JS0R50RY900Z8QR9XBF/DSC_5972.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES A great blue heron attends to its feathers in the early morning sunlight. They spend hours on feather repair and maintenance. 6/6/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1438128771926-Z4QDU7W8OOB1669T5I4J/DSC_4608.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES - Osprey imitation! This heron jumped right into the water head first from this stump right in front or me today. I don't know who was more surprised, me or him ! 7/28/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1438128440477-G7SYS7AZ9P2H8YN9W4ML/DSC_4609.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES - and Im heading out ! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1438128502849-H6MHJ28B63NLWSGVOITK/DSC_4610.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES - And off he goes with his fish in his beak. They alway like to eat on solid ground if its a large prey item. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1442747815739-5AAD77S8A37SV4L9CC57/DSC_0364.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES - "come outta there" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1438463215025-FOPJARJQRG72SSEELDDS/DSC_5148.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES - My buddy Gwarkk! Here is my pal GwarKK! with his catch of the day. These great blue herons are amazing birds and a ton of fun to watch. Ive spent hours and hours watching and photographing this guy. I know where his favorite fishing stumps are and all I have to do is wait! 8/1/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1465002063521-F64CLIQLED55NQJOA1KT/DSC_5539-2.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES This great blue heron stabs at breakfast. The water in the beaver ponds is slowly dropping and its making great fishing grounds for these guys..... 6/2/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1430072763043-5ZXLPTTXGZ4RJVQ397C1/DSC_4599.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES - Great Blue Herons Changing of the guard….. 4/26/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1430161766780-AY1SZ2PI3IZ4E0PGBNRF/DSC_4598.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES - 4/26/15 "Lucy, Im home" GB herons investigating an old nest possibility for use as a new one. 4/26/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1463941055284-IQ6A3738QGRKYL55Y7C4/DSC_4338.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES Ive been watching these herons from a far distance once a week for the last month or so because I knew there were eggs they were incubating and herons will move at the drop of a pin. Today I hiked in, crept up to where I could see through the trees and there they were ! 3 scruffy little great blue herons... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1439755917324-A0UE8JM2C38RYGCPMDQ8/DSC_7165.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES - Here he is head first after a fish right off the stump. 8/16/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1439755916920-Z4PF8V7IJR1HXOJ3HOMK/DSC_7166.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES - yay…gotcha ! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1439755924820-WALYZ7NN7A2ZPNTRORBN/DSC_7169.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES - "No otter's going to get my fish" 8/16/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1442884164441-D3YCOAAX2ICQJHDDTM29/DSC_0902-2.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES - Young great blue heron A new lens arrived today and this was one of the first photos I took. A juvenile great blue heron hopping through a swamp looking for supper. 9/21/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1442748023975-EK9M0YATADZILQTTRQWR/DSC_0344.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES - A great egret strikes again ! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1442359355804-SIDKOB6SPHQBPM1XDBI9/DSC_0510.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES - GB Heron on its take off…… can't resist taking pictures of these fabulous birds. 9/15/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1442359379382-GQQIR8RCG2NM84TA3LEQ/DSC_0526.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES - "UFO incoming" This great blue heron just glides silently to a landing. One landed 15 feet from me a few weeks ago and I never heard it coming in until it dropped right beside me. I don't know who was more surprised, me or the heron! 9/15/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1440292938455-M7G840P5OJCKFKYJEA81/DSC_8265.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES - My handsome buddy Gwaark! the great blue heron has another fish for breakfast today. 8/22/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1443469398707-MCZYI4AQ6JISK4KMMZ96/DSC_1559.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES - Great blue heron A juvenile great blue heron spent 25 minutes chasing minnows in a small pond that was made at Quabbin by low water. Here are a couple of photos. 9/28/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1443469498834-7966LY25HZM3KPAH8Q35/DSC_1579.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES - Great blue heron A second shot of the same gb heron catching minnows. 9/28/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1499647411873-4ATA1XDF2E44QNY4W5OR/DSC_3296-2.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES And as soon as dad arrives home, mom leaves as she's been sitting with the 3 great blue heron chicks all night.. "see ya later chump feed them and babysit for a while" 7/9/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1499456011854-3QA36CRS2WB1VZ9IBXEW/DSC_2618-2.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES "Mommmm !! We're HERONS, not beavers, we want fish to eat, not sticks !" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1499647276966-ZF0EHJTR5NUJ7O3GG584/DSC_3219-2.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES Early morning sun arrives at the same time as dad does with the fish for breakfast...... 7/9/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1499285314170-EGYMB0Z5Y1XZR1S9G2HA/DSC_2189.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES I spotted this great blue heron nest with three chicks this morning about 200 yards out in a swamp. It was at eye level and not 60 feet up in a tree like they usually are. Within 15 minutes the second adult arrived with dinner ! 7/5/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1498863749262-452BJW08L9PVHA68H8YI/DSC_1045-3.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES A great blue heron lifts off from a local beaver pond today.......6/30/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1439823541484-1B1DXVF2JPU6B7CZJKXS/DSC_7134.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES - Full adult great blue heron comes in for a landing with a wing span of 7 feet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1470946056386-85TX6JO2F7LZD252QPDI/DSC_3975.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES A great blue heron snaps up a fish along the shore of Quabbin early this morning. It was in a small pond along the shore that had some stranded fish in it because of the low water. 8/11/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1474232599224-7IQ2CZLSIAEUWESZJ5SD/DSC_0585.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES Im going to miss these goofy guys when they head out for the winter. This great blue heron got a salad with his catfish ! 9/18/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1438545676968-IINFUJH8785NFXZDBZBY/DSC_5219.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES - Green heron Green herons are starting to wander about after raising their families as are the great blues. This guy showed up with a couple others at the beaver pond a few weeks ago and today was the first time I actually got good photos. 8/2/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1438545841611-5TC9KD4SNL5BY0UX8IVJ/DSC_5273.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES - Early morning stretches and telling the fish to line up ! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1438545594747-CCYH8Y8922Q08D9I3KB1/DSC_5292.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES - Who me ? All herons are very alert birds and this one was no exception. They can raise their crest at will. 8/2/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1439755718845-5HFFQVCSMQ4WHMWDA82G/DSC_7042.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES - A green heron with his fish A cousin of the GB herons these little guys sure are great fish/frog catchers. They also have the patience of a rock when it comes to hunting for lunch. 8/16/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1439755720098-ZEUD30AMIB871OPAFSUI/DSC_7055.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES You best be careful waving your fish around when a family of otters are swimming around the pond! 8/16/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1472691736647-17EABY353J1S1TO0OH40/DSC_0389.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES This green heron was setting right in a swamp on the side of the road I drove by this afternoon. I shot this out the window of my car with a Nikon 80-400mm f4.5 and my D810...sometimes its to easy !! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1472945734564-KMRPZPC9I12ZVQ9NTIHJ/DSC_8207.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES I caught this dispute over fishing rights this morning between 2 green herons, obviously one lost ! 9/3/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1472520580671-GJNLKL49TUE99SZTTFER/DSC_6966.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES another green heron makes breakfast appears !! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1472344486993-JQIDEQZMGMYDCX72EG8B/DSC_6485.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES I waited 5 hours for this green heron to land on this stump and start fishing ! 8/27/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1472400068453-S5GFAFPALJ7TBC076C69/DSC_6311.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES " It must be the water in this pond"...... (green heron and female belted kingfisher) 8/27/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1473381274424-5MZVNKYALX1FDE9LMI1Y/DSC_8938.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES Another smashing green heron day ! This young one was thinking Olympics ! 9/8/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1473539720750-GXPV6UP6NIDE1ZNQA5UH/DSC_9316.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES I looked up just in time to catch this green heron coming in for a landing on this rock in front of me just in time to swivel the camera around on my tripod and catch him about to open his wings.. these guys crack me up ! 9/10/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1473023096337-XR6NNYCA9UOITZTYZLLZ/DSC_8279.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES A green heron has a nice catfish for breakfast. 9/4/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1425226433740-G2MYV5OB3MTAXPSTH5IP/P1030493.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES - Great egrets are seen in late August as young ones roam about. They do not nest at the Quabbin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1439934924281-YK6NSLM8A1PW8HPPO2LY/DSC_7668.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES A great egret stretches his wings after preening. 8/18/15   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1439755135389-7D49SVL8IWYTTQ3367VG/DSC_6907.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES - Great egret Wonderful birds ! I look forward to seeing them when they start wandering around Quabbin in August. With some luck you can see them off of the lower end of the gate 35 road in the large phragmites patch north of Mt L. 8/16/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1439754968298-6TWDY16MASAO499MTVEN/DSC_6899.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES - Great egret Great egrets are beautiful birds that show up in August every year around the Quabbin area. They can be found along the CT River also. They are easy to see because they are pure white with black legs. Snowy egrets look the same except they have yellow legs. 8/16/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1440292945209-2HZQT8617Y4UWZ2SUF93/DSC_8448.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES - Wheres Waldo? test your eyes ! Can you spot the great blue heron, great egret, green heron and otter in this photo? 8/22/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1440292938264-2IYRSKBQ38Y7DKFJ2HTS/DSC_8388.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES A great egret preens on top of a beaver lodge where he can see the pond while preening. 8/22/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1441499571476-C5UHPXB40AOP5XUYNXEO/DSC_9817.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES - Great egret A great egret shines like a pearl in the first morning sunlight. 9/4/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1472773366792-KA9T5U6O5JX0W18XZ2QX/DSC_7396.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES I spent the day with about 30 to 40 great egrets in south western MA. These birds are great to watch and wander in the late summer after nesting season ends for them. 9/1/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1472773349607-ZAHN3O4UNS70VCCRGQ52/DSC_7564.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES Another great egret coming in for a landing. 9/1/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1472773382685-P17KRSI6RZUQIRAWD4RO/DSC_7574.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES Bingo..... lunch for this great egret. 9/1/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1472579397200-PEI4C2NHVWHGIZKIKVOF/DSC_7128.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES This crack of dawn great blue heron came gliding into the swamp as the sun was just starting to come thru the trees..... the best time of day! 8/30/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1472344434883-I6YTJXZOFFR3M32M599M/DSC_6392.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES The look on this great blue heron's face as this green heron buzzes him just cracked me up when I saw it on my computer screen !! 8/27/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1473287710266-8Z4BJ0PPPQ8LRHOG3WG5/image-asset.jpeg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES - Here is a video I took of a Great egret feeding in the rain at Fannie Stebbins wildlife area. East Longmeadow MA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1474063416131-UI4PWJKNMQ9UI6VBLEA1/DSC_0421.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES The last juvenile green heron sits above a beaver lodge in this mornings fog wondering if he should head south on a journey he has never taken and must use his instincts, or hang around for a while as his 2 buddies have left within the last 2 days. 9/16/16 ! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1498522940799-66CV28Q1O1RWYCE1HRM4/DSC_0448-3.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES I was watching this green heron when all of a sudden he turned around fast and leaped off his branch and disappeared. 7/26/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1498088603355-J81HQ8POPZ5NB7HTK92K/DSC_9931-2.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES A green heron preens in the early morning sunlight in a small beaver pond in the Quabbin. These herons are so dainty with their beaks when it comes to their feathers. 6/21/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1501115586189-OBTJLKR7XP1EIQYPI6VD/DSC_6320-2.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES This great blue heron was doing a happy dance today in his pond...... what a laugh it was !! 7/26/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1498524919301-QN2DOSUVKH18QKBPHQNS/DSC_0437-2.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES "Yikes!! There's holes in my wing !" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1500737030511-8D1NMF1YQ3YG51IP616J/DSC_5767-2.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES I love this stuff !! Unfortunately the third chick in this nest died 2 weeks ago, but thats nature. Look at the faces on the chicks when they spot dear old dad flying in with breakfast. You have to laugh at them.... 7/22/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1502838336241-2ZALMHT6MS1NWWMLEIP5/DSC_8395.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES I watched this great blue heron for almost 4 hours today in the pouring rain (thus the grainy image). I estimate he caught and ate almost 20 small fish! When I left he was still going and I was soaking wet ! 8/15/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1502654276898-UTD7G6AQBY0ZSDNXXC2D/DSC_8237-2.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES Two juvenile green herons were chasing each other around the swamp this morning. I love to watch these birds fish. 7/13/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1503691678005-DE97HNCWESVHNJZS8GZT/DSC_9404-2.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES I spent the morning on Parker River National Wildlife Refuge on the north coast of Massachusetts. Great egrets were everywhere, her's one that was on the side of the road in the marshland. 8/25/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1504913747426-0CD36GYF6LZ2MHUSFH1X/DSC_0569-2.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES I watched this young great blue heron spend 90 minutes fishing right in front of me today. Good thing he likes fish for breakfast! 9/8/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1522604619668-F9AX5PNJ0IBIF8WO9074/85O_4769-2.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES Great blue herons are starting to show up on their nesting grounds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1523387360106-JJPPBF010XJL6620QE1L/85O_5871-2.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES I spent the morning with a pair of great blue herons working on their nest.... It was incredible to watch the weather get worse and worse and the male kept on dragging sticks into the nest for the female to work into the nest. 4/10/18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1523387576812-SOSHNMLS8TKINN78EOVV/85O_5842-2.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES The same herons wondering why they came north so early . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1525968907870-D9UTR3RC1QS7CG1QYFX8/85O_8737-2.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES Great blue herons have quite a ceremony every time they change nest setting partners. Here is one of them coming in early in the morning. 5/10/18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1525968963832-47526HCT51GV3PBK10V5/85O_8761-2.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES And 2 minutes later the other one leaves to go get some breakfast and take a break after setting all night on the eggs. 5/10/18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1529765959282-C9L8SUYE8Y4KDP66VGP0/85O_7362-2.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES An adult great blue heron drops in with breakfast for the three chicks that are all hunkered down in the nest, (6/18/18) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1529765649137-XEIFM14H8QZ16826MMT9/85O_8099-2.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES Of the three herons left in the nest as of last Monday, only one was left yesterday (6/22/18). The other two have fledged already. here is feeding time late in the day on the 22nd. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1527281327379-318O4HU06S0GEWCO56NW/85O_1430-2.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES As I was sitting in the woods this morning along a beaver pond, something caught my eye. I looked up and 2 great blue herons were gliding in for breakfast. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1530229115712-JOQEC4PUBLHZFMZWE0HF/85O_9248.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES With the hot 90+ degree week coming up I hope these 3 great blue heron chicks fledge the nest in the next day or 2. It will get mighty hot setting in the sun all day long. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1529766532388-H400HIPQ4M66PA286C4C/85O_9156.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES I watched these herons build and take care of three chicks this spring starting when they arrived back in late March. Here they are working on the nest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1527417204366-NETWIHBUHSMH3NT0PSUP/85O_1760-2.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES This great blue heron enjoys a good shake to get the feathers back in line after a long preening in the early morning sun, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1535914847773-RER7RZVQHRDWX3Z4JZNZ/85O_8013-2.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES Here is a seven foot wingspan of this great blue heron… they look large and heavy but they only weigh between 5 to 7 pounds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1535914755148-AVXKJV5V1BH50HFXU5W7/85O_8090-2.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES Ive seen great blue herons pick up some large pout in beaver ponds but this was in the Connecticut River. I think this fish would be a carp. I was quite surprised when he came up with it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1534877109803-VEB2M5Q54JXNLB8IMJHT/85O_7044-2.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES Photobomb ! Two great blue herons having a fishing area argument! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1537565454173-H89TKZ5ROD9VDKU4IOS9/85O_9826-2.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES A tundra swan comes crashing in for a landing at the Turners Falls power canal. Its been drained down for repairs so lots of waterfowl and shorebirds crammed into a small pond. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1537475221295-5T3OG8XG0GLMAMOD1EXP/85O_9751-2.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES These 4 great egrets were all fishing in this small pond that was not far from the CT River. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1535416649944-XN8GBQRV4TE1M5II3EP4/85O_7700-2.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES It won’t be long before these great egrets are heading south for the winter. The show up each year from the coast between July and August, then all leave as quickly as they arrive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1533564359680-DR16AET02LRQBAQ72QLA/85O_4283-2.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES - Great egret, Turners Falls MA. 8/5/18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1541012614485-OOBUTW6Z4TE7XZM938PI/85O_2329-2.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES “Gotcha” !! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1541012703382-ZGXWK84JC5DYYJCJN6LO/85O_2330-2.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES Down the hatch ! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1542666397737-N5LT5VM6L6UEPAPTFBPF/DSC_1492-2.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES Here’s a photo I took in summer of 2016. There are 4 great blue herons in the nest. An adult and 3 chicks at feeding time. Can you see the chick on the bottom upside down trying to catch some fish from mom ? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1555282447913-GQ83QQ512UZ1L6BIRFXI/_85O2511-2.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES This mated pair of great blue herons spent most of the morning repairing their nest from winters damage. They mate for life and will also use the same nest year after year or until it blows down. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1555283081870-OBJIIO7OYOX586E0BK7T/_85O2566-2.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES You can see the male great blue heron sneaking up behind the female to deliver her another stick to place in the nest. He collects, and she places as in all GBH pairs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1555015317490-N8XTN0LHUAR5K1U689KI/_85O2068-2.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES It’s that time of year when the goofy Great Blue Herons are rebuilding the nests from overwintering and doing their mating dances. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1554666092439-ZTQX8FF81BL4EQEE9TNG/_85O1803.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES Great Blue Herons are back on their local nest. YAY !! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1559405589376-ZOU3OFZQZO2Y8DOGKF2L/_85O0099-2.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES Nothing gets in the way of a great blue heron when it comes to catching fish! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1559341018053-4JGXUF541RTNPB5APP05/_85O9667-2.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES All in 8 days, these great blue herons built a new nest, mated, and in the process of laying eggs. Still a little building to do. Its going to be a close call if these guys can fledge chicks. The chicks will have a challenge to have enough time to gain enough strength to migrate this fall. Great dissipating fog this morning in the swamps. Did I mention mosquitoes?? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1557424780873-JRZWQ8Y2YJW8KGRVFDIA/_85O5483-2.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES Today was hatch day for the local great blue herons. I’m not sure how many but they hatched sometime within the last 24 hours. I won’t know for a few weeks until I see heads popping up how many chicks they have. Great blues Usually produce between 2 or 3 chicks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1553978591982-9GU934V4RBAV66UI6EJ3/_85O1471-2.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES I was given a tip about these 10 rare Sandhill Cranes today. They were in a large swamp/bog in Royalston MA. A pair of bald eagles also live in this large swamp. They left at about 1:30 and headed dead north on their way migrating. A great sight. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1558742623209-OR9C8BUXW9HD79ZV4OQN/_85O7883-2.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES A late nesting great blue heron pair works soon getting up a new nest. The male brings in the sticks and the female places them where she wants them, and this goes on over and over for 3 to 4 days until she is ready for eggs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1566257176189-WSYPXVOC9PS9AFEEPHGS/_85O7511-2.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES After sitting on Templeton Common for 2 days in the hot sun and humidity selling prints at the Craft Fair, I couldn't wait to get back to a cool, buggy, active beaver pond. The very first this I spotted was this immature green heron going thru its paces preening...lots of fun these guys are! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1564782331031-Z7TROSOJCBTOMFFTLTYX/_85O5134.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES Early morning fog disappearing at the Turners Falls power canal exposed this great blue heron just preening away….. I love these birds ! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1567119878624-Y5UF0WN4K5DZM3TPMR58/_85O9065.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES I love this time of year because I get to photograph these beautiful great egrets that seem to appear in August and stay until the first of October. They are done nesting along the Massachusetts coast and wander about for 6 weeks or so. This one just shook out after preening as all herons do. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1565745011495-HBMET4PUA35ROTR18FV5/_85O5925-2.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES Early morning frolics with 3 great egrets on the Connecticut River. The one in the water got the worst of it this morning! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1588874779239-VVY8Z9BLZWALUXMM8RMH/_85O3746-Edit.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES I’ve been watching great blue herons building their nests back up after a long windy winter. They are fun to watch as the males rip the twigs and sticks up from the shoreline and deliver it to the female who places it in the nest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1588874947045-2G7EL9SBTI955LQV5WIS/_85O3890.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES A “sneak attack” from behind ! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1588875118899-MCTD3EEPMT7EGNDFP5QL/_85O3593-Edit.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES A delivery on a windy day… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1588261981138-EI7R5ABYLV0NE59UIR9X/_85O2795-2.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES Great blue herons have a special vertebrae in their neck that lets them do stuff like this. It also aids them in swallowing large fish and frogs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1586967228291-17J9VQ9W7BLOSELJTVJU/_85O0855-Edit-2.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES My favorite pair of great blue herons are finally back in their swamp. I was getting worried as they were 2 weeks later than usual…worried but relieved to see them again ! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1591391470638-3EY06ERZ9Y7XBPYIYWEL/_85O0856-Edit-2-2.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES An unusual number of 4 chicks in this great blue herons nest. I’m usually seeing 2 or 3. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1590795078263-4347CYLVRYS5E94KN4M7/_85O9523.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES - As I was standing along the shore of a beaver pond this morning I was thinking "why haven't I seen any green herons in here this year" ?? Within 3 minutes I looked up and spotted this bird above me https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1585249868406-TXNH80YF2B9O8I05GY9H/_85O9229-2.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES My favorite day in early spring is when the great blue herons arrive at the local rookery. The guys were here for the first time this morning (3/25/20). The other local rookery still has no tenants yet ! Any day now though. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1605105391133-5N60MPDDBI2TRY6E66RJ/_85O0349-Edit.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES I was surprised to. see this young great blue heron still hanging around this pond. He’s been here most off the summer and should be heading south soon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1605662257964-UGW81UHRRGX5MBWYBUQZ/_85O0774-Edit.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES The 2 resident sandhill cranes in central Massachusetts. They have been nesting here the last few years and this year they lost a chick in the spring. I found them in a big field behind a dairy farm hunting in the fields. Something I dont always see. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1634657799736-4CCAAE360ZVTXF0301YT/_85O9085-Edit-2.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES One lone great blue heron in the huge Orange Wildlife Management Area yesterday. I felt sorry for it !! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1631112890589-GC5N6SC4S5WSV16ICQWK/_85O6364-2.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES I watched this great blue heron fishing a few weeks ago. He caught more that he jumped at…. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1628706071252-Z1QLQMS2GFJ4ODEJID3U/_85O7327-Edit-2.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES Great egrets are moving about these days I found this one along the CT River yesterday in Turners Falls MA. I love watching these birds feed…. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1620131221623-0CM8E7GZ2XUAMIO4V7J2/_85O3579-Edit-2.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES “Thou shall not pilfer thy neighbors basement” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1618605386106-31R0X1CAV5K8QFFXEE1A/_85O1976-Edit-2.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES We had about 5 inches of wet snow in Central Massachusetts this morning. These great blue herons look like that were not having fun. In 6 weeks they will be sharing egg sitting duties waiting to hatch chicks in the hot summer sun. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1599955822556-771935VQFTQKS9CYH6KK/_85O6412-Edit-2.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES Juvenile green herons should all be starting their migration soon. It amazes me they know the migration routes at only 6 months old. This one was hunting frogs in Orange Ma. yesterday. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1595803696119-10LQQNW2WVVX0BI6Z2YY/_85O1183-Edit-2.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES This immature green heron nabbed this bull frog tadpole for breakfast right in front of me this morning! yummy ! :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1625525415310-YCAGG55NV6PP5PPTLFB0/_85O3869-2.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES Green heron….BINGO ! just like that, fish for breakfast! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1616629530683-E7728CTMAOGBG47M30YL/_85O5233-Edit-2.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES I love it when the great blue herons reappear from down south. This rookery had 7 great blues in it this morning! And so their family raising adventures for spring thru fall 2021 begins. 3/24/21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1617277988945-WH2438Y2F1EAZCGM67WN/_85O6536-Edit-2.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES Nest building is moving right along with the number of nests growing in this great blue heron rookery from 4 to 7 in the last 2 days…. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1624112869280-T22RT017KV8GPUP1OBAS/_85O0448-Edit.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES “Ive been in this nest for 8 weeks, all Ive had to eat is barfed up fish and frogs, will you PLEASE bring me back a Pizza with anchovies and a coke” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1649095032637-ACCLXDQ0PG2Q6UZ9SJVD/_DSC7742.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES I was happily surprised yesterday morning when I found 2 new nests being built in the heron rookery I have been watching for almost 3 years. That puts the number up to nine active nests now :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1648338766463-7WD3O19OEVISG2FGZ4RD/_DSC6836-2.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES Nest building time for great blue herons, in this case just fixing up from the winter winds. Nikon Z9, Nikon 600mm f4 ed ...... backlit from the early rising sun. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1647970127402-UWQQX9UHJH25D83TKYXX/_DSC5813-2.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES This great blue heron is preening in the early morning sun coming thru the trees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1647647592265-SLL38Q7GOS52885U920G/_DSC5723-3.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES Surprise ! I found 5 of 7 heron nests occupied this morning! 3 days ago there were none in sight. Let the fun begin. I love watching these big birds. They are preening each other here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1656429914141-STAR5OD04MWCVL5CK2IT/_DSC4706-Edit.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES Here comes dinner ! In a week or so these 3 great blue heron chicks, which are almost full grown, will be out and on their own. They will hang around the nest for a week or two before they cut the ties completely https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1676388687236-JXJ3BWZ4XNCM50O09B9L/_DSC2032.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES It won’t be long before these guys start showing up inland! Be ready to understand the life of the Great Blue Herons when they arrive .. Get my new book Genius Of The Swamp for $30. Contact me for details by hitting the yellow “contact” above. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1622761476669-VJ4BEPQD0WOYYH04ALX3/_85O7746-2.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES Green heron…Early morning breakfast…fresh fish…. I love these guys. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1658957209573-NX2VZAW9UCAZJCBZKM5C/_DSC0916-2.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES When your a great blue heron, fishing is not pretty ! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1649956191013-GR53VBLMK60DSVB760SC/_DSC0529-2.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES A great find! A little blue heron, quite rare in western Massachusetts was found in Northfield. So I went up and found it in about 20 minutes. What a great colored bird. A little larger than a green heron. 4/14/22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1649956431695-6MGP0T8ZDPML74DK757E/_DSC0952.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES Another view of the Northfield MA little blue heron. I made 600 images in the 90 minutes I was there! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1655668501594-ZL5KHZKS5H5JARWRDD9P/_DSC3093.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES I dont usually think about technical stuff when taking a photo. It happens so fast sometimes I just point the camera in the right direction and hope for the best. Green heron with a sunfish for lunch. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1679530616295-U6ZPZ3ERH53ZMZ0WRAYE/_DSC0941-2.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES The nesting season for the great blue herons has started!… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1679001919619-WZ46YKSP8G5R6CISC0WR/_DSC9738-2.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES Great blue herons are slowly coming back to their heronries…. this is the first one I have seen this year and it had another one with it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1681147391908-E4UP9DGFAVER0YCFYX1W/_DSC4322-2.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES The nest building/repair season is just about done. The male will keep bringing in sticks occasionally until the chicks fledge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1686862864237-3PII0AMS674BGV9Z3W7C/_DSC5047-Enhanced-NR-2.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES Breakfast is served to these young great blue herons. With in a few weeks they will leave the nest and be on their own. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1687735574779-2F2YO0B2RA7Y9BSR7807/_85O2747-Enhanced-NR-2.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES The kids will be leaving very soon…. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1685488879072-BDW22OVZGD58V57FSRXJ/_DSC1398-Enhanced-NR-2.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES A quick nest change…15 seconds for one adult loaded down with food in its gullet for the chicks, and the attending adult to blast off in a flash of feathers and dust back to the ponds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1690574034490-77933E86WTRAR5ACRDX8/_DSC9631-2.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES Even the great blue herons are having problems with the heat and humidity today… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1670538965492-7WH8EU13W8QPV6ECK91Z/_DSC6845-2.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES I found this great blue heron busily feeding on minnows this morning along the Connecticut River. I watched him for about an hour and 15 minutes. In that time he swallowed approximately 40 to 50 small minnows and totally ignored me taking photos (557 to be exact) :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1680805493490-T8DIIIDIZ9U6F67A8NXH/_DSC3531-2.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES An immature bald eagle sits in a great blue herons nest and all the female heron can do watch. This eagle tore through the heronry for about 7 minutes then left without doing any harm. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1680881446472-RWSHZQOTM581KMHQQS4R/_DSC3429-2.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES An immature bald eagle drives female great blue heron off of her nest in the early nesting season. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1680132754835-EW467PLCUNBH1M97FHFO/_DSC3063.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES The great blue herons just keep on adding sticks the nests. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1722792387629-9Q2T7D2NAIEB7ZVD945V/_DSC2554.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES And away we go! A young great blue heron leaves the nest for the first time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1722445522984-7OSDXFSTH8QNFTH3CIL8/DSC_2187-Enhanced-NR-2.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES Any hour now these great blue heron chicks will leave the nest into the big world they have been watching from their nest for almost 3 months... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1693440162093-JMXERW5VZL28D7UDEGLD/_DSC0393-Enhanced-NR-2.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES Great egret, flying right at me on the CT River. Nikon 600mm lens with a Nikon Z9 camera….. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1711496297579-VZI5NK3II5SQ10638K3O/_DSC0452-Enhanced-NR-2.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES This guy was looking for lumber for the nest. Spring is here and great blue herons waste no time rebuilding what the winter has done to their nests. They use the same nests year after year. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1726606407108-H4HNI0T5JGSG6EHUHY1F/_DSC7207-2.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES I went back the next day and this guy decided to drop in for a visit just up the road from me :). See him the day before in the next photograph. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1726442725650-CW33NSYFOBIQFPXA2SB3/_DSC7081.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES While I was photographing this great egret fishing he decided to make sure his landing gears were not leaking hydraulic oil. :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1747332994662-Q2QYH76H3FSNNXHDGSZK/_DSC9645-Enhanced-NR-2.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES Young great blue heron chicks seem to be popping up everywhere ! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1725317159982-JTYOU7YZAMK2E6PAPI4R/_DSC6275-2.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES After battling covid all week I finally got out of the house and into a swamp! That worked wonders. Here's a young green heron that popped up to say howdy! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1753827290006-8HLJWLFS19JGBQIA1Q90/_DSC7308-2.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES “Holy crap ! Thats where the oil leak is ?” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1742944370976-OX5NK795Q1JDXX0K3WRU/_DSC7602-2.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES A cold and foggy morning in the hood..... so tuck your beak into your feathers and snooze away..... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1687998279853-MWBY8YPJ4Y2P773QZX0X/_DSC7252-2.jpg HERONS/EGRETS/CRANES Green Heron, getting ready for more hunting. http://www.northquabbinphotography.com/new-gallery daily 0.75 2025-11-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1446825021412-38RB33DGTC5BP7AAKEWM/IMG_4653.jpg MOOSE - Huh ?? After spending almost a week with 8 different moose, today after 3 hours of searching and setting in a few places, I came away without seeing a one. As I walked back to my vehicle I found this taped to a tree... :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1446825021412-38RB33DGTC5BP7AAKEWM/IMG_4653.jpg MOOSE - Huh ?? After spending almost a week with 8 different moose, today after 3 hours of searching and setting in a few places, I came away without seeing a one. As I walked back to my vehicle I found this taped to a tree... :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1695839684924-3B1YAZEMRCDKN9ZGTBZ0/_85O3041-Enhanced-NR-2.jpg MOOSE I took this photo this morning of a cow, in the fog. When I got it onto my computer screen and cropped down, I noticed the large bull along the right side of this photograph and he was looking for love ! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1693839259246-2TEU8U9X45KZGQFEJIYJ/_DSC0510-Enhanced-NR-2.jpg MOOSE I celebrated Labor Day by laboring away over a hot camera taking this picture of this boss bull moose at sunrise ! :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1689715115737-61BKEBH9ZYRLKN12488F/_DSC8876-2.jpg MOOSE This bull moose was having a bad day with thousands of moose flies buzzing around him. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1699834567736-HRE88PNDGIFC2S7QMHR6/_DSC5023-Enhanced-NR-2-2.jpg MOOSE Surprise ! Early this morning I found this female moose just standing in the road looking around, and out popped a large bull ! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1694739843071-YXG4GWI5L8ERQFEDTJWY/_DSC1484-Enhanced-NR-2.jpg MOOSE This young whipper-snapper was standing in the road this morning as I rounded the corner. He then just wandered off into the swamp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1704643205333-7MAU3ZPUHV6H0IYOSHL1/_DSC6343-2.jpg MOOSE Yesterday I bumped into another of my old friends... Like most Massachusetts bull moose, his antlers have fallen off. How do I know this guy? Ive been seeing him each year for at least 4 years. He has 2 distinguishable notches in his right ear. Possibly old battle scars from other bulls in the fall ruts of past years. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1707961806485-3HZR3R9WSK5BPH4WBNON/_DSC4437-Enhanced-NR.jpg MOOSE It will probably be another few months before these guys show them selves and come out from their winter feeding areas. This was taken last autumn in a field of dead goldenrod. Ive seen him before. Note the tear in his right ear. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1698432291984-AEV56LH4GQ0B1P1RRS0I/_DSC2712-Enhanced-NR-2.jpg MOOSE Dont you just want to scratccccch between her ears ? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1736708638864-10BTH2DL2BUGWTHJMRUO/IMG_6067.jpg MOOSE A walk in the woods in New Salem and a great morning for tracking. I followed these tracks right up to 5 moose wondering what ta hell I was. When they figured it out it was a stampede.…. :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1730152542837-LL4AQTDMG3FB5Q5L2W4X/_DSC3468-2.jpg MOOSE Lots of moose moving about this week with the cold weather and their rutting season. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1729468360590-TVBLJVGPZ3UCFJVCSV75/_DSC2525-Enhanced-NR-2.jpg MOOSE A great day for a walk in the woods. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1720104221359-3YI0L1S3T4G9JAUUBJ39/_DSC5625-Enhanced-NR-2.jpg MOOSE My July 4th buddy. Ive been seeing this large bull moose for at least 5 years. He has a big split in his right ear so he's easy to identify. This morning I found him in his favorite pond... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1727118814593-8MBDPGS6FNZQLFP05CJA/_DSC7778-Enhanced-NR-2.jpg MOOSE The bull moose are finally starting to show themselves for the beginning of their rut, This guy was in a field with a cow moose larger than he was! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1716830850242-1Q21AHL81G1FF4NPCVFG/_DSC8640-Enhanced-NR-2.jpg MOOSE Here's a Memorial Day moose for you. They always look so scruffy and skinny after the winter months because they are shedding their thick winter coat. By June the antlers have started to grow again. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1703089289914-392SXIKQTJQK81B9QKD9/_DSC3953.jpg MOOSE MERRY CHRISTMOOSE AND HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE. MAY THE MOOSE BE WITH YOU IN 2024….. DALE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1731288566659-H6CNVQIFSRTYNS92OAWH/_DSC4588-2.jpg MOOSE On November 2nd I saw this guy in the middle of the road with a female out of my view in the bushes. Well its 9 days later and he's still in a trance over her. I found them about the same place this mornings. I'll bet this guy will be happy when he sheds those huge antlers and she will be glad when he leaves her alone. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1601425129944-79QT4OR5Y8FHXCJES3E3/IMG_0677-Edit.jpg MOOSE I found this wonderful bull moose browsing leaves on a crisp early fall day. Adult moose need between 40 to 50 pounds of grass and bark to stay healthy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1468336408160-PJRL9T50TX39LYS6RB3A/DSC_9347.jpg MOOSE A good way to start the foggy day !! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1467648019009-OI90OPHDFADJ4KNV0AG5/DSC_8411-2.jpg MOOSE Well Well ... !! My Fourth of July got off to a big bang at 5:15 this morning almost in my back yard. !! This is the 3rd year in a row I have seen this guy in the same spot..... I spent 45 minutes watching him feed before he drifted up into the woods. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1468361506767-6JGJS1PY3UV9DOYDYSTW/DSC_9325.jpg MOOSE I see you, again..... Quabbin Reservoir watershed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1425338287314-60F7CZ06SEGKRMI9GBTD/DSC_0435.jpg MOOSE The Prescott bull wore a radio collar for 2006 and 2007. His where abouts not known until I shot these photos last fall.... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1425485243369-ADI28MP8NLY18HJ59G37/DSC_0451.jpg MOOSE Another way to identify him is his antlers. They don't quite match do they? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1425484195471-NHO4XQFAXZJSGDQ60DP9/DSC_0937.jpg MOOSE Thats him again 6 days after I took the first four photos you have just seen. He has shed his antlers for the year. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1425485480230-XCWN2TN0HF7ZU7OQP352/DSC_3428.jpg MOOSE Here's a young bull in August working on some tasty pond lillies right up to his neck in a small beaver pond. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1425485542904-XD11WBD6HI2HXNGS4PS7/DSC_3444.jpg MOOSE " Will they be surprised when I come up their access tunnel for a visit" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1446745778295-SU9AZGYGMF0QPO1V3TOF/DSC_4851.jpg MOOSE As I was set up alongside a field this morning, this bull moose came crashing out of the woods running right along. It ran about 100 yards, stopped, sniffed, looked around and ran off. I saw him again about an hour later. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1446747350035-0DW60EA93ZQNP2BIPKG8/DSC_4893.jpg MOOSE I saw both these moose a few days ago at 2 different spots. This morning I spotted the larger racked one running across the field (see last photo) and an hour later they were hanging out together. I suspect they were talking about the Red Sox's chances next year, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1446568735131-G1LXPITBHQD20MRYK8FG/DSC_4704.jpg MOOSE I saw and photographed this bull last December. He has a strange antler and a blue tag in his ear. I found him this morning standing by the side off the road and he just kind of said "Hi Dale, hows it going" with his eyes and didn't move while I took his picture ! 11/3/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1446497315542-WADBBMFJEW4GVGWV4UGE/DSC_4606.jpg MOOSE Today was a seven moose day ! Here are 2 of them thinking "who ta hell is that?" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1467648309517-FTPFCM7R4PN5ALG487G5/DSC_8423-4.jpg MOOSE Heres the same moose as the last photo. Notice the deer flies trailing behind his head. Thats why moose love to get into ponds up to their necks sometimes. To cool off and as a relief from biting insects. 7/4/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1462806294768-C84MRX1GON15Q5P3XSQK/DSC_2685.jpg MOOSE well well !! Look who tromped right through the other side on my swamp today !!...... A young bull moose looking pretty ratty while shedding his winter coat. You can see his new antlers already starting. He didnt hang around long..... 5/9/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1446497289560-SPAPX0FOHCNRWR7GBV2N/DSC_4640.jpg MOOSE - A young bull moose was standing along the roadside. I thought he may be thumbing, or hoofing a ride, but I was wrong. 11/2/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1446497238943-9X14RTDCFKDCZMLW5CRO/DSC_4601.jpg MOOSE - A spike horn bull moose. You have to look hard to see the antlers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1446498263808-MEALEHJS3BF675UT1OXY/DSC_4666.jpg MOOSE - Sometimes its really good to own a 500mm lens ! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1474646389471-YLQ7PMIEF3QG9ZMNPDNP/DSC_1265.jpg MOOSE I love this time of year. Especially the cool weather because the moose start looking for love !! This one was in a dry swamp I checked this morning. I was surprised to see it had a small one with it I couldn't get a picture of. Notice the fur standing up on her back? I was glad she was 100 yards away and I had a telephoto lens ! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1478532140926-IC13VH2JOKY9SWKC5A2F/DSC_4517.jpg MOOSE This morning I watched a female moose with a young in tow browse in an abandoned apple orchard at Quabbin. A great way to start off the week ! 11/7/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1478708593037-HCEVIDXPSUEEV5R5Z6EJ/DSC_4594-2.jpg MOOSE For the 3rd year in a row I've bumped into this moose at Quabbin. He's got a very distinct pair of antlers. Masswildlife had a radio collar on him in 2007 and they told me he could now be 12 or 13 years old. He was 1/2 mile from where I saw him last year and 5 miles from where I saw him in 2014. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1476716149624-Z1MGRT10DXBYEOBJMIVV/DSC_3291.jpg MOOSE In the last 2 weeks I drove 2516 miles to the Canadian Maritimes and back. One of the main reasons was to photograph moose. I didn't see any due to a number of circumstances. So now I'm home, I drive 7 miles, walked 200 yards to the field and there they are !! Two nice bulls browsing away ! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1478532123352-AKBSQO8XEXN04HQIRD5A/DSC_1517-2.jpg MOOSE Well, I walked further for a few miles from the orchard and this gal jumped out of the bushes in front of me !! Lets have a hand for telephoto lenses ..... 11/7/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1479138944477-4LC213CCMSQJZQPSGVWL/DSC_1618.jpg MOOSE You never know whats going to appear at Quabbin !! I spotted this handsome guy standing off the trail in the woods watching me. I waited about 15 minutes just standing in the trail. He finally started wandering along thinking I was not a threat and came right out into the trail....then started walking right towards me ! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1537133417742-624RFXIUR63ZWRI6VDV2/85O_7217-2.jpg MOOSE “Ma, theres someone following us”. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1525968050084-GA1Z0O2U9QTXKKNZB23R/85O_8721-3.jpg MOOSE This young bull moose will never sneak up on anyone! I heard him slopping 10 minutes before I saw him this morning! 5/10/18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1556125296642-MFCUFFDKPUBEEO4O35SB/DSC_8762-2.jpg MOOSE I played a hunch this morning and decided to leave the beavers alone and go to a place I haven’t been in 2 years. and Bingo ! 200 yards up the trail and I spotted this guy behind some bushes, all of a sudden he popped out to say Hello ! He looks pretty ratty because he’s shedding his winter coat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1556126044339-8MXOZ22H20UXSNHCAX86/DSC_8763-2.jpg MOOSE You can see from this image that this is a bull moose. He is just starting to grow his antlers for the fall mating season. Some moose can grow antlers up to 35 pounds ! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1562889815889-NVCP5HJ2QKXUILANQKIQ/_85O3344-2.jpg MOOSE I must say, I've seen lots of beavers in my lifetime but never seen one with big ears like this one... I should have hung around to see how it was going to fit in that lodge… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1562259867017-CJ4PTJFY0IGW7WXKXD5Z/_85O2635.jpg MOOSE I found these 2 moose in a swamp this morning while it was still quite dark. A mother and it looks like moose from last year still with her. Can you spot the beaver ? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1562435387900-NGHIG1MKHTQFSZOWNT0S/_85O2857-2.jpg MOOSE A good place to stay cool ! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1574185881574-J15SNKU0HY9JK8N8NE9F/_85O4260-2.jpg MOOSE As I hiked around the corner last week a big black 7 foot high female moose was browsing along the side of the trail. I watched her for about 15 minutes from about 125 yards away before she slowly wandered into the woods. It made my day! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1592070628564-MZ9LULYDILA2G8V8HJ3F/_85O2132-Edit-3.jpg MOOSE This guy was browsing in a large field in New Salem with another bull about the same size…I took a few pictures from about 150 yards with a 500mm lens and left them munching away enjoying their breakfast https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1592243763925-SN085B9AZ5MWKPG8IP1E/_85O2964.jpg MOOSE I love this time of year as the moose are hitting the swamps to get the nourishment water plants supply them. A full grown moose needs 50 pounds a day of plants and bark to sustain their health. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1606603171015-1IEU9MBBOQZ51QAKZ83L/_85O0922-Edit.jpg MOOSE I found this old friend in a small pond she frequents in the summer. I call her Brownie because of her brown snout and forehead . I haven’t seen her since mid September. She was looking good and healthy today. She may have been breed during their rut. Time will tell. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1605993598454-UYMT4DKD6AZMQJOS8KHO/_85O0828.jpg MOOSE Peek-a-Boo…… these large animals can hide and be almost invisible …. Anytime I see a moose its a great day! From this morning… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1600201164241-VRA20O2QE2BMUNZIMVTE/_85O7006-2.jpg MOOSE I dont know who was more surprised, me, or these two ! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1603711321554-00RY2YBI5RDVVRIRCD27/_85O9470-2.jpg MOOSE A crisp early Autumn stroll……. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1603211459017-PUZKY2HMUAN870OX01GK/_85O9040-Edit-2.jpg MOOSE Ummmm, theres no way I would walk up on this bull moose with his potential mate right behind him laying down. He has my number and luckily I am 150 yards away ! Nikon 500mm lens comes thru again …. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1603211260022-4J388HA9HKYQT2H46BUM/_85O8968-Edit-2.jpg MOOSE Did you ever have that feeling someone, or something was watching you from afar ? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1599162544832-MEZAD0SAEL48AZ7PI8OQ/DSC_2287-2-Edit-3-2.jpg MOOSE Two moose are better than one. I spotted these 2 guys hanging out in the back of a field. I dont know what they were discussing but in a few weeks this will never happen… they will dueling for mates :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1599429776172-ZCAR6NK2HRAR3OHP3QQO/_85O6017-2.jpg MOOSE A monster bull moose found this morning bedded down near a small pond in northern Quabbin gave me the surprise of the year! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1600713525452-RPUVNTX6FYCQR49136QL/_85O7930-Edit-2-2.jpg MOOSE I’ve run into this pair a few times throughout the summer and I always try to keep away from them as not to upset Mom….. as you can see , she has me pegged. It’s times like these I cherish my 500mm, f4 Nikon telephoto lens. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1594039182694-2O7V0D5LX08BU1SIN0M9/_85O7568-2.jpg MOOSE Another great find! This huge bull moose feeding in a small beaver pond. I felt bad for him because of all the deer flies that were chasing him. You can see them all over his back. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1596393371910-FT63HJ442DHYU0QOZ26S/_85O2454-Edit.jpg MOOSE As I was watching this female moose feed this morning in an isolated pond this young one came hopping out of the bushes along the shore. Quite the surprise! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1593376870310-KXIUNAMZKLC8NW2S7I34/_85O6211-2.jpg MOOSE Local moose are in the ponds this month and are pretty easy to find. The only drawback is you need to get out at about 4:30 to 5 am because they are early risers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1592572474519-ZO9A2C03BV827B2T77XO/DSC_1785-Edit-2.jpg MOOSE Yes, another moose !! This one was browsing in a foggy field when he walked into the path I was on that went around the big field. I watched his progress until he walked right up in front of me. Note the long legs on this guy! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1597450038523-SFH61GWTOHE0XZWDTYSX/_85O3583.jpg MOOSE The rare and thought to be extinct mooseagator !! :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1619996476916-9PA5XM0IPU6DSU0NWUH9/_85O3533-Edit-2.jpg MOOSE This female moose had no fear of me. There was a big stonewall between us and I was about 50 yards away. Thanks to my 600mm F4 Nikon telephoto lens I could stay back without bothering her. The way it should be. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1639701225848-ZLBLOQJQVE2240I63BGB/_85O0680-Edit.jpg MOOSE These guys are about ready to shed their antlers until May when they start growing them all over again. My neck hurts just thinking about it!! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1656116179388-RCY11YL36M1X59JOQLFK/_DSC3837.jpg MOOSE I see this moose every year in the same pond. He has an unmistakable notch in his right ear. Easy to tell him from other bulls in the area. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1650930049063-C1AA3YQHXAK0DFPUS19S/_DSC2457-Edit-2.jpg MOOSE First moose of the year! This nice cow. Also had a bear and a bull moose. A great day in early spring. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1636675629573-4GL8O5Z2G9SPTN8X3994/_85O0110-Edit.jpg MOOSE Not every moose I have posted here are posing for me in the wide open without brush or trees getting in the way of the image. I have to be very lucky. This is what I usually end up with… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1636401110113-SDM9K1SDXSCSSO94AVA3/_85O0064-Edit.jpg MOOSE A great way to start my week! This guy was just standing around watching the moose world go by and I caught the moment on my camera. He was not bothered by me and I checked back 90 minutes later and he was in the same place still! One word. The RUT ! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1634935724909-SQFCINCAHZ8MTMNTBDJV/_85O9391-Edit-2.jpg MOOSE Heres something you don’t see often. A bull moose bedded down right by the road! I watched him for about 45 minutes before he went off the road and into a small bog. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1634935910299-KT2FNKZ90N9S2I547DH7/_85O9463-2.jpg MOOSE Here he is giving me a disgusted look as he walks off the road and into a small bog. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1626305997558-X0SEN94N924T0HGELINU/_85O6046-Edit.jpg MOOSE The moose are starting to spend early mornings feeding in fields and ponds of the northern Quabbin watershed. This is an old friend of mine I see each year about this time in a large field. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1637713428821-QUPODHAN0Q8FN7290G11/_85O0319-Edit.jpg MOOSE This 2 year old bull ran across the road in front of me today. I saw him by the side of the road and was out on my car when he flew by about 60 yards away…taken with my Nikon D850 and my 500mm F4 Nikon lens! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1623193450252-YU3TY1A2A0J0XQV2P70R/_85O8688-2.jpg MOOSE The moose are in the ponds now! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1640872949984-AIBK62EXV8AM5QMK26CU/_85O7152-2.jpg MOOSE Happy New Year everyone ! I’m taking a few days off to clean my gear, and work on my third book about great blue herons and their friends !, out in 6 to 7 months with some luck. New photos should start again here after Jan 1st, 2022… stay safe and wear a mask in public places. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1660783761364-JHJOBC2UM71JIWMFF394/_DSC1244-Edit.jpg MOOSE On my first outing in a few weeks I ran into this gal munching leaves for breakfast. I took about 40 pictures and left her alone as she watched me go away...... The hot weather has finally broken and the animals seem to be out of their hiding places in the deep cool woods. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1664919536572-S39NXN704QNGLJ78PMY8/_DSC3659-Edit.jpg MOOSE Happy October ! The bulls are looking for love in north central Massachusetts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1664410316116-LPHRXVQEOY7XHAABYT38/_DSC3544.jpg MOOSE My morning ended with a bang, a 1,000 pound bang! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1664238619708-8VX9L7E8E1BD115L4TE4/DSC_3420.jpg MOOSE After years of looking I finally caught this bull with his velvet drying up and hanging from his antlers. In a few days they will be whiteish yellow and ready for battle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1668819037340-709LG3Y86QEHG1BMC6I1/_DSC5123-2.jpg MOOSE Bull moose have started dropping their antlers already this fall. This guy is very familiar to me as he has a torn right ear. I saw him a month ago with a very large rack. If you own my new Heron book this is the same moose as photographed on the last 2 pages. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1634774954743-ZS19FO23BJG9JD04TTXW/_85O9329-2.jpg MOOSE This morning I ran into these 2 bull moose browsing in a field in the north Quabbin area. One of them ran across the field to check me out! 500mm Nikon f4 lens on my D850 camera made it look like I was way to close, but I was 90 yards away. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1666185265598-6HYMIF7PPONRT1YLAX92/_DSC3717.jpg MOOSE A cold crisp morning and I found this guy bulking up for the upcoming winter months… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1665531900141-J79EQ5CHA3BZ2HM5FZ1F/_DSC3906.jpg MOOSE “I dont know if I want you to pass”…… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1665347136882-1UQRZ849YL4SFR0983AT/_DSC3765-2.jpg MOOSE A last minute change in my plans paid off, more for me than him... :) What a black and shiny coat this guy has. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1654300641922-92SKXGNLUIS7OH9T3KUC/_DSC9000-Edit.jpg MOOSE A good swim and lunch at the same time relieves moose from the harassment of thousands of biting insects. This is the first moose I have seen in a pond this year. Right on time ! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1657322982706-UEU9KPH2SIDXLOZ94QQD/_DSC7600-2.jpg MOOSE The next time you're in the woods with someone who says " Let's get outta here, I cant stand the darn deer flies!" Show them this picture of a female moose I found this morning up to her neck in the pond trying to get away from them.. They were driving her crazy! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1667169062140-LLL417Y28YFQMVMTN0TL/_DSC4688.jpg MOOSE Early morning sun backlighting this healthy female moose and her breath at 30 degrees F. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1681222515691-V36VWDECD1D82HG22VOJ/_DSC4986-2.jpg MOOSE The first shedding roadblock of the year! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1683590117880-IRLZUSBURU6B5WRLYJ64/_DSC6530-Enhanced-NR-2.jpg MOOSE The lighting was great when this adult female moose walked across the road in front of me! You can see where she is shedding around her shoulders. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1685208164927-ESGB2I4TFNBDOYFVF0C0/_DSC1154-2.jpg MOOSE A neat surprise to start the holiday weekend! A 500 pound shedding female moose standing in the road ! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1685666838364-763OF6LHPJ7OHJKHU9HO/_DSC2035-2.jpg MOOSE This is the first moose I have discovered in the ponds this year. A small year old bull. Notice the small antlers just starting to grow. ……Ma was not far away.. I have her pictures also. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1686159071281-RW4FVQU80DAFD0KW6TJJ/_DSC2994-Enhanced-NR-2.jpg MOOSE “Damn, I wish they would put up People Crossing signs”. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1686789498036-IVKAU6BZ7ZH8GSKVBRRN/_DSC4683-Enhanced-NR.jpg MOOSE This moose I see year around. I can tell because he has a torn right ear looking like a question mark. He likes this particular pond to feed in every spring. Note the pitcher plant buds growing in front of the moose. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1687735801836-0CPDBL238934092NV7NG/_DSC5515-2.jpg MOOSE Before 5 AM early morning breakfast…the moose eats the plants and the bugs eat me ! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1688600546940-P9790G0BWB633WWFGU1G/_DSC7631-Enhanced-NR-2.jpg MOOSE A July 4th bull moose out standing in his field! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1692908044741-IUSWAUDIIR3NVFRNLLKJ/_DSC0063-Enhanced-NR-2.jpg MOOSE The first moose I have run into since July. … the hot muggy weather must be bothering them and keeping them bedded down during the day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1697656161211-TRQAZ04VPK6QRE2EW1F3/_DSC2669-Enhanced-NR-2-2.jpg MOOSE After 2 weeks in Nova Scotia, the first thing I saw was the Walmart Greeter at Quabbin 150 yards down the road :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1722204735311-WU1X6Z0V6U8KBJR4XB7C/DSC_1913-Enhanced-NR-2.jpg MOOSE As I was hiking along one morning last week, I was enjoying the woods at daybreak with no bugs because it was 50 degrees.... all of a sudden the bushes to the left of me exploded and about 40 feet in front of me Mrs Moose blew down the trail and into the woods and down the banking..... check out the huge ears! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1723677831116-BG5F9V49A1ARYADU5GXF/_DSC3136-Enhanced-NR-2.jpg MOOSE Bingo ! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1714783570831-SRHOPRS0A0O8XNIWW1B0/_DSC5038.jpg MOOSE I found a female moose today standing in the road about 100 yards away. She was acting strange and I suspected another moose was around. Sure enough ! Out came her yearling bull shedding all his winter coat off :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1714090142358-WGYARG8QMGF540GJCIRI/_DSC3805-Enhanced-NR-2.jpg MOOSE A five year long buddy. I was glad to run into this moose with a split in the right ear and glad to see he made it thru another winter at Quabbin. He is at least 5 years old. His huge rack of antlers are just starting to grow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1713476161850-MSOL6WE5E2ZBR3PL9L5U/Screen+Shot+2024-04-17+at+7.55.06+PM.png MOOSE Let the season begin! A cow moose with her yearling bull wandering around North Quabbin and stumbled into one of my trail cameras. Quite a surprise. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1727898891780-CWYF53R9ZH6DIH8Y3QQ9/_DSC8561-Enhanced-NR-2.jpg MOOSE I dont always need a close up photo of an animal. This morning before it got light, I found this huge bull just standing on top the large hill I was about to climb.He was about 250 yards away and I had my 600mm lens. He wouldn't take his eyes off of me. I waited almost 20 minutes before he walked into the woods. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1710020670865-YSI2BPU9CNZOPYMPWH6K/_DSC7796-Enhanced-NR.jpg MOOSE First moose of the spring! She was standing in the woods and saw me headed towards her on the trail. Her curiosity got her and she walked out onto the path and started coming straight at me. I was 150 yds away. She suddenly stopped, slowly looked around and wandered into the woods where she was headed. Awesome! http://www.northquabbinphotography.com/gb-heron-journal daily 0.75 2026-03-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1550272601880-TI4OJ3Y9OG4MMUX10H2M/85O_7455.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS In winter of 2019, I spotted this huge bird sitting in a tree way back in the corner of a field today. It didn’t look like a bald eagle but was huge. I put up the camera with my 500mm lens and was I surprised ! A golden eagle !! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1550272601880-TI4OJ3Y9OG4MMUX10H2M/85O_7455.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS In winter of 2019, I spotted this huge bird sitting in a tree way back in the corner of a field today. It didn’t look like a bald eagle but was huge. I put up the camera with my 500mm lens and was I surprised ! A golden eagle !! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1561075359730-HAUZK6NMR7BH2ZW9SJZV/_85O1347-2.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS I’m just back from Cape Breton, Nova Scotia and heres a neat eagle image I was lucky enough to make last week in St Anns Bay…. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1560509117672-TRK57B0V8S6EHHQDMPYF/_85O1352-2.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS A bald eagle snatched up this fish that was thrown into the water from a boat that I was on yesterday in St. Anns Bay off of Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia. I had my 300mm lens on, thus the large image size. It was great fun… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1571011128591-JT4BMKMR4Z13MYY0OHSW/_85O1935-2.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS That awkward moment when you may have to un-invite an unwanted guest who just decides to drop in at dinner time.... Cape Breton ...10/6/19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1570397359102-YFMXCE9O42ZNWC3IQV36/_85O1883.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS An adult bald eagle ate his breakfast of fish right behind my cottage on Cape Breton Island this morning. It was fun to watch. Crows kept him on his toes, err talons! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1453813364705-7GXX9M2R909HO7NAYDGE/DSC_9602.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS An adult bald eagle clutches a fish he just pulled out of Saint Anne's Bay on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia in June of 2015 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1428174394874-EIOGL7SPLL8QMDJ9N4BV/new+eagle+beak-2.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS - Adult bald eagle Common at Quabbin year round with 12 to 14 pairs nesting annually. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1428777853653-J082ABE13694GE9ZSEPD/DSC_6572.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS I worked on the bald eagle reintroduction program at Quabbin in the 1980's. Over 7 years 42 young eagles were released at Quabbin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1429041519057-G2M41ON56WD6731W00Q5/DSC_3597.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS - Immature bald eagle. This youngster and 2 of his honchos were flying around a small beaver pond in the north Quabbin area the day after the ice melted from it. Perhaps looking for a fish or duck breakfast. 4/14/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1430267984497-LKSAT6SLXGONBL645FTX/DSC_1715.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS - Early spring nesting In early March eagles at Quabbin start building, or rebuilding their nests. They are territorial and sometimes use the same nest year after year. The 2 eagles are in the upper left and the nest is in the lower right. One eagle nest weighed 2 tons when it came down. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1429736394322-2341RUXXRDHXY1AX31E1/DSC_3980.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS - Foggy day at Quabbin Out of the fog came this adult bald eagle looking for breakfast for his chicks. Their eggs hatched a week ago. 4/22/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1430267030025-KLP4SKNHDC2EXC27CNG4/DSC_4001.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS - Ban balloons These small helium filled balloons sold at grocery stores and florists should be banned. Here is an immature eagle with the ribbon from one such ballon wrapped around his leg. DO NOT BUY THESE BALLOONS ! Wildlife will thank you ! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1425220306343-XS6Y18H3ZJO05Y68HH9S/P1020820.1.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS - This young eagle was found at the base of its nest at Rangley Lake in Maine. It was taken to a rehabilitator and released at the Enfield Lookout at Quabbin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1438219041738-0FNKN4E8EOF642L4BVEY/DSC_4904.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS A bald eagle leaps from a small pine tree on a small island at Quabbin. These hot days they really don't like to fly I'll bet ! 7/29/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1437519431716-T0VPL4LAZY8SZI1O3JTK/DSC_4020.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS - Young bald eagle A just fledged bald eagle sits along the shore below his nest on one of the Quabbins many large islands. 7/21/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1437519431033-5HJM9FOIEOSVPIMWHU0F/DSC_4028.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS - I see you, Nest mate of the last bald eagle at Quabbin…. 7/21/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1445477324023-D04QQAG58DAEQTL1KKLI/DSC_2816.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS - An adult bald eagle soars right on top of me ! 10/20/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1444862644783-YLQ57LRPQQPRJUGMHEFH/DSC_2694.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS - Juvenile bald eagle I saw four young bald eagles flying about a beach on Cape Breton. It took me a while to figure out someone dumped a pile of bones on the beach that still had some meat on them. 10/14/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1444862634478-2FZASDLMHPW8HPNUKPAE/DSC_2741.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS - Sub adult bald eagle. It still has some dark feathers in the tail and head. Probably four years old. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1444862646488-SKGHQQFT40Y9SX29EFPU/DSC_2743.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS - Cruising for bones !! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1444679753086-U3S9LYE3OEN6T84W4A6D/DSC_1434.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS The first thing this morning I saw this eagle sitting on a hump overlooking the Aspy Bay. He watched me as I watched him. I took a couple of quick photos and he left. You can see he is not a full adult by the dirty look with his head feathers. 10/12/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1444680788231-AKCSH6I2D9JOBVELCKB2/DSC_2413.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS Here he is sitting on his ledge. This eagle seems quite small compared to the Aspy Bay and Money Point in the background. 10/12/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1444679580529-Z44603ZVKKG8C8QT4PS7/DSC_2523.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS - I saw this 3rd eagle sitting over a beach eyeing a flock of sea ducks. As he watched the ducks he didn't see me creeping up on him! This was taken in the Broad Cove campground on the Atlantic side of the Island. We used to camp there and it is a great place. 10/12/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1447532722243-BD8WTSG3E6SPVXDTB2E8/DSC_5421.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS - Early morning eagle It was real windy today and there have been lots of rare birds appearing to be blown off course and ending up at Quabbin for a few days. I spent two hours at the Winsor Dam and didn't see much but eagles and a few local hawks blowing around. 11/14/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1452383806103-7Y5IMN83UKT9GO3JX0WL/DSC_0743.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS - An immature bald eagle soars over northern Quabbin today. As I was packing up to leave this morning after about 3 hours watching air this guy zipped right over me ! 1/9/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1466113588342-MH39GWLTNDIMGWTXXLWV/DSC_8952.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS Fresh fish for the family. This bald eagle hit the goldmine. Saint Ann's Bay, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. 6/16/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1530662287485-09L8OJI6937U9FMT3DS5/85O_0051-2.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS Even this immature bald eagle was sitting in the shade at the Quabbin Reservoir this morning while we did the weekly loon survey. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1451213655811-RON99MWYBVHGSOOCLB7B/DSC_8179.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS - Bald eagles December 26th, 2015 there were 5 bald eagles playing about the northern Quabbin. This is not a large image but has 4 of the 5 together. There were 3 adult birds and 2 juveniles. Here are 2 adults and 2 juveniles. It takes an eagle 5 years for the head and tail to turn white. 12/26/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1452807470490-GVER3GCINQD13IENC5BT/DSC_0881.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS One of the bald eagles from the mating pair surveys their domain in the light snow in northern Quabbin today. 1/14/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1455583907081-XQUF47ANXEOLTFFJWONZ/DSC_3290.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS This adult bald eagle was eating the remains of a mouse in a snow storm that a northern harrier had caught about an hour earlier. This was a huge bald eagle !! Hadley MA 2/15/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1456955641558-SJ1SSFYCNWUSP15HQFIP/DSC_4296.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS I was in Bartons Cove on the CT River this morning and this pair of eagles dropped in to say hi to me, at least thats what I thought. They then proceeded to do X rated things on the ice !! Eggs soon ! 3/2/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1464289768218-0GMS2ARSO0BQHAY1OUIH/DSC_4805.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS Here is an adult bald eagle at the Quabbin Reservoir with a 6 week old chick right below its chest. Any day I see an eagle its a good day. (taken on a loon survey from a boat at 100 yards with 500mm lens cropped to 750mm) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1456955916219-M7G9ZI01M5WLWPKAKFX5/DSC_4301.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS These two eagles were discussing how many kids they wanted! Barton's Cove, Turners Fall on the Connecticut River. The male is on the left. As in all birds of prey the males are smaller than the females. 3/2/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1435009717195-I9SG3GLCJW3EPW305L5D/DSC_9119.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS - "I'm hungry" This bald eagle came in for a fish thrown from the boat I was on heading to Bird Island off the coast of Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. 6/12/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1435017558830-IPWUSGF701W8AGDIJ1H4/DSC_9798.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS - Success !! The same eagle as he hits the jackpot he was eyeing in the last photo. St. Ann's Bay, Cape Breton Island. 6/15/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1496532702205-GR7VHBR3Q3QOZFW8PEPH/DSC_7092.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS I forgot this with all thats going on in my life right now. This eagle flew over Lee and I in the loon survey boat on Quabbin on Thursday morning. Fish for breakfast !! 6/3/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1435017311541-Q6N0MICN8XJ4WEGCRLLT/DSC_9781.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS - Incoming ! Saint Ann's Bay, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia…. bald eagle zeroing in on a fish from across the bay. 6/15/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1483234544215-J9RK0RCVJTDDB4H7852S/DSC_6116.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS   Anytime I see a bald eagle its a good day. Happy New Year everyone and stay tuned for something BIG coming in 2017 !   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1490748364413-IWBF5QPOA7EIQ6ZEHIT3/DSC_9355-2.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS Another day, another juvenile bald eagle soaring over me..... 3/28/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1490555910058-6A0FL93TRZPH4GZH3TIW/DSC_9237-2.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS No coyotes on the ice today but the "eye in the sky" was on duty. (juvenile bald eagle) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1492109170013-B8GSVGTHD5BDBI1YFX1A/DSC_0614-2.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS I love windy days on the Quabbin and so do the eagles. They just love to soar and this guy kept flying right over me walking along the shore. Note the ragged feathers that will be replaced when the eagle molts. 4/13/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1491839996599-NF6LXSWNWLECX63I90U0/DSC_0328.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS Eagles have been flying over the Quabbin all week. There are 8 active eagle nests at Quabbin as of last Friday for the state nest count. 4/10/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1491597910686-6CGBLYBTXF1ZADOH1LO2/DSC_0113-2.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS Very windy first thing this morning. And windy brings out the bald eagles. I had two juveniles soaring around me for over and hour off and on. It's always fun to watch them soar way up there in the high winds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1516402459697-E90LKUFJQRHZCCAH0I4Q/85O_2539-2.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS A trip to the coast today turned up this juvenile bald eagle playing with a piece of carrion. Where it came from I have no idea but he was having fun with it..... I wouldn't want those talons in my head! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1516402571090-EZ6MNQ9TF4IYJ6GQHJBZ/85O_2538-2.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS One more of the young eagle today.... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1491303964698-BIWX7HELD6BW4FLQZ9TI/DSC_9724-2.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS Any day I see a bald eagle is a good day .....This adult was soaring over me at Quabbin along the shore on March 30th, 2017. I had to take a picture :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1499902310523-N8GOVLVQ8I6T3OQ1GKD6/DSC_3831.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS This adult bald eagle was watching us for about a mile before it flew as we approached in the loon survey boat today doing the survey on the Quabbin. Always fun to see the eagles there with their 7 foot wing span. 7/12/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1512867504038-S0GTK7EQS1BZ01LPV1ZW/85O_0182.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS A mated pair of bald eagles sit together on Lone Tree Island in the Quabbin Reservoir, not far from their long time nest and ponder the coming winter and impending ice over that comes with it on the water..... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1534793076399-A2N75FXE1XGPIVP0AVR1/85O_6650-2.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS This juvenile bald eagle was soaring over Hunts Farm on RT 202 in Orange this morning about 8 AM……. Not far from the Quabbin and Lake Rohunta. By looking at the white feathers and green beak, you can tell this eagle is only about 5 to 6 months old. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1508708467661-C8JAMHYUK8SCT481Z73U/DSC_3402-2.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS This immature bald eagle shot right over my head this morning and made a U turn and came back. He was up in the rising sunlight and that gave him a gold color. If you look closely you can see the suns reflection in his eye. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1477588686544-KI1VMGFCR409V5DVULG3/DSC_3733.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS Can you spot the immature bald eagle in this picture? I have seen them sit like this for hours on end, especially after a full meal on a big fish. This one sat for the full 2 hours I was in the area. 10/27/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1548024126107-SOUU27NN9WCGW67M2XSU/DSC_9240.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS This juvenile bald eagle eagle went zipping right over me a few days ago. I just had enough time to get the camera up. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1547774217356-GY0RH950TDKUPCZA8Y75/85O_5025-2.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS There is nothing like the first light of dawn......things like this are what gets me out of bed at 4:30 AM and makes my day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1547598768385-NHCA8U7N6N39IOL9AU7L/85O_4920-2.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS Seven bald eagles catching some afternoon rays on a cold windy day and discussing the Philadelphia Eagles and the Super Bowl. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1546908260748-G8HAS3DBKP80INOIBV0K/DSC_2815-2.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS Any day I see and eagle is a good day. I wonder if any day an eagle sees me, he feels the same way? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1546949746609-1ZYQ3BIGMRKEP8ATBT2C/DSC_8880-2.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS “Free Fish Special” at the local Take Out Fish Market. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1460583897051-ODNC0PFSY3FQE6GUHEUO/DSC_9001-2.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS This osprey has been hanging around the beaver pond for a week now. This is todays picture (4/13/16). I suspect to see him gone on his way north any day now. Check out those wild eyes.... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1460245358908-K6HHF7OYOSJE2FW7VM1J/DSC_8490.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS I spent 4 hours this morning watching for this guy to catch a fish so I could get a photo. He did, but it was behind some dead trees so I didn't see it. What he DID do was land in a tree 50 yards away from me after he caught it. It took him over an hour to eat the 15 inch or so pickerel he caught. 4/9/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1460245393154-T10J6PFO8FR76YNH885B/DSC_8647.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS Here is the same osprey taking a break from eating his fish and catch some sun. 4/9/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1442536700570-72BR1Z8049XR0ENG61CJ/DSC_0818.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS - Osprey An osprey spreads all 63 inches of its wingspan to ride the warm thermals over Mt Wachusett today while migrating south. Some of them go as far south as central South America. 9/17/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1463701891278-4GDTZEIUCN7ILK7XUQY3/DSC_3560.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS We had this beautiful osprey surprise us this morning during the loon survey at Quabbin. 5/19/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1460126142437-B6JVQFJLDC82275UN6LT/DSC_8296.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS This beautiful red shouldered hawk came right over me twice in 2 hours. It was a good day as I also saw an osprey catch a fish right in front of me but the camera was in my backpack! 4/7/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1449622566479-O9XQIUJLOERK7P1I9596/DSC_7456.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS - Harrier A northern harrier sails over a couple of huge fields at Arcadia looking for mice and anything else for a dinner meal. I love watching these hawks fly over the fields. Males are gray and females are brown. 12/8/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1428867588475-DGMC7GHPDZPFD857LA04/DSC_2799-2.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS - Northern Harrier (female) Occasionally found at Quabbin during migration. This female was searching the shore for mice or small rodents in the spring. 4/4/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1428173877449-BS534LQ2BLEDZXV90HH3/DSC_2804.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS - Northern Harrier The same male harrier as before. Females are brown, males gray. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1544050469213-7CI42IMJHQ4F46KXX602/85O_3535-2.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS I went to the north shore this morning searching for snowy owls. I found none, but did have fun watching 3 or 4 harriers cruising the marshes. A pair of females take a rest in the sun. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1544050508989-8XPN6N6MM8L16FA1SPYN/85O_3672-2.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS A female harrier launches off after a mouse or small creature in the wetlands. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1544050649653-BSUCBR0ZYDWD932JRJ9F/85O_3433-2.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS Female harriers are brown. Males are gray and called gray ghosts because they are so rare. This male flew by me at Salisbury State Park, along the coast north of Boston… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1427241458005-600DEGYDDB07ZQJ253ZK/DSC_2243.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS - Red tailed hawk Lots of red tailed hawks live on the Quabbin watershed. Here one soars on the thermals in the early spring. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1424888992248-6V7D6EY27H8UFJSBNGPL/DSC_0113.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS - Red tailed hawk watching for its lunch to run across a meadow https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1449622268652-LE5D1HQEAO775ZK6IVI2/DSC_7518.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS - Red-tailed hawk I found this beautiful red tailed hawk sitting on a post today in Massachusetts Audubons Acadia Wildlife Sanctuary in Easthampton MA.. He sat there and turned every way for me until a truck came by and he bid me farewell! 12/8/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1454458701624-G3I5RG5TVN10SPTIA8D4/DSC_2008.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS This great looking red tailed hawk was sitting in the sun this morning and preening away. When they finish they give a big shake to realign their feathers they have just preened 2/2/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1454458698860-H98DLQ0IF6A9BQHBR12Z/DSC_2014.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS Once the preening was done it was after lunch ! Massachusetts Audubon's Arcadia Wildlife Sanctuary, Easthampton MA 2/2/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1457482085181-4JLVIDY96DJ9Y2PXW2J1/DSC_5589.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS This beautiful hawk is a hybrid between a red tail hawk and a red shouldered hawk and is a male. It has mated with a female red tailed hawk for the last 3 or 4 years on the same territory in central Massachusetts. 3/8/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1442447371540-VJMMB2TNKL3737NA2SZ0/DSC_0710-2.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS - Fall hawk migration Broad-winged hawks heading south over Mt Wachusett. Today a couple thousand were almost constantly flowing out of the northeast heading south in numerous large kettles riding the thermals. Always fun to watch. I look forward to it every year. 9/16/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1442447768125-AT5GKAS60K168W7QXYGF/DSC_0712.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS - more hawks Here is another shot of a kettle of broad-winged hawks migrating south over Mt Wachusett. 9/16/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1447533047287-LXF2N3XUB6JBUOGW92RE/DSC_5491.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS - Red-tailed hawk Here's a red-tailed hawk soaring at Winsor Dam today at the Quabbin Reservoir. 11/14/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1454636999940-VMKGB88FKNECHDPM6DWF/DSC_2453.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS - Kestrel (sparrow hawk) This is our smallest falcon. I saw this little guy sitting on a fence pole and turned around to go back to get this shot in Amherst MA today. 2/4/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1471125323596-2YQS8T2NFY7VM114OO5O/DSC_0108.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS Lots of young hawks buzzing about the Quabbin woods these days. here's a young red-tailed hawk hunting the shoreline of Quabbin for breakfast in the early morning. 8/13/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1473206310940-N5FD8R9K1RQMI4PTNJUJ/DSC_8518.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS As I was looking out over this beaver pond into some mist a merlin flew in and landed on the closest beaver lodge about 100 yards out. A nice surprise although the picture is a little fuzzy. 9/6/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1471012591148-95TJOTMY3FV6U5BY7PK5/DSC_4266.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS A juvenile red shouldered hawk landed right beside me in a dead tree in a swamp this morning. A few minutes later I saw him flying along with his breakfast in his talons. 8/12/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1471979738581-RSU1I1LWY1NM5BJN7VE4/DSC_5803.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS A merlin drops in for breakfast with a flock of crows. Only a crow was what he planned on eating for breakfast. !! 8/23/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1473889615413-USA84BUHDL0JNLTKQITW/DSC_0183.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS A young coopers hawk and a kestrel are joined by a flicker. You can tell by the hawks look at the flicker he's going take him to lunch !! 9/14/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1473889618154-L8AA5LL90WBBWJC3FYO7/DSC_0188.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS The flicker got away !....... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1473810163117-TCXWJL0D3H2CEL3QWWZE/DSC_9937.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS This coopers hawk landed about 60 yards from me on a rock in the Quabbin. I set the camera up on him and a few seconds later he jumped off the rock and flew straight at me and coming to within 30 feet of my face and camera. A once in a lifetime experience I would say ! 9/13/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1473022844398-CJS7K5JI929FCG6LK3ZA/DSC_8345.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS A pair of kestrels (falcons) were zipping around the heron pond this morning when I arrived along with a merlin. 9/4/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1478894009769-T6H3LUX2SNZ0C3ZCSUGR/DSC_4695-2.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS I saw this red tailed hawk hunting the meadows at Arcadia Sanctuary in Easthampton. It was having a hard time holding onto the wires it was hunting from with the gusty wind. It launched off the wire and flew right past me. 11/11/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1549497908947-XTQE2HE7JHSA2269UZQ3/85O_5987.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS This adult red tailed hawk spent 5 minutes trying to perch on top of this corn stalk stub in a Northampton field. He finally did it ! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1546463755906-OUTTXRBHG77TOJB2M95A/85O_4316-2.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS A trip to Salisbury State Park this morning for owls turned up empty. I did get this juvenile red-tailed hawk take off and fly right over my head. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1478894181337-ZM98Y3CWCXO9RCG3Z5IP/DSC_4700-2.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS The red tailed hawk soaring over Arcadia Sanctuary meadows this morning in a stiff wind blowing right along the Connecticut River in Easthampton, MA. 11/11/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1505260710481-OD332J5J3RRZV5TCIWSB/DSC_0816-2.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS Yesterday morning I watched this juvenile broad winged hawk spend 30 minutes preening in the sun after chasing a flock of crows around... I got him in a blink of his eye..... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1477093299260-TVSWAFC5X6OUT4CCR92T/DSC_1424.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS A soggy red tailed hawk sits in a downpour while waiting for his soggy dinner to run through the field. 10/21/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1424740485948-B3AVB1SLRHCC3Q2QIJ29/DSC_1547.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS - Barred Owl Barred owls are the most common owls in New England and seen at Quabbin quite often. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1477774081105-ESODF2P20UWB61KVFFLW/DSC_3800.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS I spotted this barred owl hunting along the edge of a small swamp. I watched him hunt and took a few photos and left him to find his breakfast without disturbing him. Notice his head is almost 180 degrees around ! 10/29/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1489756160140-YVVXP54ML04J8435DBXM/DSC_8926-2.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS I've only seen one other great gray owl in my life and that was 32 years ago. I may never see another one because they live in the northern boreal forest of Canada and Alaska. A sub-species can be found in northern California and north central US. I will NEVER forget the yellow eyes they have. 3/17/17. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1489755050865-Q7P94JUQV5TOTHAOD6M3/DSC_8928-2.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS The Newport NH great gray owl lifts off from a post. I was standing about 30 feet away when it decided to drop by for a visit. It sat there for about ten minutes and then said good-bye. Shot with a Nikon D810 and my Nikon 500mm f/4 lens. (notice it's talons) 3/17/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1489755327180-2FDK2BS4AY7K9L3VB1J3/DSC_8948-2.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS The great gray owl watches a bald eagle soar way up overhead on the Sugar River in Newport NH. This bird gets the Olympic medal for being alert . 3/17/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1489435961974-ZLTS8CL9DDQNPJZA1R79/DSC_8592-2.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS I took a ride north today to see if the great gray owl was still hanging in there. It is ! It's always fun to see it but today it was 25 feet up in a pine tree, 1/2 mile north of where he has been hanging out. 3/13/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1489008646287-GA5LLBANYKUD2UU2JYUY/DSC_3197-2.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS Incoming !! I drove back north to see the great gray owl again today, he did not disappoint !! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1488568098264-T7XBBB6R3SM4LSE40D9W/DSC_2668-2.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS Today I drove 2 hours north to see this rare visitor from the great white north. A gray gray owl. These guys very rarely get out to these parts and when they do all of the bird watchers come from all over the place. I was lucky enough to find it early as when I left there were 30 people there ! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1488567731660-FFDSSZAGH4HPPJSI6QRC/DSC_2612-2.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS Great gray owls are the larges owls in North America. They are not used to seeing people so they are ver approachable. I got as close as 60 yards away and he didnt even bat an eyelash ! Here's where a telephoto lens came in great! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1489090119593-YUNPE9LB3FLNASPA39KH/DSC_8193.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS I went back today to see the magical great gray owl ! To make me get up 4AM, drive 2 hours to watch him catch breakfast and freeze in weather like the arctic circle has to be magical ! here he is in a snow squall 3/9/17....... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1553466081119-D4CR5O719ANA9M7WI19F/_85O0926-3.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS I spent the morning with this great snowy owl on the coast of Rhode Island on a tip from a friend. It was awesome, at least I thought so, maybe the owl wasn’t so enthusiastic ! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1457395060199-IY8E0W9WWAP43HTI5PCB/DSC_4986.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS A snowy owl sitting on a bird house along the New Hampshire coast. These owls will be heading back north soon. 3/7/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1510834184310-7A6PVVSA8SL33O40D8NE/DSC_4476-2.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS Im sad to report that this snowy owl is now is in a raptor rehab facility. The owl was not feeding ,was captured and has been hospitalized until she can be released again. She also had a foot injury and a sprained wing muscle. Lets hope within a couple weeks she is back out in the wild where she belongs. 11/16/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1510341625036-BG2CLJN7763Q381TFGWZ/DSC_4532-2.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS WOW, a snowy owl, first of the year! 2 miles from my house !! 11/10/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1504634664643-L6Y63BWFGU9NKP2D68YL/DSC_0148-2.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS I found this juvenile broad-winged hawk hunting a chipmunk along the Quabbin shore yesterday early in the morning. After about 15 minutes with no luck it flew off up the shore and disappeared. 9/5/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1516667626797-FD65WJ7VWBJXLIXKCO4R/85O_3097-3.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS Looks like another snowy owl invasion is under way. I found this one today in the Connecticut River Valley... sitting in the freezing rain late this afternoon. I love these guys ! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1525004638896-J862MXVQF9VNRH3GV2MJ/85O_6852.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS This is the house connected to Nubble Lighthouse in York Maine. We visited it last Monday. While we were there a snowy owl landed on top of the roof point ! Quite the surprise….. 4/23/18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1525005060332-N2QX97FILSJE0A698BG0/DSC_6101-2.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS Here is a longer shot of the snowy owl on the lighthouse…. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1553466083745-L1OYMP4O7Y5P1KIDCIJ1/_85O0946-2.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS “Whoooooos there ? I can see everything from up here on this rooftop” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1549497631314-Y2ILTHNNXXU1SG1HN8O4/85O_6075-2.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS The most common owl in New England. The barred owl.. ”who cooks for you alllll”.. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1550022122322-6EAMDPA6VKNG4J6ZLSC4/85O_6772-2.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS Barred owl, or better known as a flying mouse trap ! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1550022393873-B1X8389YK9L7O0QCIGFJ/85O_6827-2.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS This barred owl flew right by me while hunting the perimeter of a big field. Mice on the menu ! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1549497240359-0DSNC9DQI11TTJWTQKVP/85O_6142-2.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS This barred owl was watching a vole for about 20 minutes before it decided to pounce….. it missed ! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1549497434141-TW06YHYSDRI8F0HNBH2U/85O_6145-2.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS “I know I saw it, where is it? don’t tell me I missed ! ?? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1550525349687-FWVHUW09VOMNQ75NYI1L/85O_7701-2.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS Another barred owl hunting in a snow storm this morning right in front of me! Right place, right time! Although I had been looking for 3 hours and was just about frozen stiff ! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1550794252278-QC2O50H2XRNQAKHM318X/85O_7736-2.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS I don’t usually take pictures of birds flying away but this barred owl jumped so fast I kept following it until it was around the corner of the trees. I didn’t realize what I had on the camera until I saw this on the computer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1539168220164-FEGRDAA7S4VBII0YQON8/DSC_7646.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS This great horned owl was hunting a small lakes shoreline in Cape Bretons Highlands National Park and landed about 50 yards up the shore from me. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1539168483844-3NYSY1QN64KA0TM8S0B6/DSC_7671.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS It was giving the look….. and decided I was to large to swallow whole :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1462406014235-MTAQ3PRO102EN4K95JBG/DSC_1945.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS I spent 5 hours today with a good friend of mine watching a family of 5 great horned owls in east central Massachusetts. The 3 chicks are just about ready to leave the nest and flying around where they are nesting in an abandoned heron rookery. Here are 2 of the older chicks waiting for lunch to be delivered. 5/4/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1547475694304-EZN2TQUXT15ANIMA7LN5/85O_4542-6.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS I was lucky enough to spend about an hour with this gray phase screech owl at sundown yesterday in southern New Hampshire. What a cool little bird. He woke up and finally as it was so dark we could hardly see him, he flew ! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1580393538628-QS66CJQSYU7OJ6Q20RJ3/_85O8766-Edit.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS A photo of a barred owl from last year when they were everywhere. One of 2,000 I took but did not post. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1581992297467-2WEFOYZG60QSARTBGDAJ/_85O6362-Edit-2.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS Short eared owls are spending some time down along the Massachusetts shore line this winter. They are Arctic Circle owls and like snowy owls they sometimes show up here. I saw 2 today north of Boston and here is one of them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1594930675922-Q2Y41MFZ9PN6NKTNCS6A/_85O9268-Edit.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS I watched this great horned owl hunt along the shoreline of a local swamp. After about 90 minutes it landed a large Norway rat and was only about 30 yards from me when he caught it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1594930705866-B65YRI2NAD20HC7V8RR1/_85O9360-Edit-2.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS After the owl caught the Norway rat. It flew up and sat on a dead tree and a peregrine falcon decided to pay a visit and maybe steal the rat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1594930940318-CP5TCEEHJGDCAME95GQA/_85O9443-Edit.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS After the falcon left, the great horned owl beat it for the woods with its prize as it had 2 chicks hidden in the woods waiting for breakfast. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1587136858458-U6EE0TKT4Y113HJ446K9/_85O1253.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS This wonderful barred owl flew up in front of me this morning giving me a surprise. It was better than having the black bear, upcoming in these pictures, jump in front of me.!! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1582378173021-T1I7EP9NT21V5SMS92L6/_85O6584.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS A snowy owl sits in the glow of the sun set at Parker River National Wildlife Refuge in Newburyport, MA in late February. Also there this winter are 4 short eared owls, one is next on this page. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1531176436969-XZ6PBXTBA9DFLC7CCQQ1/85O_1027.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS This is a picture I took in Hadley, MA in winter of 1984 of a great gray owl. Little did I know I wouldn't see another one until 2016. This was a slide I scanned of the 1984 owl with the Nikon ES-2 slide digitizer…. what a great invention by Nikon ! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1598112086343-67OZLVHKMVKDP9EELYY4/_85O4685-Edit-2.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS A seven foot wingspan landed about 50 yards from me with this immature bald eagle. It was early and foggy and he sat there for 9 minutes before taking off. 500mm lenses are great to own ! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1600461096527-K0UN0BEDBHUW0P5WEX22/_85O7682-Edit-2.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS This juvenile bald eagle, plus 5 other eagles were sailing over the Turners Falls power canal this morning looking for breakfast. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1597795596952-N12XD7GJLZIBMQYEMBUV/_85O4377-Edit-2.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS We cruised right by this immature bald eagle on Quabbbn Reservoir during the weekly loon survey. I knew he was going to jump out of the tree and I was ready for him to go. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1605024929972-XCMFEIOKWQ4155EIL1UN/_85O9667.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS Owls, Owls, Owls ! I was photographing this barred owl Saturday when I got a phone call telling me about the next owl you will see in the next image! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1611879678745-WEELPBZ7BUQE58DUOJBW/_85O3566-Edit-2.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS I caught this male harrier, some call them gray ghosts at Arcadia Wildlife Sanctuary this morning. Males are gray and females brown. Note the large white rump patch, which its a dead give away that its a harrier. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1621551138503-9VP0HPWARD0LYX45FRMQ/_85O6548-2.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS We have a family of barred owls around our house. They wake us up at all hours of the night hooting to each other, This one was sitting out by the corner of our house late this afternoon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1615246642822-68W60PC5BLFINFHBWB6A/_85O4540-Edit-2-2.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS Snowy owl, Salisbury State Park, 3/8/21. Probably one of the last to leave for home up north of the Arctic Circle. This one was sunning itself and hunting at the same time! An awesome find for me. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1604793851924-I22F988FCA7J5ZWXLAJ3/_85O0091-2.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS What a nice surprise ! and appropriate bird for November 7th. A snowy owl at Quabbin !! These owls nest above the Arctic circle and live on lemmings. When their food source gets low they head south. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1627861419349-WXV5FR28STDSPN0BMH3G/_85O6937-Edit-3.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS A pair of young great horned owls watch for a parent to bring breakfast while catching some sun in a large beaver pond in the early morning sun. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1632221881419-VBMZNQLYN6DMZKC5CEO4/_85O8326-Edit.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS Yesterday morning the power canal in Turners Falls was emptied for repairs. It was easy breakfast pickings for the local eagle population! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1631836206387-GH2YXMNR6UNL1WFLHM1Y/_85O8002-Edit.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS After being cooped up for 3 weeks after going thru back surgery I am finally sprung from the house and can drive. Todays adventure was seeing this juvenile bald eagle pull a fish out of the water in Turners Falls, MA….. its onward and upward for me now! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1620506942071-OGLRH1DMSCY4NOPJR6ZU/_85O4370-Edit-2.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS I stumbled upon this barred owl hunting in a small roadside bog this morning, an hour and 150 images later I left and it was still hunting! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1620652216907-1J199BA80A65VJ8LEMDR/_85O4420-2.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS Getting ready for the surprise attack! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1617751175551-KKH1DD5EX8JXA4GF6H9W/_85O8269-Edit.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS I found this banded bald eagle soaring over the Millers River in the breeze this morning in South Royalston, Ma this morning. Its always great to see eagles….. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1646157816433-BZ6P44YB9DKM2ZEWGL31/_DSC4178-2.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS Seems the only time to make images of these magnificent raptors in western Massachusetts is in the winter months as they hunt the big fields along the CT River. They do not nest here. Northern Harrier, female….the males are gray. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1637371315905-OTMXKVPYTV20UBJ9EYN0/_85O0250-2.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS This barred owl flew across the road right in front of me. He was looking for breakfast. I made a few images out the car window with the bean bag on the glass and away I went not disturbing his hunt. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1629209006762-RKVZ68TFAGE0HMNO96HU/_85O7576-2.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS This barred owl has adopted our yard. He hunts from our house roof, my car roof, hummingbird feeder poles and over our small frog pond. He has no fear of me and my cameras. What a great owl he is ! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1614020222482-YBFKOEMDCKBPBM01PHZY/_85O3863.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS I spotted this guy this morning sitting along the CT. River in East Deerfield. Any day I see an eagle, its a good day. :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1644714349401-JXJ9QN189629DLVFY14A/_DSC3396.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS The nesting pair of bald eagles nesting in a great blue heron rookery at Massachusetts Arcadia Audubon Sanctuary were both sitting on top of high tension power lines this morning when I was there. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1632856166004-XY89J93LODZAECUDOKQW/_85O8703.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS An adult bald eagle soaring over the empty power canal looking for a quick meal. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1669741931238-XMG040WTLW3AF4YFNYYR/_DSC5924-2.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS I found another barred owl this morning. This time he was snoozing in the sunlight….. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1669382762436-P09L17Z68MT6THWFJSDT/_DSC4923-Edit.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS One of the many barred owls that are hunting the woods and fields this year in the North Quabbin area. Always fun to watch and photograph. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1659307795756-0TXZ681RHAENP80DDL1E/_DSC1144.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS This barred owl has taken a liking to our yard. At least today he is not hunting from the roof rack on my Toyota Rav 4… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1632856304528-C7KVFRZOMP3QWSN5VQGJ/_85O8608-3.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS This osprey took to this pole behind me to fish from. Unfortunately he had no luck and moved off to the CT River from the power canal. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1676067259285-ON4GTP3105GJVKBJSD31/_DSC8004-2.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS The same eagle as the last image here, but in a different tree with more obstructions to hide behind ! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1676066867445-8YHZW2VB8LAA7MS5A0VY/_DSC8092-2.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS Seems to me whenever a great chance for a great photo presents itself, there is always a stick in the way! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1677286537369-MFL5VIHH00FT7Z35WH4X/_DSC8574-2.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS This eagle flew right over me as I watched from about 150 yards away while it was picking up sticks for the nest. The next image is also this same eagle in a different view. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1677180484337-V67TI7LOT7B5APVZ365W/_DSC8565-2.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS “Honey ! There’s a sale on nesting material down on the corner, it’s FREE “ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1678147339884-P09EJ9BZTY5U8U5FU3PQ/_DSC9181-3.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS A bad hair day ….err feather day ! :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1663613214811-VF9U21IU3FEFZV4TOQS4/_DSC2560-2.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS A 3 year old bald eagle was soaring over the power canal in Millers Falls, MA this morning. The water was being drained down for repairs and all the fish were bunching up in small ponds for easy picking. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1673108502015-B52I18PTFZGVVJIB5LWT/_DSC6920-2.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS I can never have to many barred owl photos ! I found this one hunting along the edge of an old apple orchard a few days ago. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1658357283516-0GCG0RYENLKUHC85TASZ/_DSC0044-2.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS Here’s our back yard barred owl buddy. It lives around our house and we see it quite often. One morning it was hunting our lawn from the roof of my car! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1668388464716-7DY4M8BDX0I0TL5B4CGR/_DSC4876-Edit.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS It was a very good year for red tail hawks. They seem to be everywhere. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1639503042958-PK1J0MUJ63W9TRLMD5NZ/_85O0621-Edit.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS The eye in the sky ! This immature bald eagle was soaring over the loons at Quabbin and they were calling so loud you could hear them all over the north Quabbin ! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1642637768410-GNIL2T86K9K1YVPGTFIR/_DSC0160-3.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS I tried my new toy on this beautiful Coopers Hawk hunting along the edge of a stream in a thicket. My toy is a new Nikon Z 9 camera… and I love it ! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1658502661931-PQ1KQL3WCILA83OVHI9L/_DSC0245.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS A young great horned owl flashes his wings to a sibling sitting lower down in the neighboring trees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1675022533046-PZ5O373FMPJN72B93OFF/_DSC7553-2.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS Three hours of watching this female harrier hunt all over the meadows at Massachusetts Arcadia Sanctuary ended with some decent images. Here is one of them…. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1698623030039-9Q681C0MYSWOOAC87Z7W/_DSC2471-Enhanced-NR-2.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS The continuation of the fish fight from the photo you will encounter next https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1697903446531-3D8H8FKC170V4M01WMZG/_DSC2498-Enhanced-NR.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS Cape Breton bald eagles fighting over a fish one was carrying in its talons. “What’s mine is mine, and what’s your is mine”. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1679772044351-VORYJBMB105BB0TDENDA/_DSC2001-2.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS This morning I stumbled upon this red shouldered hawk watching out over a wetland for voles or mice. He was so focused on his food that he never batted an eyelash (feather?) while I took photographs of him at work. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1670183896099-BZLWIO8UL942JTO7HYEG/_DSC6153-2.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS They is the same owl you will see in the next photo, only today, a week later in the same location! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1736024918989-FZ9X040TDUH0FXFE3QE2/_DSC5843-2.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS I wanted to get a head start for 2025 on finding some moose first thing this morning. On my way back home I spotted this barred owl hunched up looking twice as big as normal. The temp was 20F with a strong wind out of the west. He was looking very comfy like it was August with his down feathers all puffed up. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1734016370781-DEIYK6YNG5UZVI05O79Y/_DSC5172-2.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS Our backyard barred owl came by again today. He found a spot in the sun and proceeded to start snoozing by our back door right in the sunlight. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1702323177829-X6M46HE5E1XBJG5N2FF2/_DSC5996-2.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS Dark mornings are great to look around local field edges for these barred owls hunting. This guy was in a field in New Salem a few days ago. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1704331441880-JWVEMPLVY0SBX9LIEB54/_DSC6272-Enhanced-NR.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS Our resident barred owl we see almost every day in our yard…. I couldn’t resist this shot today. It sat for 3 hours! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1728086579679-L3ET1N102H9N3CJ8AYWS/_DSC8612-Enhanced-NR-2.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS All the forest was gold yesterday morning as the sun came up. Infront of me went a gray flash and landed up above me. This barred owl spent a few minutes investigating me and then went along his way. It made my day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1730073545013-KLMCXU8K7E5YYS3BKMOZ/_DSC3632-Enhanced-NR.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS I always try to get one good photograph whenever I go out with my cameras. Here is todays photo. A great looking barred owl right after sunup …. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1642785109890-BZYM1SH5TRHF2LW73MZH/_DSC0279-2.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS This pair of eagles stay on their territory year around…. from 1/20/22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1643414564137-4Q9D0ADU9QHU5HF6UCFN/_DSC1486-2.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS I found this 4 1/2 year old bald eagle watching a flock of ducks this afternoon. Note the beak almost full yellow as well as his head will be fully white this summer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1715517171297-WJUCW37CXBGECQECBUIT/_DSC6350-Enhanced-NR-2.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS Yay, we now have airmail !! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1738938136401-N4GNCYACJCJ9K3L03B6X/_DSC8004-2.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS Look who I found along the frozen Millers River. Trying to stay out of the strong winds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1719073786217-1MO3BVPLNUSYPL6CEOUD/_DSC2217-2.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS I found this eagle on top of a power pole in Dingwall Harbor Nova Scotia a few weeks ago while up there. It was really upset because the gulls were bombing it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1772410945926-3SGZN11MDMWVWULN0Y6V/DSC_6663-2.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS A gray phase screech owl peeks from a nesting box on the edge of a swamp in South Athol a few years ago. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1764379181587-1XXVR0DLSQFLGPRD4DUU/_DSC0870-2.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS Another photo I made of the barred owl thats hunts from our house. (see following photos) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1767881804051-TIQJ18GIKWXYI6VLXYVJ/_DSC1176-2.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS A female harrier went zipping by my vehicle while checking large fields in western MA yesterday and looking for harriers. BINGO ! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1731887557103-3HLUCTZBPX667WK139KU/_DSC4889-Enhanced-NR-2.jpg EAGLES, OWLS AND HAWKS A great windy afternoon to soar over the Quabbin watershed…. http://www.northquabbinphotography.com/northern-river-otters daily 0.75 2026-03-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1457645703604-TZE4KXM4EWHJCGHZT5WS/DSC_6136.jpg NORTHERN RIVER OTTERS - River Otters Here is a page of and about otters. Male otters can grow to be 50 pounds and with their tail can be 5 feet in length. Females are smaller. Families stay together for 2 years after the kits are born in the early spring. The kits are born blind and can not swim. The parents teach them to swim by dragging them into the water and forcing them to swim. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1457645703604-TZE4KXM4EWHJCGHZT5WS/DSC_6136.jpg NORTHERN RIVER OTTERS - River Otters Here is a page of and about otters. Male otters can grow to be 50 pounds and with their tail can be 5 feet in length. Females are smaller. Families stay together for 2 years after the kits are born in the early spring. The kits are born blind and can not swim. The parents teach them to swim by dragging them into the water and forcing them to swim. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1461509756899-IBX47HX94IAO74IEGBCU/DSC_1065.jpg NORTHERN RIVER OTTERS Five river otters magically appeared while I was sitting at the end of a swamp in the Quabbin. I watched them tear the place up for 90 minutes catching fish and playing. They also came out of the water to mark their territory 3 times in the 90 minutes. 4/23/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1457823915512-QGO1J4A75OCDUGM3FH1R/DSC_4795.jpg NORTHERN RIVER OTTERS Something caught the attention of these three otters on the ice and even stopped one from eating his fish at Lake Mattawa in Orange, MA. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1461447998092-OIM29H2IX98NZGDZM645/DSC_0771.jpg NORTHERN RIVER OTTERS Here are 3 of the 5 leaving the woods after rolling around in the grass and marking it with their scent. After 90 minutes the mysteriously disappeared, like they appeared ! 4/23/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1461510560673-DQNEMN0VGTZLKYHTRT8A/DSC_1075.jpg NORTHERN RIVER OTTERS This otter popped up on the stump I usually see great blue and green herons fish from in the summer. He polished off a horn pout and left. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1461509835529-MJJKYMPVEDT7SSWVHMHW/DSC_1054.jpg NORTHERN RIVER OTTERS This otter invited me to breakfast. Luck for him I dont like sushi. All the more for him. At least he offered.... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1457824172909-1X2XKG6P2MG1CI88HZNA/DSC_4844.jpg NORTHERN RIVER OTTERS A close look at the faces of the river otters, cute huh? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1456506482435-8924BEYH8G0I5U4NKQGE/DSC_3807.jpg NORTHERN RIVER OTTERS I spotted these two river otters feeding on fish early this morning in one of my favorite ponds. As I was watching one up popped the other with a fish and shook it very vigorously ...... 2/26/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1456506482790-5F9ZMV1WV16ZZ7FGAXEX/DSC_3814.jpg NORTHERN RIVER OTTERS - Pals And then there were two eating fish for breakfast! 2/26/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1456262843083-CENJWCAJHR0MPLQJ3IGO/DSC_3716.jpg NORTHERN RIVER OTTERS I took a family portrait of 5 river otters early this morning. Its always great fun to watch one or two but there was probably 2 adults and 3 young ones from last spring for a total of 5. What a blast! Did you know rivers otters have 1 million hairs per square inch of skin? Thats how they can keep warm in ice cold water. 2/23/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1457824537992-PUMON38U68QIHPOFTZQV/DSC_3695.jpg NORTHERN RIVER OTTERS Fresh fish for breakfast. Can you see all 5 otters in this photo? 2/23/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1429218065222-9KS5MZ69PAFQF6LM350I/DSC_3674.jpg NORTHERN RIVER OTTERS - Another day, another otter ! This otter almost ran up my leg as I was standing along side a swamp ! He came out of the water and didn't see me standing there. When he did he was 8 feet away and back in the water and starting snorting at me ! 4/15/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1428526160207-QJ0IXZW46H1MCJPH52C6/DSC_3196.jpg NORTHERN RIVER OTTERS - Otter Otter can be found in waterways and open water at Quabbin. They just love to play all the time. taken on 4/8/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1463615886651-02DKHNHWS7DPJQR15T0H/DSC_3415-2.jpg NORTHERN RIVER OTTERS It seems lately everywhere I go I find northern river otters. I love these guys and could watch them and their antics all day. The just seem to appear, let me into a small portion of their day, and are gone as magical as they appear. Here's one of the couple I saw today. This pair I have seen a lot of as of late. 5/18/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1428962048688-WHHRFDS3AHXEB0U9I709/DSC_3538.jpg NORTHERN RIVER OTTERS - "I heard that shutter" This otter heard the shutter go off as I was hiding behind a pine tree. He stopped eating and had to come closer to see what made the big pine tree go "click click ! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1463615984171-20H7UJJNLVZS3090JHYH/DSC_3418-2.jpg NORTHERN RIVER OTTERS The same otter as in the last picture...... 5/18/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1428962057474-1QU2KSQFA54A0L5HL092/DSC_3540.jpg NORTHERN RIVER OTTERS - "Got any extra fish on ya?" This otter popped up right in front of me ! He heard the camera as I took a photo when he was farther out and his curiosity got the best of him. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1429404571606-019YHJPE5SEPR4U7JCQX/DSC_3274.jpg NORTHERN RIVER OTTERS - Otter Another otter sitting by a hole in the ice he was fishing in. It would dive through the hole, catch a fish and return back to the surface to eat the fish. (taken 4/10/15) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1428526357489-RLS62GDM7NEZ24ST1YDJ/DSC_3202.jpg NORTHERN RIVER OTTERS - Otter Otter….Yummy fish ! Down the hatch 4/8/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1457823404121-CT478TDGIZPL3KMT0ZGT/DSC_2704.jpg NORTHERN RIVER OTTERS As I was watching this heron sitting on a mud and weedy patch in a swamp this otter popped up right in my viewfinder of the camera as I was looking at the heron !! That will NEVER happen again to me. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1457824625373-ITBYF4W188MEZ6GB72XW/DSC_2712.jpg NORTHERN RIVER OTTERS Here is the same adult otter as in the previous photo with three young ones peeking at me from behind in the tall swamp grass. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1459033207702-ZYIJ59XXVH8G12SFF597/DSC_7272.jpg NORTHERN RIVER OTTERS Ho Hum, another day, another otter While sitting by a beaver pond this otter appeared fiercely fishing. Every time it surfaced it shook its head violently. I thought it would be fun to try to stop the action. 3/26/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1458775441550-0JYENFQLJVA2X1Y89M3N/DSC_7041.jpg NORTHERN RIVER OTTERS - "mmmm, sushi ! my favorite ! " I watched this river otter fish and then groom himself on a beaver lodge for about an hour. It was a great show. 3/23/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1458775786854-D6GEC2BYH40HRD6QA2BH/DSC_7098.jpg NORTHERN RIVER OTTERS Here is the otter relaxing on a beaver lodge after feeding on fish all morning. I love these guys!! 3/23/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1457825869249-YD21FOUDV7NV6WMJRQW4/DSC_4117.jpg NORTHERN RIVER OTTERS I was walking up a dirt road by a beaver pond early one morning in the fall and heard this racket coming from the outfall ditch from the pond. I spotted this otter going back and forth in the ditch fishing for small fish or frogs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1469473806582-PNWJF67ME0RV7ZNHA9NC/DSC_1702.jpg NORTHERN RIVER OTTERS The same river otter looked straight at me and did not see me ! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1457826127574-RGOWNHVXFMN3ANT84NAC/DSC_4178.jpg NORTHERN RIVER OTTERS Check out these teeth !! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1469473532889-4HCQTC5QYFP7QNBQVBFX/DSC_1706.jpg NORTHERN RIVER OTTERS River Otters eat with their mouths straight up in the air sometimes to keep the fish from flopping out. This otter kit popped right up in front of me today and swam 35 feet in front of me and didn't see me up in the woods taking pictures of kingfishers. His back is to me here..... Never a dull moment ! 7/25/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1457643613649-YQYCQO2EEUXXT7WQPWOE/DSC_6133-2.jpg NORTHERN RIVER OTTERS This is the 17th northern river otter I have seen and photographed this spring. They catch their fish and hop onto the ice to feed. This otter was all alone and into feeding on sunfish he caught on the ice. I watched him fish and lounge on the ice for over an hour. 3/10/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1457826694474-VXTOOLTW5Y5GK070QWG9/DSC_6593.jpg NORTHERN RIVER OTTERS I was sitting on the shore up near the shoreline/forest line and had been there about 45 minutes when this otter came by. He heard the click of my shutter and turned around and came back to check it out. Ive seen them do this before as sometime their curiosity gets the better of them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1468970448405-LE5TPPQXUFD08BQRDM4B/DSC_0575.jpg NORTHERN RIVER OTTERS A northern river otter found me this morning. They are hard to see in the summer because they like to stay hidden in the lily pads. The click of my camera was to much for this ones curiosity and he just had to stop and check me out! 7/18/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1457914672193-D281EHSXN190D69Q3OOC/DSC_5353.jpg NORTHERN RIVER OTTERS Landlord - tenant dispute...... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1457304262790-Y6UGJHZ0D1YXLPD67KWK/DSC_4801.jpg NORTHERN RIVER OTTERS I couldn't resist seeing if the otters were back this morning and they were arriving just as I was !! . I had a one hour and thirty minute show this morning ! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1457304505342-K2A2J3Y8ZBAF21I5RY6L/DSC_4837.jpg NORTHERN RIVER OTTERS Nothin like a "good ole wrasslin match" with a family member on the ice during breakfast. Notice the mouth full of teeth just below the otter on the right's neck ! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1457191035071-MGP99E5VQ369LNZUYKVJ/DSC_4527-2.jpg NORTHERN RIVER OTTERS - I stumbled upon 3 more otters out fishing and playing this morning. Of all the animals I seen in my travels I love seeing the otter because I know I will always get a good show. These 3 were intent on fishing and although they knew I was there, as you can see, they stayed playing , wrestling and fishing for about 15 minutes before moving on. 3/5/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1472946287654-EOZJCFSSOGOMM0AUWMMM/DSC_7964.jpg NORTHERN RIVER OTTERS A northern river otter snacks on his mid morning fish. Looks deee-lish huh ? :) 8/3/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1470265919735-2JJNSLG9CX1TGNPNA0H5/DSC_2892.jpg NORTHERN RIVER OTTERS Another river otter popped up in front of me today. You can see why they are hard to see in the summer. They swim just under the leaves looking for food. 8/3/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1475242479091-GVYBUIPL7H2RBR28CS4X/DSC_1576.jpg NORTHERN RIVER OTTERS It was cold and whipping winds this morning but this young river otter didn't seem to care as long as he had fish to catch ! 9/30/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1448832767050-KTW1BQK6CPEPJR1AZR9B/DSC_6601.jpg NORTHERN RIVER OTTERS - River Otter A magic moment when this otter spotted me taking pictures along the shore of Quabbin and decided to take a closer look at what the clicking sound was. After he decided I was no threat he bid me farewell and went along his way. 11/29/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1448833333721-7TJD3Y909O9ZR59ZB4HV/DSC_6594.jpg NORTHERN RIVER OTTERS - "hey mister, ya got any fish?" The same otter as in the last photo.... funny critters for sure ! 11/29/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1484852786909-CCD8IZAHZMDK6FJZ69HX/DSC_6939.jpg NORTHERN RIVER OTTERS I found this northern river otter rolling in the snow after fishing for his breakfast in the Quabbin Reservoir this morning. I watched him for about 45 minutes. I love these guys and its always fun to watch them in their world. 1/19/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1494533907521-WYYNZRO82F916L195JZA/DSC_4144-2.jpg NORTHERN RIVER OTTERS This week has been a great week to sit like a rock, and it payed off........this otter decided he wanted to eat his fish almost on my boots....... 5/11/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1501688931103-UN4O0RLLBM5CDX6UY1Z2/DSC_7363-2.jpg NORTHERN RIVER OTTERS This morning I played another game of "hide and seek" with an adult otter and one of its young ones. The covered lots of ground in the pond. Finally they came in view long enough for a couple of shots. You can see the young one peeking up over the adults back. 8/2/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1500849365966-V9NXR6W7A3EFXQB2CP9H/DSC_6124-2.jpg NORTHERN RIVER OTTERS (Now kids, this is how we jump off a log) I found this family of otters this morning exploring the beaver pond they were learning to fish in. Northern river otters always crack me up watching them and kits are even funnier ! 7/23/27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1500408704604-0YCBIOZQ6CMLLOZVZEOJ/DSC_4642-3.jpg NORTHERN RIVER OTTERS You never know what will pop up at a Quabbin beaver pond. This otter stuck his head up in front of me with a crayfish in his mouth. 7/17/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1502371114956-5OJ4GO8EJC61SUEPSYGO/DSC_8058-2.jpg NORTHERN RIVER OTTERS Every now and then a northern river otter appears as if by magic to check me out 8/10/19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1503786416751-J6VCEQQ5NLKC4VDM031S/DSC_9433-2.jpg NORTHERN RIVER OTTERS This river otter shows up every day at the same time through the same part of the pond, The breakfast menu today was frogs !,,,,,, 8/26/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1523101166932-7LDMXG2VEVWLN9LUWTG0/85O_5029-2.jpg NORTHERN RIVER OTTERS Nothing like a good roll in the dry grass and warn sun! This is the same otter as in the next picture about 2 weeks later. I had fun watching this guy for about 90 minutes or more fish and groom.... 4/6/18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1522261946878-4HCSUTGYGG2201TZZF3O/85O_4545-2.jpg NORTHERN RIVER OTTERS After watching this otter fish for about an hour near the back of the pond, he finally got within range of the Nikon 500mm lens... and Bingo ! I love these guys....... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1524265633933-02OXVQSGZX03U1A61Z81/85O_6619-2.jpg NORTHERN RIVER OTTERS An otter and a beaver both popped up in the same space this morning. After a few screams from the otter, the beaver headed home after a long nights work….. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1445789553970-W6RBAZXCNJF8BQG5H01I/DSC_4177.jpg NORTHERN RIVER OTTERS - Breakfast at last. I wouldn't want this otter clamping onto my fingers with those teeth. ! 10/24/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1438636173873-MENT5DAG60ZUREVBOP6L/DSC_5314+copy.jpg NORTHERN RIVER OTTERS - "The're baaaaack !!" Today I had a front row seat to the adult otter and three kits while they romped about the swamp for three hours in front of me. Trying to get pictures was like trying to herd cats! They are sly little devils spending most of the time running over each other and staying low in the swamp vegation. 8/3/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1447000802695-HL2ITYST93Z0ZLDIKX7S/DSC_5077.jpg NORTHERN RIVER OTTERS - Mother Nature 1....Me 0 Every now and them wildlife will test me! Today I failed. I was creeping quietly along the shore of Quabbin about 6:30 AM when I saw what I thought was 3 ducks 100 yards ahead of me coming my way. I went into my stealth mode and crept up along the tree line. Finally when I got close enough I discovered they had found me also. Three otters!.... It didn't take them long to dive, swim away underwater about 150 yards and head for the trees..... 11/8/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1525012902752-M4GJVNGYVLW3PBBD3PHI/85O_7044-2.jpg NORTHERN RIVER OTTERS I had been waiting for an otter to pop up in front of me on this stump for almost 3 years! Finally I had this male who was fishing show up with a small horned pout he had just caught. I was ready with the camera and caught him just as he surfaced, hopped on the stump and shook the water off of his head in a split second….. 4/24/18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1535059179667-G35A7IMKZ6CV76PDG141/85O_7091-2.jpg NORTHERN RIVER OTTERS Can you tell I like otters ? Northern River Otter, Quabbin watershed, 4/26 /18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1571615065766-VUHJKX28VUAD3BUESR8L/_85O3264-2.jpg NORTHERN RIVER OTTERS I keep seeing a family of 4 otters. This is about the 6th time since October, these are 2 of the 4. I never know where otters will pop up! I like it that way. Here’s an adult with one of the 3 kits. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1568420063028-5RNKAXPC76YR18ENIY2O/_85O0591-2.jpg NORTHERN RIVER OTTERS I’ve seen these 4 otters before. They are a family but today they spent 35 minutes hanging out in front of me and was loads of fun to watch. I never get to watch a family that long so this was a real treat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1584143641449-HN8QM3LG6CSQIOFTWYS8/_85O7516-2.jpg NORTHERN RIVER OTTERS Its the time I like the best of all year…otters on the ice ! This otter appeared in front of me with a sunfish in its mouth and proceeded to scarf the full fish down in about 3 minutes. I love these guys… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1554468124013-MTI693FLM70Q4UJPY36X/_85O1673.jpg NORTHERN RIVER OTTERS The ice finally left the local ponds for the most part. The first thing I saw was this otter that seen this same guy for about 5 years in the same pond. He has a light blond patch of hair on the right side. You can see him last spring at the end of this sequence of images. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1609596991327-SZJNE3XW95BIZYJ2J4F5/_85O2241-Edit.jpg NORTHERN RIVER OTTERS I found this northern river otter wandering around on a partially frozen cove in the Quabbin. They are hard to find out of water. This one went into the woods right beside me as I stood quiet on the shoreline. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1668617199633-ELDDGDUWKEP323CAQEYR/_DSC5095-Edit-3.jpg NORTHERN RIVER OTTERS I use a Nikon Z9 camera. It has an electronic shutter which means no clunking mirror thus its silent. This otter came so close I thought he was coming right up to sniff my boots. He didn’t hear the camera shooting and I wasn’t moving so he wasn’t spooked.. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1673963270468-4VOHG7WDME1X537LZK7V/_DSC5083-3.jpg NORTHERN RIVER OTTERS It pays to have a camera with an electronic shutter = no shutter noise! Animals walk right by me when I’m taking photos and never see or hear me like this otter that shook right in front of me! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1707261964804-QCVCHUP3MYJBL0JQ75PP/_DSC7060-Enhanced-NR.jpg NORTHERN RIVER OTTERS I found these 2 otters fishing in a small hole in the ice on a small beaver pond close to my home this morning. Always enjoy these guys! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1710021167496-B36L19E5SX8DSK73UXHE/_DSC8028-Enhanced-NR-2.jpg NORTHERN RIVER OTTERS First otter this spring! Glad they are out and about without ice everywhere.. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1748722895064-7SQZNPBBNVRG793ZQ3EA/_DSC1500-Enhanced-NR-2.jpg NORTHERN RIVER OTTERS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1721849295606-IHKSGXFVAI0SN460Z084/DSC_1491-Enhanced-NR-2.jpg NORTHERN RIVER OTTERS The whole family of northern river otters! Mom and her 4 kits. A barrel full of laughs to watch. http://www.northquabbinphotography.com/arcadia-harriers daily 0.75 2018-01-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1454954237995-VE3DQ8XIF6I14ZP24VFS/DSC_2360.jpg HARRIERS Northern Harriers are a bird of prey the nests mainly along the coast of Massachusetts in the swampland/wetlands areas. In the winter they overwinter along meadows and fields inland and down south. This winter (2015/16) 3 females have been overwintering at Massachusetts Audubon's Arcadia Bird Sanctuary right on the CT. River in Easthampton MA.. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1454954237995-VE3DQ8XIF6I14ZP24VFS/DSC_2360.jpg HARRIERS Northern Harriers are a bird of prey the nests mainly along the coast of Massachusetts in the swampland/wetlands areas. In the winter they overwinter along meadows and fields inland and down south. This winter (2015/16) 3 females have been overwintering at Massachusetts Audubon's Arcadia Bird Sanctuary right on the CT. River in Easthampton MA.. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1453078958006-HRFUQT7XII565LCBJATT/DSC_1349.jpg HARRIERS - Harriers above Today was another visit to the harriers hanging out and feeding in the meadows of Massachusetts Audubons Arcadia Sanctuary in Easthampton, MA. Here's one of the acrobats in action ! 1/17/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1454966596241-XEA7Q35HAT6CD55KGGMG/DSC_1354.jpg HARRIERS Female harriers are brown and males are gray. Sometimes called the gray ghosts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1454966747946-8GWSJ6M4V2W9EK1S1OCQ/DSC_2359-2.jpg HARRIERS Lift off ! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1453079382742-GOWV6VGCNF8IEDJA4WGA/DSC_1293.jpg HARRIERS - A good shake after a good preening session with a female harrier at Arcadia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1449622849560-XAXBNB2AWJ6XKA6PRVMI/DSC_7322.jpg HARRIERS - LUNCH !! The harrier spots something in the grass and starts to dive on it as its unsuspectedly sits in the long grass. Its not fun to be a mouse I guess! Arcadia Sanctuary, 12/8/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1454964851382-DWLSSUPH73OIW6IC4X75/DSC_2762.jpg HARRIERS They just soar close to the ground looking for mice and voles. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1454967598700-VKCDEQ0UI4OG98TAVXZ3/DSC_7829.jpg HARRIERS - Closing in on an unsuspecting mouse. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1454966213991-2UQO77C4ZP8FEV4YD22E/DSC_2709.jpg HARRIERS - Dropping in for lunch with a friend! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1454964899821-GOLZHJU0XOG2NKLTL5ES/DSC_2790.jpg HARRIERS These two were watching for a mouse or vole to pop out of the grass. They reminded me of a couple of cats. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1454964958870-MCFC084VLAESGC3WUJKB/DSC_2885.jpg HARRIERS Ready to drop on an un suspecting mouse ! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1454966301177-82UMEEL58T5UUQQCTG0B/DSC_2987.jpg HARRIERS Always looking from side to side for lunch. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1454966994778-K318P34FK8S8CSL5DY6K/DSC_2248.jpg HARRIERS Every once in a while they will start chasing each other on fly as high as to be almost out of sight, then come straight back down close together. It looks like fun ! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1454967063122-98V3AQJMT4XWVGJ73ZZA/DSC_2233.jpg HARRIERS The Flying Walandas !! :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1454967627473-MMEWV8TVZ6XIJQTYYKAO/DSC_7790.jpg HARRIERS - They spend lots of time just flying between ground and 20 feet up looking for small rodents. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1454967650835-LY7QZ7ETU27NP4ZS6NEM/DSC_7827.jpg HARRIERS I can see for miles, well yards....... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1454896061476-ARJXSSAXT5BQITGKZJOC/DSC_2969.jpg HARRIERS A female harrier peeks at me after deciding she may have landed next to a UFO ! .... ME......... Arcadia Bird Sanctuary, Easthampton MA. 2/7/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1454635502287-17LO4S8EB9HFD1U6ZH4W/DSC_2360.jpg HARRIERS I cant get enough of these beautiful hawks. A female northern harrier at Arcadia today lifts off from a small wet area she was sitting in. She landed 35 yards away and stayed there for a few seconds while I had her in my sights focused until she lifted off. This is the results !! 2/4/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1450733817702-DMYO473NXRZ4J26QDHP8/DSC_8032.jpg HARRIERS The proof is here in this photo. Harriers do not break the speed limit !! :) Plum Island, 12/21/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1450212885829-BKTKB1CSGCPSG4V1VGDV/DSC_7790.jpg HARRIERS - Harrier (again!) I had such a good time watching these hawks hunt last week at Arcadia I went back today. All three were out at midmorning hunting the fields for mice. This female was just taking off. 12/15/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1450212882542-R6Y38AM93R4GEFHNJF9Q/DSC_7827.jpg HARRIERS - Harrier Getting ready to "drop in for dinner" at Arcadia this morning. 12/15/15 http://www.northquabbinphotography.com/ducks daily 0.75 2025-07-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1459470099322-KDQ4WS9GJHB7VAV8U7QZ/DSC_7374.jpg DUCKS, GEESE, SWANS This male wood duck knew I was up in the woods but couldn't see me !! 3/29/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1459470099322-KDQ4WS9GJHB7VAV8U7QZ/DSC_7374.jpg DUCKS, GEESE, SWANS This male wood duck knew I was up in the woods but couldn't see me !! 3/29/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1459470209822-1RYTQNUOUDN7QC6M6RSL/DSC_7355.jpg DUCKS, GEESE, SWANS - Finally he decided to move along and I wasn't a threat. If you've ever tried to sneak up on wood ducks this was a cool bit of magic ! 3/29/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1431132248761-070NVCVRVZLVH2UOUN50/DSC_5538.jpg DUCKS, GEESE, SWANS - Wood duck air force Thirteen wood ducks came zipping over me this morning heading north over the Reservoir. Quite a pleasant surprise at 5:50 AM ! 5/8/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1460372589482-QUYROHTW1SUR7X2F0EC0/DSC_8447-3.jpg DUCKS, GEESE, SWANS - While watching the osprey in the following photos this pair of wood ducks landed a short ways away. As they took off I was able to get this picture of the male. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1429736890875-RNKT72RSGGLJALXVSAMK/DSC_4033.jpg DUCKS, GEESE, SWANS - Wood duck jet Zoom Zoom, fast flying ducks. Its said they can fly at 45 miles per hour! 4/22/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1430221509784-R3QL3LOHRPO1KOAUATXX/DSC_3941.jpg DUCKS, GEESE, SWANS - Wood ducks. Found all over the Quabbin ponds and rarely seen on the main Reservoir. They nest in tree cavities. Beautiful ducks but very hard to sneak up on. I spotted this pair about 150 feet up sitting in this tree. 4/26/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1429736891972-UTVEQDKV96NDLN1M06LC/DSC_4061.jpg DUCKS, GEESE, SWANS - Pair of wood ducks Wood ducks can be found almost everywhere there is a small woods pond at Quabbin. If you can sneak up on them, you can sneak up on anything ! 4/22/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1435009020919-I4GWEDAHNSEA7ELCNT7B/DSC_0369.jpg DUCKS, GEESE, SWANS - Wood ducks A different female wood duck with 7 ducklings putting along the same pond from one side to the other. 6/22/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1434847632786-9XVWKEN3Z32AA8YDROUR/DSC_0252.jpg DUCKS, GEESE, SWANS - Female wood duck and eleven chicks I discovered this female wood duck today with what seems like 11 chicks that I would say are just 4 to 5 days out of the nest! Quabbin watershed 6/20/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1435273992196-GC8XJFY4XFULV63P0KJP/DSC_0935.jpg DUCKS, GEESE, SWANS - female wood duck A female wood duck watches after her 7 ducklings in one of Quabbins many beaver ponds. 6/25/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1460502651035-MQIXX6XB5LSEWD6S6UPE/DSC_8822.jpg DUCKS, GEESE, SWANS The rain kept me inside for a day and a half. I finally went out and it "rained on my parade" of ring necked ducks ! 4/12/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1462406548959-FGAFQF42MK3AA98ZLMPH/DSC_7355-4.jpg DUCKS, GEESE, SWANS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1471998238370-XWR1W7O39Y88GW4X9C9R/DSC_5771.jpg DUCKS, GEESE, SWANS Canada geese dropping out of the fog along the Quabbin shoreline. I love the morning fog at Quabbin. You never know what will drop out of the sky !! 8/23/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1459689937630-9T95J2WAS70L1I8LJSTR/DSC_7851.jpg DUCKS, GEESE, SWANS - Ring necked ducks Here are three ring necked ducks, a female and 2 males. You can see the brownish rings which they get their name from. They will all be leaving for the northern parts soon. Very few nest in Massachusetts but they are very common during spring and fall migrations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1439589005952-6QJQ3OE27489Z49HOZVE/DSC_3216.jpg DUCKS, GEESE, SWANS - Large family of common mergansers Here is a large family of 31 common mergansers including the female This is called brood amalgamation or creching. Some females will just leave their chicks with another brood and go off fishing for a while. Some will just go off leaving another female to raise e their family. Quabbin Reservoir. 7/11/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1467559538091-M043J3H92VCXH1BKP6GL/DSC_8262.jpg DUCKS, GEESE, SWANS This female wood duck flew in about 50 feet to the left of me and landed and I was 10 feet away from my camera and tripod. I didnt think I'd be able to get to it without scaring her away but it worked out... 7/2/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1440446510210-Q0Z7AP2MXEBKNF4EFRQU/DSC_8655-2.jpg DUCKS, GEESE, SWANS - This is part of the 30 chick army that is shown in the next photo here amost 2 months later. 8/24/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1427758633239-E67ZJOWIF153T47DR4NC/DSC_2474.jpg DUCKS, GEESE, SWANS - Common goldeneye duck They are common at Quabbin during migration, but tend to stay on the large waters. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1427758632742-YN9I12FUMNRV23G0XE6S/DSC_2452.jpg DUCKS, GEESE, SWANS - Ringed-neck ducks Very common in spring and fall migration at Quabbin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1463752275027-16JBIKDPRMN49ZJXQYF3/DSC_3964.jpg DUCKS, GEESE, SWANS I watched this Canada goose take a bath this morning. A good day for it .....5/20/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1428186765193-2EAE33XQTMWUG2VT48O3/DSC_2761.jpg DUCKS, GEESE, SWANS Ringed-neck duck taking off…. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1428444292125-NFQ7QUPHJEV9SBJ8E0WZ/DSC_3151-2.jpg DUCKS, GEESE, SWANS - Green wing teal A small duck that can be found at Quabbin in the migrations. This was taken in the west branch of Fever Brook. 4/7/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1455194846054-7J9KXSN1ZMLPHXBD666N/DSC_3145.jpg DUCKS, GEESE, SWANS A male mallard duck comes in for a landing along the shore of the Connecticut River in Turners Falls. MA. I think mallards are a real beautiful duck. 2/10/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1428354396004-44Q26F3N1EEDMZC31ZKD/DSC_3094.jpg DUCKS, GEESE, SWANS Mallards blasting over a swamp. I love watching ducks fly ! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1463532933199-827G6WNHOW0WNRIGE82C/DSC_3381.jpg DUCKS, GEESE, SWANS Family night out..... Quabbin style 5.17.16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1428354398981-M77PGW2AOGLB5G721M4W/DSC_3062.jpg DUCKS, GEESE, SWANS I caught this male mallard taking a bath and then preening. He was so busy he never heard me sneaking up on him. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1426875066852-6SXY7TNE4CMKZGWLJB09/DSC_1985.jpg DUCKS, GEESE, SWANS - Male Mallard duck Every small pond at Quabbin has a pair or two of mallards and Canadian geese. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1424889104470-3COABO984GP21FZTALPC/DSC_9524.jpg DUCKS, GEESE, SWANS - Ruddy duck https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1429736724727-BWRLS1GMXXOWLHCYRYK2/DSC_3973.jpg DUCKS, GEESE, SWANS - Common mergansers Early morning fog at Quabbin and common mergansers. 4/22/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1429217234139-Y5ARIN8J3N13IIG02FLY/DSC_3741.jpg DUCKS, GEESE, SWANS - female common merganser The wild hairdo is an easy way to identify the female common merganser by her profile. 4/15/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1463083559963-TDNHFKH4137C96OJ4M0J/DSC_3104-2.jpg DUCKS, GEESE, SWANS A pair of wood ducks in the early morning sunshine in a small beaver pond on the Quabbin Reservoir watershed. 5/12/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1429217234562-3G6O6MC5PZKYR6BW9PBD/DSC_3713.jpg DUCKS, GEESE, SWANS - male common merganser Its really hard to get the green color to show its brilliance. After many tries I hit the right light and had the right settings in the camera. 4/15/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1463008369112-S79VVOZXT8PQVVEECIWK/DSC_2914.jpg DUCKS, GEESE, SWANS Here's a unique photo of a male wood duck sitting in a tree in the early morning sun in a beaver pond in the northern Quabbin watershed taken from about 200 yards away. 5/11/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1465056952588-FAODMCUP0EKN8H7YTRUU/DSC_5877.jpg DUCKS, GEESE, SWANS I got a neat surprise this morning..Out popped a female wood duck in the path in front of me. That was surprise enough, but then out popped 14 ducklings the size of ping pong balls right behind her. Ill bet they weren't but 24 to 36 hours old ... 6/4/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1424899765019-K4XJ1F3SLCJM8G0AXQ6R/DSC_8515.jpg DUCKS, GEESE, SWANS - Common mergansers ….touchdown ! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1462900435422-K0JJFWCJZ6MD39D1CLC0/DSC_2709.jpg DUCKS, GEESE, SWANS A morning cruise by the old apartment building. Remember the goose sitting on top of the beaver lodge nest? Here she is with seven chicks swimming by the lodge this morning. The chicks are 2 weeks old today. 5/10/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1468599393906-2NOBD0J7MQS1KYJ2BKCD/DSC_9972.jpg DUCKS, GEESE, SWANS "Are you awake yet? He's back again, doesn't that guy ever sleep?" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1424889115297-HDBD17I5BOVW9610K2V3/DSC_9936.jpg DUCKS, GEESE, SWANS - An early winter flock of common mergansers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1437423414054-JPJVNS1EPRMWME7RDE42/DSC_3970.jpg DUCKS, GEESE, SWANS - Yikes !! the gang grows ! Here is the same female with her chicks 10 days later and she had added 20 more chicks ! She now has 50 chicks with her.. an uncommon condition that occurs in common mergansers called brood-amalgamation. 7/20/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1436664116676-B87265VNSA56NNNPNZR8/DSC_3214.jpg DUCKS, GEESE, SWANS - Common mergansers Here the female common merganser doubles as a ferry at the Quabbin Reservoir. 7/11/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1436551900322-RXGPVGMO0EGYGB2H39P7/DSC_2939.jpg DUCKS, GEESE, SWANS - Common merganser family Another common merganser mother and chicks we found while doing the Quabbin loon census along the shore of Quabbin. 7/9/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1464823217608-542740M566BK3CJMJNLO/DSC_5288.jpg DUCKS, GEESE, SWANS Early this morning I found the first batch of wood duck chicks of this year following mom around all over the beaver pond! Little yellow puff balls. 6/1/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1439848592119-ULSLN6EO4OQ74CNV70E0/DSC_7206.jpg DUCKS, GEESE, SWANS - Common merganser chicks cruising the shore for bug, fish and anything thats good to eat. Early morning fog. 8/17/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1439848662928-TXHVJQ4759K82VQXAK74/DSC_7268.jpg DUCKS, GEESE, SWANS The same merganser chicks waiting for the sun to come out all crowd onto rock to preen and complain about Red Sox loosing season. 8/17/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1464736410763-B0J65VJ6Y5I1HATZBKO4/DSC_5254.jpg DUCKS, GEESE, SWANS Here is another family of common merganser ducks resting with mom today along the Quabbin shore. Baby birds popping up everywhere! 5/31/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1441389982087-EVS79FIKU3JJCQLSYNSH/DSC_9716.jpg DUCKS, GEESE, SWANS - Female common merganser I was in the woods watching the world go by on the shore of Quabbin when this common mergansers came steaming by. 9/4/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1464429457581-ET05E81QRI50A7YA3QCP/DSC_5086.jpg DUCKS, GEESE, SWANS Memorial Day means lots of baby birds starting to appear. Here's a female common merganser with her 9 chicks in tow along the Quabbin shoreline. Nothing as cute as these little buggers ! 5/27/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1448400873481-AG35G8P35S7OEWB0MJWP/DSC_6124.jpg DUCKS, GEESE, SWANS - Common mergansers I was sitting along the shore doing my best rocks imitation the I spotted these two female common mergansers headed right for me.... they landed almost in my lap ! 11/24/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1451676884125-B1T5IAMFXQ7ENDQ249PL/DSC_0082.jpg DUCKS, GEESE, SWANS - female common goldeneye ducks Two female common goldeneye ducks take wing as the sun rises on 2016 at the Quabbin Reservoir. 1/1/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1450907291209-XP0X6HRBHT5HXUUO1G3S/DSC_8128.jpg DUCKS, GEESE, SWANS - Lunch !! Canada geese are busily sweeping the bottom of shallow Lake Rohunta for their meal...... 12/23/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1449004133471-P5BNNQQZJZ9BXV3CE6A2/DSC_6796.jpg DUCKS, GEESE, SWANS - Common mergansers Lots of common mergansers flying about the northern Quabbin these days. 12/1/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1440363074025-U8G3UTVEZPL96Z0WCVBQ/DSC_8655-2.jpg DUCKS, GEESE, SWANS - Shore patrol !! Common merganser chicks are getting bigger each week. They patrol the shore everyday and its fun to watch them go. 8/23/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1445560745813-S7H1AN2Y4HYHH9KW2LXV/DSC_4012.jpg DUCKS, GEESE, SWANS - Greater scaup duck stretching its wings at the Quabbin. 10/22/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1453945347186-1UDP3HY7OXZBLXJXSBX3/DSC_1704.jpg DUCKS, GEESE, SWANS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1453945534138-J3B05IFLZUXGG944SEVG/DSC_1704.jpg DUCKS, GEESE, SWANS A lesser scaup duck was in with a big flock of mallard ducks and Canada geese today on the Connecticut River. I just happened to spot this little guy in the mob of geese. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1449880297948-JLISZNOR1D78ECFLH14R/DSC_7577.jpg DUCKS, GEESE, SWANS - Three female hooded mergansers and one male. Silver Lake, Athol MA 12/11/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1456677279355-PWD4L3OG959SPQSIHM33/DSC_4059.jpg DUCKS, GEESE, SWANS A pair of hooded mergansers putt along in the Quabbin between fishing and preening in the early morning sun. 2/27/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1449004559015-VNZA0C539CCEXXPGL2FM/DSC_5902.jpg DUCKS, GEESE, SWANS - A pair of hooded mergansers hunt for food in the early morning fog in a small cove at Quabbin. 11/18/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1449004315019-I4LPU45CWIM3896VOTZ0/DSC_6637.jpg DUCKS, GEESE, SWANS - Hooded mergansers "All I said was I was getting sick of looking like Mrs. Frankenstein" !! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1456677538308-4PEZRLHFFPC7QDNBP7NX/DSC_4104.jpg DUCKS, GEESE, SWANS Nothing like a good shakedown to settle the feathers back in place after preening. Hooded merganser. Quabbin Reservoir, 2/27/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1458411015881-9O7LU9O5TLJUJU4L65HK/DSC_6714.jpg DUCKS, GEESE, SWANS Here is a male hooded merganser. These great little ducks are everywhere here in the north Quabbin area as migration for ducks is in full swing. These guys like small ponds and can be found with wood ducks and ring necks. The will nest in Massachusetts. 3/19/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1451769662415-BY6VOGQ9491OP3533NVF/DSC_0262.jpg DUCKS, GEESE, SWANS - Hooded merganser taking off from Lake Mattawa today, Orange MA. 1/2/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1456778428546-EEN9UUVJLYUA46QJQBXP/DSC_4234.jpg DUCKS, GEESE, SWANS A pair of black ducks on one of the finally opened ice free beaver ponds in the Quabbin watershed. 2/29/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1424785704266-TRIGCAIA4TBSDCQIL87C/DSC_7915.jpg DUCKS, GEESE, SWANS - The chase ! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1424787478403-E274U4MSWO3EIJ6T95DY/DSC_8942.jpg DUCKS, GEESE, SWANS - Canada goose family https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1456531619959-XQQ285J9NASGR4I9TUC1/DSC_3950.jpg DUCKS, GEESE, SWANS This golden eye duck seems to have something to say to these Canada geese on the CT. River this afternoon. This is probably the equivalent to kicking sand in the bigger guys faces! 2/26/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1457904771291-3IFBTVR72THPMMTPA6AD/DSC_5469.jpg DUCKS, GEESE, SWANS Here is one more Canada goose shot of the interloper being driven out of the pond that was already claimed. 3/13/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1457904522397-Q47T9M86LWPRLL4KUU3Q/DSC_5467-2.jpg DUCKS, GEESE, SWANS Canada geese have begun defending their nesting ponds. It gets pretty brutal with the looser finally being driven out of the pond he was overlooking. I suspect he was also trying to steal a mate! 3/13/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1457712374310-DS113EPWTCVQUDRUSLMQ/DSC_6214.jpg DUCKS, GEESE, SWANS "Look, up in the air, Its the Navy's Blue" .... err ring necked ducks! They are all over the place this morning. They are very common during migration both in the spring and fall, but do not nest here. In this photo you can see the ring around their neck you very seldom see. 3/11/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1457644165282-AHW6ZWIQAQZK50GJVFGC/DSC_5774-2.jpg DUCKS, GEESE, SWANS Common mergansers are everywhere right now during migration at Quabbin. The males are bright white with green heads an orange beaks. Here is a flock flying along being lead by a female merganser who is cheering them on as they fly. 3/10/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1457394813322-TOM78Y0UJC15ISSIMDV7/DSC_5185.jpg DUCKS, GEESE, SWANS Harlequin ducks. These little speedsters come down from the great white north to spend the winters along the New England coast. This was taken in Ogunquit Maine today, 3/7/16. You gotta love these little beauties. Four males and one female. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1455195037831-QQ2VP3LNBNCPL2I0MJ49/DSC_3123.jpg DUCKS, GEESE, SWANS Mute swans are not very common at Quabbin but are along the CT. River. These beautiful swans chase all other waterfowl off of their nesting areas. 2/10/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1453945458870-ZGD101X7ZACRBY9GUVPS/DSC_1636.jpg DUCKS, GEESE, SWANS - Three mute swans catching some sun and sleep on the CT. River today in Turners Falls. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1432341370784-E30IPRH2E8LOIZEGBXSH/DSC_6949.jpg DUCKS, GEESE, SWANS - Horned grebe A male horned grebe sits after preening in the early morning Quabbin sun. These little guys are rare in the summer but can be found in both spring and late fall migrations. 5/22/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1432341369939-IIM4GLHHVHFIQJRM9CKH/DSC_7019-2.jpg DUCKS, GEESE, SWANS - Horned grebe Heres another shot of the male horned grebe. They are very dainty looking birds don't you think ? 5/22/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1447533443341-YQCZANXMH1LHT2WQBZ3O/DSC_5451.jpg DUCKS, GEESE, SWANS - Bufflehead ducks A flock of bufflehead ducks flying along in front of the Windsor Dam early this morning.... 11/14/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1470613600238-2XN5DZ31GX5YIWFPZJPN/DSC_3507.jpg DUCKS, GEESE, SWANS Ive been watching this female wood duck and her 7 ducklings for about 6 weeks now. They were very small late in the season but look like they will make it OK. 8/7/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1472084721799-8CD9MMIZPHRP3PYCKMUT/DSC_5901.jpg DUCKS, GEESE, SWANS Part of a large 100+ flock of early morning Canada geese heading out from their night time roost at Quabbin to spend the day at Hunts Dairy Farm fields in Orange MA 8/24/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1473291067446-ZNAC7OJMPABQJCDT9RNA/DSC_8575.jpg DUCKS, GEESE, SWANS The Canadian Air Force doing their maneuvers over the Quabbin this morning. 9/7/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1472084481354-WMPLGFNFDWYVKI7IFFRP/DSC_5893.jpg DUCKS, GEESE, SWANS Canada geese fly above the fog and in the early morning sun makes for great light conditions to photograph birds flying. My favorite time of day. 8/24/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1489193821922-J4MAC6B84U79NDO45K4B/DSC_8380-2.jpg DUCKS, GEESE, SWANS The ponds are opening up from ice and now the ducks are returning. Hooded mergansers. 3/10/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1491503450375-Z41QNPNB1U867FSIWQMG/DSC_0036-2.jpg DUCKS, GEESE, SWANS This is a greeting I received from a couple friends of mine this morning at about 7AM. These 2 geese have been nesting in the same pond for 3 years that I am aware of. This is the big male who has a band on his left leg. They always nest on one of 4 beaver lodges in their pond. It was almost as if he was trying to remember me ! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1491248400855-R49BWHPBTAS7IBLU50NG/DSC_9936.jpg DUCKS, GEESE, SWANS The shore patrol at Quabbin ! Hooded merganser with 2 black ducks wander along the expanse of open shoreline now the ice has all but disappeared at the Quabbin. 4/3/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1492366553240-GQPDYI7HJIDXA4KG6N6S/DSC_0890-2.jpg DUCKS, GEESE, SWANS Canada geese are all fighting each other while trying to secure territories for the coming nesting season. Here are a couple of them I found this morning. 4/16/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1492202371743-COM3I0VT4PKNXZUEVK9G/DSC_0761-2.jpg DUCKS, GEESE, SWANS This male wood duck came flying in today and landed smack in front of me right on cue! great to see these guys again. Spring is here for sure. 4/14/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1500403311306-Z0ZMC837UBOCYUHS8FEO/DSC_4900-2.jpg DUCKS, GEESE, SWANS In my opinion so far this years been a banner year for wood duck chicks. Right now the beaver ponds are crawling with them getting ready to fly off into their future. This morning I watched these 4 preening together on "the preening stump" that they use from time to time. 7/18/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1499556783423-7J4BAHR8LYLU4A52HXX5/DSC_2981-2.jpg DUCKS, GEESE, SWANS While waiting for the herons to show up with breakfast this morning this young male wood duck chick came chugging along all by himself, hopped up on a mud hummock and stretched, then was on his way again ! It was quite amusing! 7/8/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1511099345199-C5RABC4NDQXOMMI914YZ/DSC_4600.jpg DUCKS, GEESE, SWANS The common merganser numbers are building at Quabbin. In past years I've counted huge 500 plus numbers on the annual Christmas Count... these guys went zipping right over me yesterday morning....... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1521923161338-J0TLEQPQ91SXM1WZFSF8/85O_4359-2.jpg DUCKS, GEESE, SWANS After 3 weeks not out because of health issues with me and a hospital stay of 12 days of my wifes, I finally got out today to check my favorite beaver pond and some of the local residents have returned! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1519502273183-VE5S56HQLVQ38I8SGX8N/85O_3581-2.jpg DUCKS, GEESE, SWANS Harlequin ducks again leaving in a hurry ! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1519502252241-3I25Z0USG07UETJRLECP/85O_3699-2.jpg DUCKS, GEESE, SWANS Last week off the coast of Maine I found these harlequin ducks. They are arctic circle ducks that spend their winters in New England along the rocky shores feeding in the tide crashes in the rocks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1523735841764-WV1R67VVKEFL15HRIFRS/85O_6230-2.jpg DUCKS, GEESE, SWANS A surprize guest this morning ! A cute pie-billed grebe in a small abandoned beaver pond in North Quabbin watershed was hanging with a green winged teal in the early sun. 4/13/18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1522440303689-3LH05GRU5A9G7AMC0KZT/85O_4728-2.jpg DUCKS, GEESE, SWANS A good find this afternoon in a large pasture in New Salem. About 45 snow geese (the white ones) along with a rare blue phase of the snow geese. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1531176215535-RJVMVV2Y3K88KNQFBJWI/85O_1183-2.jpg DUCKS, GEESE, SWANS Wood duck chicks are getting bigger by the day. This family pulled up on a rock in front of me this morning and spent about 25 minutes preening and snoozing in the warm sun. You gotta love ducklings…. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1494289651152-61EFZSDVQ0P2V9U1K2A2/DSC_3474-2.jpg DUCKS, GEESE, SWANS Ive been watching these geese for over a 2 months. They made a nest on a beaver lodge a little over three months ago and this morning they had 5 chicks ! She was sitting on eggs yesterday so these birds have their first day on the water today ! 5/8/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1530229287324-WSXPATM1J98BY7R59X4K/85O_9012.jpg DUCKS, GEESE, SWANS It seems like there are wood duck chicks everywhere this year. This particular pond had 4 broods with at least 40 chicks between them. There’s 11 here with this mother. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1529765602417-DAYFR7YQWIDZCC16ORY4/85O_8061-2.jpg DUCKS, GEESE, SWANS A female hooded merganser drifted by me yesterday with her 10 chicks. She stopped right in front of me so I couldn’t move without scaring them. I was however able to nab a couple images. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1544487303904-EOHCD050MC6ERBSRTMW6/DSC_7915-2.jpg DUCKS, GEESE, SWANS This morning at Quabbin I took this image of a flock of 12 common mergansers zipping along the surface. As I looked close at the image on my computer I noticed 2 adult bald eagles in the image also. Can you see them ? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1541451057357-407Y38US88DBWSBOBZOT/85O_2667.jpg DUCKS, GEESE, SWANS Canada geese taking off from the power canal in Turners Falls. This is just a small section of about 100 geese that took of and flew higher and higher, circled the canal and headed south. I love seeing them leave but it always makes me sad they are leaving. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1553104758688-P6Q9MS1SHEQSSTW4ISGT/_85O0628.jpg DUCKS, GEESE, SWANS Ducks and geese are flying around the Quabbin trying to find some open water. There are lots of it down in the southern end and open spots up north are getting bigger each day with all the warm weather. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1552437942074-0I646RPMW5187RCA29VX/_85O9794-2.jpg DUCKS, GEESE, SWANS A rare sight any day in MA would be one tundra swan, but this week a flock of 19 are hanging out along the CT. River in Turners Falls. The swans are rarely seen in MA. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1552438042361-VIIV2PMWLRTVMRAWVAOK/_85O9504.jpg DUCKS, GEESE, SWANS Here is a Redhead that was in the same place as the canvasback duck a few weeks ago coming up next. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1551831443909-F4GWKIY8ZO21706XYN8T/_85O9158-2.jpg DUCKS, GEESE, SWANS I found this canvasback duck on the CT. River in Turners Falls, MA…. a pretty good find. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1544617697970-FB9F62556PGVKHCJRWWC/85O_4075.jpg DUCKS, GEESE, SWANS I found these 5 harlequin ducks bobbing near the rocks in Ogunquit Maine yesterday. They winter along the New England coast and are spectacular to see. They are smaller than wood ducks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1553645713297-SKY2Y4HV5D6WCT5HCS03/_85O1130-2.jpg DUCKS, GEESE, SWANS Ring-necked ducks blast off first thing in the morning. Probably on their way migrating north. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1555015685247-92KB4BSHG21314HTD7EY/_85O1957-2.jpg DUCKS, GEESE, SWANS This female Canada Goose spent all night on the nest and probably has 26 for 27 more nights to go. It was quite dark this morning when I hiked in to check on them. She was aware of me but didn’t move at all. I took a couple shots at about 40 to 50 yards away with my 500mm telephoto lens and left as soon as possible without her moving….perfect ! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1558797970961-86DAO30FHT8QEILG6YX8/_85O8204-2.jpg DUCKS, GEESE, SWANS Let's have a big YAY for Mrs. Wood Duck ! I spotted this batch this morning at about 7:15AM. They were coming out close to the shore amongst the bushes and if you look closely you can see the egg tooth on the beak on some of the ducklings. This helps the bird crack thru the egg shell to get out easier. These usually fall off within hours of hatching out. I'll bet these guys hatched yesterday and have not been bobbing in the water to long! It made my day...... :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1561596694586-X0J6JEDEF2WLTUWA3DX9/_85O2139-2.jpg DUCKS, GEESE, SWANS A 2 month old wood duck chick came wandering along the shore looking for mom and it’s brother and sisters, which it finally found…. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1556494483098-X9IGAKDTKNP2YP5EL6HK/_85O3731-2.jpg DUCKS, GEESE, SWANS The male Canada goose defends his pond from another goose that dropped in. What a bad idea on his part! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1583441806957-YWLGYHRMTIAEYN1PWSWF/_85O6888.jpg DUCKS, GEESE, SWANS Ring neck ducks set down in the northern Quabbin for a break from migration. I can along and took their pictures ! heh heh ! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1576366308154-PI6QZTKGQPB6RUS0J4D8/_85O4958-2.jpg DUCKS, GEESE, SWANS Common mergansers zipping along the shoreline of the Quabbin Reservoir one day last week…. they remind me of jets in formation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1584725432726-6YCHHFSRYMFA81KI6NM3/_85O8135-Edit-2.jpg DUCKS, GEESE, SWANS To me, every day is Christmas. I never know what present Mother Nature will send me. Today it was these cool littlet hooded mergansers cruising a beaver pond. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1586194685722-4KQ1TQ18K0O59VVLM30O/_85O9664-Edit-2.jpg DUCKS, GEESE, SWANS Even the pond critters are practicing social distancing !! :). (for now!!) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1583691348182-N522JHRWBWGR6SBASFCI/_85O7069-Edit-2.jpg DUCKS, GEESE, SWANS - "So...remember before we left and I said HONEY, lets bring the skates ? and YOU said, we won't need them, the pond will be melted with temps in the 50's by the time we get there, remember that ? " https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1567714783838-AZ81KTEMGGKVDXGP03X1/DSC_0562-2.jpg DUCKS, GEESE, SWANS The Quabbin Canada geese are getting restless…… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1607709267075-KCL752BG98WAKMPDOA14/_85O1705-Edit-2.jpg DUCKS, GEESE, SWANS An Arctic goose has taken up residency at the Turners Falls power canal along the CT River. It has been there about 3 weeks and is hanging with Canada geese. It took me 7 trys but I finally found the bugger ! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1616193074642-TNVXRJLRYMT35E02O62B/_85O4899-Edit.jpg DUCKS, GEESE, SWANS Spring is coming and so are DUCKS.. ! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1586730203799-9PJ4M69DIH036R2RMPKE/_85O0353-2.jpg DUCKS, GEESE, SWANS I found an Easter wood duck today and the lighting was perfect, and the duck actually stayed in one place for more that 10 seconds !! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1618605675967-F2UKS6PBT95PWUM1LCHJ/_85O0827-Edit-2.jpg DUCKS, GEESE, SWANS Little known fact. Mallard ducks practice yoga every morning :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1642972813163-381OIO6O22ASU0HRNSS3/_DSC0844-2.jpg DUCKS, GEESE, SWANS Mute swans spending the winter at the power canal along the CT River in Turners Fall MA. It was a great day to use the Nikon Z9. What a great camera that is ! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1654212227125-S7QN53MVV1WRKF2S2XUM/_DSC8541-Edit.jpg DUCKS, GEESE, SWANS Baby wood ducks everywhere !! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1710371648681-Z5UJYALSD9ZB29ZWEF52/_DSC8632-Enhanced-NR-2.jpg DUCKS, GEESE, SWANS A pair of hooded merganser males trying to out compete the charm to win the ladies! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1676939280368-KYCVJ6WBVIBGXV0OTD2J/_DSC8335.jpg DUCKS, GEESE, SWANS I felt the evil stare from this mute swan from 100 yards away! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1683152169994-VB798U3JFSPJFTSBW74G/_DSC5624-Enhanced-NR-2.jpg DUCKS, GEESE, SWANS Nothing like a male wood duck swimming right by with not being spooked! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1680307485804-JTUICKZHKY0G04Y1OGF6/_DSC3261-2.jpg DUCKS, GEESE, SWANS Early morning waves from the resident male Canada goose. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1679579666223-FH3N5W7OLRID3BA99LQG/_DSC0331-Edit-2.jpg DUCKS, GEESE, SWANS Here is a photograph of a ring neck duck, actually showing his ring, which can be hard to see at times. I love this time of year because they are all over the place, then they disappear as quick as they arrive. I see them nesting in small ponds in northern Nova Scotia on Cape Breton Island. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1732059734711-Y91DICEJNC2AEJU1HHMH/_DSC5015-2.jpg DUCKS, GEESE, SWANS There we're about 100 common goldeneye ducks on the CT river in Turners Falls Ma. yesterday afternoon. Cool little ducks and fun to watch during their breeding season. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1710273876684-9P2Q4XP6QL1NN34QRGXZ/_DSC8404-Enhanced-NR-2.jpg DUCKS, GEESE, SWANS Seven out of a flock of about 200 ring neck ducks this morning putting about one of the many local ponds that have loads of them on each pond. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1715387176234-VVVAH170OSDS9ZR9Y27A/_DSC5741-Enhanced-NR-2.jpg DUCKS, GEESE, SWANS Early morning preening session by 3 male mallards. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1741884210919-Z4PCY06R9KDJW96W87F1/_DSC7078-2.jpg DUCKS, GEESE, SWANS Early morning flight north.... I wonder how many miles these geese have flown in the last few days?.... and how many more they will go? I always want to go with them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1741880218164-6FU5TRUH1CZ6K9FBYG0K/_DSC7170-2.jpg DUCKS, GEESE, SWANS Ring Neck ducks are on their way …in a few weeks they will be everywhere for a few weeks and be all gone north…. I found 3 this morning. http://www.northquabbinphotography.com/beavers daily 0.75 2026-03-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1464219100147-GWILBHN8GVD5XUC0WGFK/DSC_4643.jpg BEAVERS Heres a young beaver pulling a load of fresh grass back to the lodge for his younger brothers or sisters to sleep on. The kits should be making their first foray out into the big world soon. 5/25/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1464219100147-GWILBHN8GVD5XUC0WGFK/DSC_4643.jpg BEAVERS Heres a young beaver pulling a load of fresh grass back to the lodge for his younger brothers or sisters to sleep on. The kits should be making their first foray out into the big world soon. 5/25/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1492986478652-55DQJQBT4XC4H9D39QTF/DSC_1700.jpg BEAVERS I visited 3 different beaver ponds this morning in the north Quabbin region. This young beaver made me laugh. He was digging roots up then bringing them to the exact same spot to eat. He made about 20 trips in a 35 minute stretch of time before calling it a day, err night.... er morning, anyway he went in about 7:30AM..... 4/23/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1492890818160-W4XS9N4482EWUFEYL0NJ/DSC_1537-3.jpg BEAVERS Happy Earth Day from myself and the amazing animals at the Quabbin Reservoir ! 4/22/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1493505610441-F7GMGFH4EOGW1ZLDK9RL/DSC_2071-2.jpg BEAVERS Here is a small beaver hauling this big branch he dug up from the bottom of a pond. he's headed for the dam. 4/29/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1493396559886-4S2RF1Z39U6ST62KKA0T/DSC_1899-2.jpg BEAVERS The creature from the black lagoon plugs up his dam this morning...... 4/28/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1464050842523-VHSY3MC11Y6WITD496RU/DSC_4524-2.jpg BEAVERS This beaver was eating water lily blossoms for breakfast today. I have seen this before and these guys seem to really like the stems also. 5/23/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1458562171748-DIC8K5LO54GMCJ2UOPKT/DSC_6514.jpg BEAVERS - Hers a cool shot of a beaver that was trying to figure out what I was tucked up in the woods. 3/18/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1455842552141-KWD283RAI69Q4YWO810V/DSC_3408.jpg BEAVERS I watched 2 young beavers at Quabbin out in a fast running stream below their pond for about an hour this morning. One decided to head back home and had to swim over 3 smaller dams and by me to get to the main pond behind their big dam. 2/19/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1455842851436-BWVBSABF5Q4EQ8I47QH7/DSC_3419.jpg BEAVERS As his journey back to the lodge nears its end he has the main dam to climb over. Its very unusual to see beavers out in the winter but this winter has been very mild with not a lot of ice on their ponds and streams. 2/18/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1455842552152-9H8UV9I6E2TCCNF5NC5P/DSC_3420.jpg BEAVERS And into his pond he goes home to the family again. Due to his size I believe this is a young beaver probably last winters kit. 2/18/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1456085064799-XH73ZC4FIGVVACMD5XIE/DSC_3608.jpg BEAVERS And down the hatch it goes. He chewed off the bark like it was a piece of corn all the way down the full length of this branch..... 2/21/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1479069445413-A7FFECIR09NTOWGUQNEH/DSC_8812.jpg BEAVERS I caught this beaver out one morning in the fall plastering mud to his lodge to keep the cold and snow out throughout this coming winter. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1462124365689-EGGQS8OAJYMITTOS9QZ5/image-asset.jpeg BEAVERS - Quabbin beavers engineering the dam. I thought Id try a video I shot this morning. ! Here are 2 beavers working on their dam early in the morning on May 1st, 2016 in the north Quabbin watershed. This was shot with my Nikon D810 and the Nikkor 200-500mm telephoto lens. If this works out I may stick up a video here from time to time..... 5/1/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1459535386709-IOK8W6TA5HYINN7VPURM/DSC_7584.jpg BEAVERS Here's four out of five beavers that are all living in a lodge and swamp in the Quabbin. By the size of them I think there are 2 adults, 2 one year olds and a two year old. They are a blast to watch. 4/1/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1456085097554-6GWJY4GBNFCXS4DJKE2U/DSC_3571.jpg BEAVERS I went back to see if the beavers I found out on the ice last Friday were back. There was only one. He picked his breakfast right in front of me and munched it down. 2/21/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1459535386959-QRDW677JTG95JW48E3WO/DSC_7560.jpg BEAVERS Here is one of the beavers still working before they went inside of the lodge for the day an hour after sunrise on a cloudy day.... notice the large dead stick it is dragging up to the top of the lodge. 4/1/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1461612986165-FJBUWAS3T6F1X7W7W0GW/DSC_1185.jpg BEAVERS I tromped in to see what my beaver buddies were doing this morning and this yearling popped up right in front of me ! 4/25/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1460753603451-YCPEAUJS3PD6H91CZTGU/DSC_9174.jpg BEAVERS - One last cruise. A beaver takes one last cruise in the early morning sun before it spends the day in the lodge with the 4 other beavers it shares it with. 4/15/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1460584861339-ZTCG0QGGI6CRR0Q6HV47/DSC_8898.jpg BEAVERS - "on the way home at the crack of dawn" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1458165297391-4Q4HIZS3TX5GLAMJ4NMW/DSC_6438.jpg BEAVERS Today I watched 2 beavers duke it out. Over what Im not sure but this went on for 20 minutes or so, then they both swam away...... ! 3/16/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1470266175515-QYYB1ANOG9VPMNHJXS25/DSC_2908.jpg BEAVERS I found this beaver early this morning eating fresh grass. I have seen them do this before. Lots of fresh greens to eat in the summer. 8/3/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1471211087021-D174LPH5IEWEN3DFACPU/DSC_4522.jpg BEAVERS I spotted this beaver sunning itself this morning about 9 AM. he was just watching the world go by. Here he is leaving after about 20 minutes. He was dry so he must have been out of the water for a while. 8/14/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1471620004936-60OEFXJ94KRKAPQIPOP3/DSC_5313.jpg BEAVERS This beaver was out of the water loafing in the sun last week. Today I figured out why. He is starting to get the lodge ready for winter by smearing mud and weeds on it for winterizing it. Does he know something we don't ? 8/19/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1429042105252-13K0UBZOCAFIN2FIGCRZ/DSC_3624.jpg BEAVERS - Beavers I found this fuzzy beaver out during mid morning doing some cruising in front of the lodge. It was as if it was just enjoying being outside after being in the lodge for the long winter of 2015. 4/14/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1429041929664-DE68NXBW0C6TV89VRE02/DSC_3628.jpg BEAVERS - Enjoying the sun ! The same beaver as in the last photo. It hauled up on the bank and began to do its grooming. It knew I was there but it didn't seem to think I was a threat. 4/14/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1425860659536-B1P1NCEWPXI4HQUM0SSC/DSC_8896.jpg BEAVERS The little beaver that could! "I think I can I think I can" I watched as this beaver dragged this branch to the lodge about a 1/4 mile away. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1429895166795-PJ72D6OKO2ZTOOPZ6XI6/DSC_4375.jpg BEAVERS - Warning Will Robinson, WARNING ! The slapping of the tail. This is the beavers way of telling you to beat it and telling other beavers danger is near. (4/24/15) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1429895162921-ZU7RQNV3716VPTPHR1SX/DSC_4358-2.jpg BEAVERS - Yum Yum.. After a long winter in the lodge this must taste like a gourmet meal to a beaver! Out in the morning snacking? Maybe it got the munchies? 4/24/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1431132679192-21ABIEAQZGRQ8LUMLWCM/DSC_5579.jpg BEAVERS - "When dinosaurs ruled the earth !" Oh wait, thats a beaver out of water looking around behind some stumps that have been there since they created the Quabbin in the mid 1930's. 5/8/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1473367244915-HCNEKMB2TS9KTEZKEB00/DSC_8812.jpg BEAVERS It's that time of year when beavers are starting to patch up the air holes in their lodges and getting ready for winter. After the holes are filled the food cache will be the next priority. They will need lots of shrubbery and branches to get thru the long winter. 9/8/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1492532922748-9P305MF9BT063OL4GAV9/DSC_1319.jpg BEAVERS I walked in to see my beaver buddies this morning and found them munching on water lily roots. They love this time of years as they can get fresh greens to add to their diets. 4/17/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1493217166212-XJ6L4W4TD2FDKUXTEOOH/DSC_1729-2.jpg BEAVERS I spent the morning on the side of a beaver pond in the rain. I was surprised when this adult beaver steamed right by me, within 20 feet, looked at me and never gave me the tail slap! It just kept going along on its mission... 4/26/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1495201312340-B8773J23NU7GU06CYR0L/DSC_5626.jpg BEAVERS This morning I had this beaver come out of the water right where I was standing! I had been there a while and had all light brown clothes on. Maybe it thought I was a tree :) 5/19/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1494374820331-TIGY3NS5K8VTDQNW7PLH/image-asset.jpeg BEAVERS - Quabbin beaver eating acorns. This morning I was able to get within 30 feet of this beaver searching for acorns. I was on the other side of a small road and it came out of the water, almost in my lap ! I forgot to turn off my auto focus lenas on mt D810 thus the slight rumble.. 5/9/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1494180981112-TP5Q7RK1RRNHQPVSZLCK/DSC_3307-2.jpg BEAVERS These beavers can drag immense loads with their teeth. This beaver hauled this 10 foot long branch across the pond to stash in the dam. 5/7/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1493849642340-FCWGHR3V959JTS3ZM284/DSC_2455-3.jpg BEAVERS Another beaver out of the water this morning...... these guys are great ! 5/3/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1493753322925-0IN239DLFCJK557K0CVB/DSC_2315-2.jpg BEAVERS Note the teeth on this beaver. The teeth appear orange-yellow in color, because the thick enamel contains iron deposits which keep the enamel strong. This guy was eating spruce shoots along a pond side at Quabbin. 5/2/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1493682398956-BKDHAQAKR2FCQXL703VP/image-asset.jpeg BEAVERS - Quabbin beaver eating a white oak tree until he finds me ! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1494705166464-DX9QISTUAO7QEA9H8UNX/DSC_4519-2.jpg BEAVERS "Dad, my teeth hurt ! can I go over to Bucky's lodge and watch Leave It To Beaver ?? " https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1494862374939-NPTAR17CZSFOOMQEX3G3/image-asset.jpeg BEAVERS - Close range beaver chewing on twig at Quabbin Reservoir in central Massachusetts Heres another beaver clip. This guy decided to stop in front of me and have a snack. He didnt offer me any ? Are beavers rude? :) 5/11/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1494179237029-P2YZ173AFNPMVN2Z5MSK/DSC_3090-2.jpg BEAVERS On Saturday morning, the 6th of May we had over an inch of rain over night so I decided to see what the beavers were doing. This guy was eating between working while another pair worked patching up the dam.... what a face huh ? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1495892613072-ODTVOM3LWQF35AFVLK0A/DSC_6605-2.jpg BEAVERS Beavers slap their tails in the water when they are upset or want you gone! It happens faster than a strike of lightning and its also a message to other beavers in the colony that danger is near. This was 30 minutes into my stay so I ignored it. It kept coming by every 30 minutes and giving me a slap or two for the next 2 hours. 5/27/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1502115552614-8GHQLL2HHDOG396F25DO/DSC_7667-2.jpg BEAVERS We had almost 2" of rain over the weekend this equals dam repair ! 8/7/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1501280736947-GND64WUFT42OBEJQ3UN5/DSC_6467-2.jpg BEAVERS Beavers get real secretive in the summer and loaf around the pond. This one popped up right in front of me yesterday and ate his breakfast of pond lilies ...... 7/26/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1518024314884-Q04D1PUSM31CLJ2PSWOD/IMG_8509-2.jpg BEAVERS   I decided for a change of pace for myself this morning and hiked in to see how one of my three friendly clans of beavers I've spent years photographing are doing this winter. I found them doing great with a large cache of twigs left for the next month and a half. All is well in beaverland.... (this is an iPhone 6 photo) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1512867756403-4FAJ95U7BUL9SSZPAR1J/85O_0095.jpg BEAVERS All the beavers hard work all fall will keep them warm and dry through the winter months. I have been watching and filming thee beavers for over three years and they know how to do it !! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1439244759786-7M2I3Q4Y6CQLO96EHK5U/DSC_5911-2.jpg BEAVERS I have never seen a beaver out of the water and sniff me out until last week ! It was early morning and this beaver was eating green grass like a cow. I was about 80 yards away and all of a sudden he stood straight up and sniffed a couple times and launched into the water. 8/10/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1523735655542-SG28KC7XI57SIM20N8OF/85O_6105-2.jpg BEAVERS An early morning snack before retiring after a few hours of sunrise work on the dam that took some hits throughout the tough winter. 4/9/18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1530229478939-OZG7VNNIG2X2VMDW7SRV/85O_8963-2.jpg BEAVERS Have breakfast with your brother ! This pair of beavers appeared in front of me about 30 yards on this grass hummock. They spent 20 minutes eating fresh grass. It must be a change of pace from munching bark! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1544991653733-D09DK55RH0BKA61WFOJ7/85O_4242.jpg BEAVERS I haven't been into this pond in almost 2 years. Today I decided to hike in to see if my old beaver buddies were around. I was greeted by a huge '"ka--thump" before I could even see the dam and there were 2 of them ! After catching up for about 45 minutes I said good bye and left them alone.. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1556932246590-74XSFGMKX4BZ91K8I23M/_85O4156-2.jpg BEAVERS Nope ! Not a UFO landing in a swamp. Its a beaver whacking his tail at me with his hind legs straight up in the air . They use this to scare away trouble and to alert the rest of the clan that danger may be coming. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1555784988613-ZX3KLEVO6GGLT8SXLPSN/_85O2649-2.jpg BEAVERS I caught the last meal before retiring to the lodge for the day of this young beaver. He had a big bunch of tubers he dug up from the bottom and he never knew I was behind him watching. Simple stuff like this makes it worth getting wet for on rainy days. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1556066935317-PGPVOU8O3TMU4NNJTX2W/_85O2957-2.jpg BEAVERS The beginning of a big WHACK with the tail coming on ! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1555597482983-O8MX6JZPKPQJKJZT49X6/_85O2665-3.jpg BEAVERS Beavers amaze me. At between 7 and 7:30 each morning it seems they are programmed to head back to the lodge for the day. This one is taking his time in the rising sun. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1555116241329-P743N03JKS92991EVEFO/_85O2202-2.jpg BEAVERS After spending 4 or 5 months in their lodge while the winter howled away outside I’m glad to see beavers out and about again. This one came about to see who I was and give me a couple “howdy” slaps …then went on its way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1557880903302-AE70SDA8GNKSA0RIVH0N/_85O5994-2.jpg BEAVERS For some reason beavers are liking this spot to stop and feed for a few minutes. Here is a great shot of what a beaver tail looks like if you’ve never seen one close. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1557687233976-U5XYOJFL9LD4N9L6GRHH/_85O5866-2.jpg BEAVERS A quick hike in the rain into a favorite beaver pond this morning produced this guy eating a snack before retiring to the lodge today. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1559519983995-209TPKZO3O84SRARCMGZ/_85O9868.jpg BEAVERS This beaver was eating water Lillies this morning before he hit the lodge for the day. He cleaned out one full patch in the pond You can see the stem of the one he just finished to the right. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1565367681853-GUZVETTBRUJ00KEVKGAU/_85O5366.jpg BEAVERS “Who’s the lunk-head that put this here?….oh wait….I did!” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1586732244099-MLOX272L0RV4HC5WFEU7/_85O0491-2.jpg BEAVERS After 20 minutes or so, the beaver gave the goose what he thought it deserved…. a good tail slap in the face…. (see next photo) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1586732176868-659I4TSZHAXZMLH9UCN0/_85O0494-2.jpg BEAVERS The goose just took it! There is lots of power in a tail slap and the water sprays upwards of 15 feet. If you look closely you can see the beavers head just in front of the goose… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1588620524700-0OVAJJ6BQYMOO76Z4DEZ/_85O4062-Edit-2.jpg BEAVERS and today.....they started waving to me on the shore.... :). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1587728375151-IAHKNB1POOI66AWZBITX/_85O2016.jpg BEAVERS While you are sleeping all night, this essential watershed engineer and his crew of 3 are keeping up an 8 acre body of water and watershed so hundreds of organisms from tadpoles to moose can have a wonderful place to live, feed and raise young. Thats why beavers are "keystone species". Because they run the show. Think about that.... :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1586732091076-8AE2VT48S7J0Q5UX38H1/_85O0490-2.jpg BEAVERS This goose has been chasing the beavers who have a lodge not 50 yards from where the geese decided to nest on and old, unused beaver lodge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1585351733347-M7A5SL8OFQDVBXPVUYA6/_85O9269-2.jpg BEAVERS Although this beaver looks like he’s bitten off more than he can chew. He will come back again and again, or drag it to stash on their lodge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1460659556117-AIZT0FJ5517RT5K0A5X6/DSC_9121.jpg BEAVERS After many hours of watching and photographing these beavers it finally happened ! They gave me the tail :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1620421482179-1QTPW7DJQSIPM21ZCO8T/_85O4054-Edit.jpg BEAVERS Nothing like a good chunk of wood to start the day off right ! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1653262222431-0VSQX6H1OYZ8VB83I45G/_DSC5594-Edit-2.jpg BEAVERS It’s been a while since I was interrogated by a yearling beaver! There were 3 of them in this colony all circling me up on the shoreline. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1716151280458-0GG9I2Z5ZLOK8JEQQT3M/_DSC7266-Enhanced-NR-2.jpg BEAVERS Nothing like fresh lily pads after spending the day in the lodge! http://www.northquabbinphotography.com/quabbin-coyotes daily 0.75 2025-11-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1508254846708-OX1NRBE6XTCO2FMKGEUT/DSC_3238-3.jpg COYOTES Here's the King !! Looking right at me. Those yellow eyes just cut through me....10/17/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1508254846708-OX1NRBE6XTCO2FMKGEUT/DSC_3238-3.jpg COYOTES Here's the King !! Looking right at me. Those yellow eyes just cut through me....10/17/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1508254653496-6JLJ21Y1PAKH9BV0NB3S/DSC_3235-2.jpg COYOTES I watched this coyote for about 90 minutes on and off this morning hunting the Quabbin shoreline. With patience, I finally had him about 40 yards in front of me hunting mice. He was so into it I dont think he was to concerned I was there in the woods..... this was an awesome experience ! 10/17/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1508255507669-ML75EPTZYT20H90IPK9L/DSC_3252-2.jpg COYOTES The POUNCE!! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1508255936527-Y50SIWR0EDKUAWB9ULYQ/DSC_3261-2.jpg COYOTES "Bye......... Im taking my lunch with me" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1518222731233-PQ8BLNPIBFBXGRC2NY0U/DSC_5836-2.jpg COYOTES On my hike about the western Quabbin I found a pack of 6 coyotes going somewhere along the ice. Where they were going I know not..... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1459978628616-CXBMOY4N8MDAKNI45URX/DSC_8034-4.jpg COYOTES I found this young coyote today playing with his food in a cow field in New Salem... 4/6/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1459978900006-6DM29NCR3QQRLWNJA4F3/DSC_8049-2.jpg COYOTES He was having a great time with this vole... I suspect this guy was a year old. It was fun to watch. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1486475147651-W8FW375NHJSPTUPOB7M7/DSC_8051.jpg COYOTES Last spring I watched this coyote catch and play with a vole in a big field. I didnt see this tongue out until after I got home ! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1459987167335-ZUX6UFGEV1SFKLH0Z246/DSC_8064-2.jpg COYOTES "I'm going to eat in peace! " https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1483386173077-K204IB452MHG0TMC8CI0/DSC_6136-2.jpg COYOTES A very intent stare from this eastern coyote who was trying to see where the "click" was coming from in the woods along the shore of the northern Quabbin Reservoir 1/2/17!   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1483388875338-N5VUGIG9F94SYYSLSHI8/DSC_6141-2.jpg COYOTES "I'm leaving but not taking my eyes off of you" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1479407613843-M3QMY8SJPUUJUHOP3MB5/DSC_1658.jpg COYOTES This morning I was driving down the road and saw this large red dog bopping along on the opposite side of the road. I pulled over to get a better look and a car went flying by as it ran into the ditch. It hopped back up out of the ditch and continued down the road and it went right by me. It was a healthy red pelted coyote ! 11/17/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1427068043009-VDLOXOA89Z1DNHAZB860/DSC_2059-2.jpg COYOTES A pair of coyotes take off running through a snow storm across the ice at Quabbin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1475506873013-NZSVCQN2PE5T4OCAQRPR/DSC_1597.jpg COYOTES A Quabbin ghost ! A pair of coyotes came in to me out of the fog this morning as I was set up on the edge of a large field and started catching mice. It was barely light with lots of fog and they just appeared out of the fog ! 10/3/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1463238677432-Y80X2AMAFMBTEBJ53ZL1/DSC_3308-2.jpg COYOTES I sat for over an hour on the shore of Quabbin this morning. Finally this beautiful coyote came trotting along on one of the islands, It was worth the wait! 5/14/16   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1486917548432-ZX9X4E820EVUPTA8M64O/DSC_0711.jpg COYOTES Heres a coyote running down the middle of RT 122 in New Salem, MA. This is an iPhone 6 from my car.... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1518222678323-KBYP71ENSVWQJPT1HOXB/DSC_5814-2.jpg COYOTES This coyote snuck right by me with a squirrel in his mouth this morning. He was with 2 others that were fast as the wind. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1487706028028-OP0A5LTQRROS9G92PU13/DSC_7707.jpg COYOTES At sunrise this morning I heard coyotes howling, two hours later they appeared along the shoreline crossing the ice. Its always a great thrill to see them ! 2/21/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1484153431927-46AKBFZQJQEB6SMXEPLA/DSC_6742.jpg COYOTES After spending 3 to 4 hours a day for the last week freezing my butt off while waiting for coyotes to drop by, I finally hit pay dirt this morning. Two eastern coyotes racing like the hammers of hell down the distant shore of the Quabbin. Alway fun to see even if the photo isn't the greatest quality! 1/11/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1484417024542-C512QK6I9TINLZ0CC6RR/DSC_6873.jpg COYOTES This morning after an hour and 20 minutes I spotted this eastern coyote slinking towards me down the shore of the Quabbin. I was hidden in the woods. 1/14/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1484418980053-RUI8D44PP84XCJ0QOMS8/DSC_6882-2.jpg COYOTES And here he is......50 yards from me ! He thought about it for a few minutes and wandered up into the woods..... awesome ! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1490119036554-O82K6G0XQNNGXBCMLIQE/DSC_9031-2.jpg COYOTES I was having a great gray owl withdrawal syndrome attack this morning so I decided to hike into coyote-ville. After a hard 50 minute hike I arrived and within 2 minutes number one appeared way out on the ice. After another 1.5 hours of waiting I spotted a mated pair up the shoreline. I thought they would walk right in front of me but they thought different. 3/21/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1490474543793-FFAOXBYXC4EO4QQYATE1/DSC_9160-2.jpg COYOTES I played hide and seek with the mated pair of coyotes at Quabbin this morning. I won !! Here is the female coming down to the water to drink. I had quite a show for about 90 minutes before they finally wandered off. A great day was had by all !! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1490474591191-RZINEV8S4WS22GBP4C0E/DSC_9163-2.jpg COYOTES Nothing like a good clean cold drink of water! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1491839413127-XFNXNXG0WEJORZMI9HFK/DSC_0416-2.jpg COYOTES I saw the 2 coyotes this morning I have been seeing all winter. They couldn't get away from me fast enough ! I was behind a patch of phragmites...... 4/10/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1491839553969-ZAP9JV7PM24AEKSK73HX/DSC_0417-2.jpg COYOTES Peek-a-boo ! heres the second one...... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1537133587281-TW1PE4MC5AXRD51W7LYJ/85O_8876-2.jpg COYOTES This is the 5th year in a row I have seen this coyote on the same spot! I call him Patch because he has a black and white patch on his back that is a giveaway that its him. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1548853439086-PFG9I6IO8G8833VX8UO5/85O_5712-2.jpg COYOTES This image was made 14 hours later then when I first visited this deer carcass on the ice late in the afternoon yesterday (next image). I waited for 3 hours in the woods watching this rib cage which was all that was left before a different coyote than was here yesterday appeared and started scrounging what was left of the doe carcass. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1548724803300-ZZSSHL1MNYTL3HQK3BCX/85O_5535-2.jpg COYOTES A lone coyote stands over a white tailed deer carcass he and his pack probably brought down on the Quabbin ice. Coyotes do not kill for fun and they only take wounded or sickly deer for food. Every speck of that deer will go to feeding eagles, bobcats, ravens, crows and coyotes. When the venison is all chewed off the bones, the coyotes will drag them into the woods to crunch on. It’s gruesome , but its nature. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1548854327195-FVVL3ATTDDWMNNQQMIU3/85O_5736-2.jpg COYOTES All the noise of the ice cracking kept this coyote pretty nervous while feeding on the deer carcass until finally it left running. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1572821211737-8OENQCHFVP3M6J1BAF7G/IMG_0409.JPG COYOTES A pair of coyotes walked up behind me this morning and I never saw them in the dense fog. The reason I know they came along was because they stepped IN my footprints I found on my way out.… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1576544202699-VQ495S2H02YUSJIG9N0Y/_85O5100.jpg COYOTES Today I watched as 2 coyotes followed 4 white-tailed does into the woods from the Quabbin Shoreline. Here is a coyote Ive not seen before trying to figure out where the clicking tree is ? :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1576544922384-KV802Q0FBQU3UQ0A4HUG/_85O5071.jpg COYOTES Here is a coyote I see all the time who was running with the previous coyote. He can also bee seen if you scroll down 14 photos in this section from a place I was in September when he came thru. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1578583322141-GG21C57WFQU6P64HBIPA/_85O5636-Edit-2.jpg COYOTES The same coyote you just saw, on an earlier day again caught me by surprise before 7AM …. he was gone like the wind when I moved to look thru my cameras viewfinder. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1579290080804-JEJBRHGTM6ECFR0DDBFP/_85O5725-Edit.jpg COYOTES Early one morning in early January I spotted this dark brown coyote hunting along the shoreline of Quabbin. He was moving so fast I. was able to catch 3 images of him. A great animal for sure. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1569105937153-7NDPV1OTBLBIFSPHLWKJ/_85O1222-2.jpg COYOTES Jerry Gauvin and I had one of my friends drop by for a visit this morning. I have seen this eastern coyote off and on for the last 6 years, He has such distinct patterns in his fur, and that yellow eyed stare he throws I could pick out from a mile away. He looked very healthy and was on a mission. Took a look to make sure it was me, and them left as swift and silently as he appeared. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1612747449801-0LBG93JML2PU6K03LCY5/85O_5736-2.jpg COYOTES Floating on air ! This time of year is coyote mating season and they are on the move. I love the frozen Quabbin because it tests my patience, but I knew what the outcome may be with some luck. A long cold wait for a 1/1000 of a second. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1594409217064-0E5KQMVGSUE6RPNMA4IK/_85O8317-Edit-2.jpg COYOTES As I was watching for a moose or 2 in a large pond, this eastern coyote came along hunting in a large field nest to the pond. He didn’t realize I was there until he was about 30 yards from me up to his neck in the grass and flowers in the field. I was able to rip off one photo that was in focus! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1644281485173-T48GP56A9Y8S0JB7HWSD/_DSC2391.jpg COYOTES Three coyotes on the Quabbin ice last week. Here’s one that got a whiff of my. scent because the wind was blowing right towards them as they crossed the ice. A wild look if I’ve ever seen one. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1644105979113-NOTKYRIBBO3EWIMYOG08/_DSC2421-Edit.jpg COYOTES Nothing like finding not 1, but 4 coyotes in the morning. Three on the ice and one on my way out of the woods….. Its coyote mating season and they are busy! especially the males. This guy was almost floating along. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1665596748350-YQVSC6K1U0A8AQUD7GX0/_DSC3928-Edit-2.jpg COYOTES I found a pair of coyotes who were interested in what I was, when they figured it out, they ran off into the woods. ISO on my camera was 3200 as it was very dark. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1656268365398-X0GCWF7LSX3VI1WJAH8H/_DSC3959.jpg COYOTES I walked up on 2 eastern coyote puppies a few days ago playing in the middle of the trail. I was able to get a few photographs before they disappeared into the woods. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1666480863467-DWA3JGVMJQNKJTZ5S6Y2/_DSC4416.jpg COYOTES An early morning coyote takes a break from hunting mice to warm up in the rising sunshine… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1581683242050-P95I8VYLHWERSAZM7JLK/02110256-Edit.jpg COYOTES Our resident red fox caught raiding the suet chips from the ground that are left from the birds hammering the suet all day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1581452676248-QXPJJYYHBBLUZJD8CH5U/01240012.JPG COYOTES “Hello ?” our resident red fox caught in the act ! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1706648802921-EYF57JLVXSJXZWGXTE16/_DSC6852-Enhanced-NR-2.jpg COYOTES I found this eastern coyote with an orange tinged pelage cruising the ice in New Salem this morning. Its been about 5 years since Ive seen one like this. The last orangish one I photographed was about two miles from this one. A payoff after a 2 hour wait in the woods. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1700164335631-ORTNWJSXB6N3OG6BR4RB/_DSC5097-Enhanced-NR-2.jpg COYOTES I ran into a pack of coyotes this morning. This one stayed around to check me out while the rest blew town ! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1717202064685-2EN2V7YI3T2NWMGSUKUX/_DSC8889-Enhanced-NR-3.jpg COYOTES I found this songdog sitting way up on a ridge in the rising sun this morning at about 5:30am He was just calm and watching the world awake. He never knew I was there taking his photograph. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1647099893363-FVCSB4KODVO9ANK32XSD/_DSC5152-Edit-2.jpg COYOTES The last of the Quabbin ice this year. 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Beaver grooming in the Quabbin Reservoir Watershed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1537958707208-5NTXCHAEQBCK0G5015N9/image-asset.jpeg SHORT ANIMAL VIDEOS - Beaver grooming in the Quabbin Reservoir Watershed. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/5bab5f599140b7701a007c84/5bab6333386f571c107ee8f8/1537958672374/ SHORT ANIMAL VIDEOS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1537958926304-H84IRAXIMYHK9JEPG5UT/image-asset.jpeg SHORT ANIMAL VIDEOS - Great egret fishing, Turners Falls MA. .. power canal. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1537959130445-M0WOROK9TO4ZQQJN4PSF/image-asset.jpeg SHORT ANIMAL VIDEOS - Northern Gannets off of White Point, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1537959215686-337OYWPP49IFG7TIUCNI/image-asset.jpeg SHORT ANIMAL VIDEOS - Quabbin loons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1537959289880-BDYOI1N9M8KP61PWMJ4C/image-asset.jpeg SHORT ANIMAL VIDEOS - 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Here is a short clip of the doe and 2 fawns I posted a few images of here a few days ago…. what fun to watch they were! 7/22/18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1562773502278-SB74FVRJ51P4Y4HM8B79/image-asset.jpeg SHORT ANIMAL VIDEOS - Busy as a beaver ! This pair of beavers picked one of 4 older lodges in this particular pond to resurrect . They could be family members from the same clan or a new pair of 2 year olds setting up their own family. Click the white arrow to play the video https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1562257260126-R18OP1QTF7S7OQ6IKX6A/image-asset.jpeg SHORT ANIMAL VIDEOS - Yummy, breakfast ! I found this female moose in a large field this morning, 7/4/19. It took a while for her to realize I was not a threat. I felt sorry for her because of all the deer flies buzzing her big ears. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1565898796550-DH5ZQS7TG1C2A4O6JG94/image-asset.jpeg SHORT ANIMAL VIDEOS - Fish argument Heres a quick 15 second video I made that shows how fast you have to be to get away with a fish, but sometimes you loose…. watch closely and see who get the fish.. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1589227603206-36N3Q2WISHH40E4LDGH3/image-asset.jpeg SHORT ANIMAL VIDEOS - Beaver eating grass at sun up.on the Quabbin Reservoir watershed. Here is a short video of a beaver munching on grass this morning with a couple of upset geese for background music. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1590613060461-JCJVAPX3BJS0AJUGZGD8/image-asset.jpeg SHORT ANIMAL VIDEOS - Surprise Click the white triangle in the middle of the image….Heres a nice brown set of 4 moose legs that walked by my TC last week! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1589800495726-ULTR19Z2OM1S887T8U6E/image-asset.jpeg SHORT ANIMAL VIDEOS - Breakfast !! Click the white triangle to see video…As I was watching the action in a local north Quabbin beaver pond this young beaver seemed OK with me joining him for breakfast :). He has come to this spot to feed and I”m sure he has seen me before. You can see him whiff the air right at the beginning of the video, and Tham ignore me. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1591555263049-8GENORCX0YO7PHBSATFK/image-asset.jpeg SHORT ANIMAL VIDEOS - white tailed buck in early June I stuck a camera on the shore of a really secluded beaver pond deep in the Petersham area last week. I checked the card yesterday and had this gem ! Click on the white triangle and open it full screen for best quality. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1594415205262-FMFHI3BO1GAV6E8Y7E43/image-asset.jpeg SHORT ANIMAL VIDEOS - Heres lookin at you kid! My trail camera caught a female moose inspecting the red glow coming from the tree ! Click the white triangle to play the video.. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1601251950138-FF9CA1C68G43J1A5YP3Q/image-asset.jpeg SHORT ANIMAL VIDEOS - Out for an evening stroll. Have a great week everyone…This guy is hoping its great for him also…its rutting season ! Click the white arrow to play… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1604257497797-RL0LP9EQQJJCD9DZE057/image-asset.jpeg SHORT ANIMAL VIDEOS This gives you an idea of how fast a female moose can run when they are defending their young from predators or photographers that get to close for "the shot". Imagine having this coming straight at you ! Thats why I use a 500mm lens and stay as far away as is safe when photographing moose. To play click white triangle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1605388587258-DU5DI61ND3Z7G1ARFAGP/image-asset.jpeg SHORT ANIMAL VIDEOS - Moose on the loose! Check out the wingspan on this fella ! Click on the white triangle to play. http://www.northquabbinphotography.com/bears daily 0.75 2026-03-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1691366919278-0LU25NILXIR25IQV7FG3/_DSC9832-Enhanced-NR-2.jpg BEARS Bears everywhere! This could be the same bear I photographed in the road 2 weeks ago. But it was 2 miles away from here on the same road. You will see it if you click ahead 6 photos. What do you think ? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1691366919278-0LU25NILXIR25IQV7FG3/_DSC9832-Enhanced-NR-2.jpg BEARS Bears everywhere! This could be the same bear I photographed in the road 2 weeks ago. But it was 2 miles away from here on the same road. You will see it if you click ahead 6 photos. What do you think ? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1688936663451-C65MSR97KIE35BTQZFTV/_DSC8237-2.jpg BEARS Here is an ear tagged bear that MassWildlife tagged. He was hanging around a spot near the edge of a dirt rd in New Salem not to far from my house. He was very obliging to me as I opened the car door stood up with my camera and made this photo from 40 yards away. with a 400mm lens. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1541695127954-3H2B53BJ39BNPHR9EUJB/85O_0126-2.jpg BEARS Welcome to my bear page.. At no time did I disturb the bears or get within 50 yards of them. Sure, they saw me but sometimes that was all and they left quickly and sometimes they wandered off feeling I was as of no threat. I also had permission to be on the property. Enjoy the bears and please DO NOT FEED BEARS ! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1540855767548-PY42NO0M2UZQD3IXSVKR/85O_0128-3.jpg BEARS The same bear as in the last image…As you can see here, black bears love apples. This bear found the mother lode ! A black bear can eat a bushel (46 pounds) in one setting. I’d puke !! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1541694669434-1XVKKUUK05CN4UIE4BSO/85O_1727-2.jpg BEARS This female bear has 2 cubs with her….. she was suspicious of me. Notice the cub on the left hand side of the image just peeking out of the woods. Even though she was about 75 yards away, and my Nikon D850 shutter was set on the silent mode, she still heard it click when I took this image and she abruptly left with both cubs running behind. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1540856891170-YBYS4TLW6CZMD1O52WZQ/85O_0187-2.jpg BEARS The 2 cubs bobbing for apples in the grass ? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1541695177201-5PA5BRC50IF2MGPCE6AE/85O_1753-2.jpg BEARS On another evening about dusk I spotted the same sow with her 2 cubs walk out of the woods by this tractor used for mowing. The cubs spent a few minutes walking all over it. I don’t think they had ever seen one. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1540856839904-H4O1AG3YCEIVLJ2JV1WN/85O_1740-2.jpg BEARS One of the cubs investigating the mower on the tractor. He’s probably wondering where the “bear grease” goes :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1540858084661-F1G0D4DPSKSDKROYG8L4/85O_0241-2.jpg BEARS The 2 cubs were slowly creeping out of the woods into the orchard, then they would grab an apple and then go crashing into the woods as fast as they could run. Five minutes later, the same thing. What a laugh to watch. I saw this a few evenings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1540858302185-WJOP6O4GCH7NP3L8GS26/85O_0230-2.jpg BEARS Planning the attack on those pesky, delicious apples ! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1541694911682-RUU5J9T9WPFHNWS6SKJZ/85O_1877-2.jpg BEARS This small bear was after apples. I was about 100 yards away from him when he appeared. He spotted me behind the wall and in the woods but the power of the apples overpowered him and he must have figured I wasn't a threat and carried out his plan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1541695787225-OQ7161AZO6SM81RND7LR/85O_1888-2.jpg BEARS “I sure would like one of those juicy apples” He was still suspicious of me but finally decided the apples were worth the risk and I wasn't a threat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1541694792597-3MG6K8HMEF5DC5STB4PJ/85O_1862-2.jpg BEARS “hmmmm. that looks like a good one !!! ?” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1541695958543-BYXG4UPO316Z5IVK1R1Y/85O_1863-2.jpg BEARS the getaway….. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1540857298939-2BSBELIP79H3B5VU2EPM/85O_1910-2.jpg BEARS This bear walked out right in front of me one evening and started sniffing the air. Researcher say a bear can smell a piece of chicken grilling from 5 miles away. Their sense of smell is 7 times that of a blood hound. Within 15 seconds it shot into the woods like lightning. Black bears are very timid and skittish creatures. When I did see them run I was amazed how fast they could go. They can run up to 35 mph in short bursts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1538647532302-FC835PKZVQ1R55FAYU1L/85O_0546-2.jpg BEARS This black bear (I named it “medium bear”), was just cruising the field one night at dusk looking for a midnight snack at about 6 PM ! … https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1538595965494-GKNEISI06LKPU2DG7KNV/85O_0514.jpg BEARS A wet, soggy, hungry black bear walked out in front of where I was setting in the woods on the edge of a big field getting soaked. I’ve seen him a few times and nothing seems to excite him, the look he gave me when he discovered I was behind him says it all. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1541696662043-VLCPPM5AUAZA4PKL1VH6/85O_1765-2.jpg BEARS I just told this bear the joke about the 2 bears that walked into a bar :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1538352202311-BZWVY3WY53XMQRAHA81R/85O_0326.jpg BEARS This large bear is zeroing in on a pile of apples that have fallen and thinking what a find ! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1538432273442-494D7T8U6FW1J8N27P93/85O_0480-2.jpg BEARS “I want THATTTTT one !!” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1540857267526-TREEZ8T3H46QP5OVD66A/85O_1894-2.jpg BEARS Unfortunately this bear couldn’t hide behind this tree ! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1447197922591-PMQDZL1AN7H0JQS2QT6F/DSC_5330.jpg BEARS - A visitor... A friend and I were sitting there watching a loon chick when my friend say's "hey Dale, there's a bear" ! About 300 yards down the shore this black bear appeared and cruised the shore until he was out of sight behind some rocks. We sat there for three hours before he showed up. A fun sighting on a slow day. 11/10/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1494426436729-46XKHVZHNMOO11EY4ITX/DSC_3778-2.jpg BEARS While sitting in the woods this morning at a local beaver pond I heard something huge coming thru the woods about 100 feet from me. It was to noisy to be a moose. When it appeared it was a female black bear with a tracking collar from Masswildlife with 2 cubs about 16 months old behind her. 5/10/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1494426715396-FPS1TETE5M398UY0U7JL/DSC_3795-2.jpg BEARS Here is one of the cubs that was with its mother this morning. Notice the size of the feet and a MassWildlife ID tag in the left ear. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1541268954856-PO6A3IX8UTMV0JBDSZC6/85O_1727.jpg BEARS This female bear had 2 cubs with her when I spotted them making their way through the woods. I set up on a nearby wall and waited for them to appear…. she was a little suspicious and finally left with the cubs in tow. Notice the cub peeking out of the woods on the left if the image? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1540116344531-0VMJ13HP2N3FKAI9FZL1/85O_1877-2.jpg BEARS Happy Halloween ! This little kid won the “most realistic” category at the Swift River School annual costume party. After bobbing for apples, he grabbed one with his teeth and ran into the woods :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1575320087132-P1ZDJLXPBR9BBGMSVWAN/_85O0181-3.jpg BEARS In September of 2019 I was taking photos of a beaver lodge and this black bear jumped up on a stone wall about 40 feet from me. It scared the crap out of me and I froze immediately wondering what to do next. It just stared at me and was there for what seemed like an hour. Slowly I turned my Nikon 500mm, F4 lens and Nikon D850 towards the bear and I took 2 images with my cable release I had in my hand. As soon as the bear heard the click it left. It took me 20 minutes to make myself walk :) :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1592252549487-7CFQYSUW5ZAGN3CKV0LU/_85O3033-Edit-2.jpg BEARS MassWildlife has radio collard bears all over Massachusetts that they are studying. The bears are darted with tranquilizers and the weighed, measured and released back into the wild with their collars on. Biologist have some bears with satellite collars on them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1567778882436-Y5RQM56PVO5DM11DVFD2/_85O0181-3.jpg BEARS I was paid a visit by a black bear that came bumbling out of a thicket 40 feet from me standing along a beaver pond. He looked and me, I looked at him, I took 2 photos and off he sauntered, none the worse for wear ! We locked eyes and he didn’t seem to be bothered! (40 feet away with a Nikon D850 camera and a Nikon 500mm prime lens). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1589488390803-1A96EC7Q3VW7V40ZWJOW/_85O6464-Edit.jpg BEARS A nice find this morning. A black bear with 3 cubs stashed in the woods…. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1620855609008-JLHAF3JHP3VE0CHRH9OV/image-asset.jpeg BEARS - A Large black bear rolls along the Quabbin watershed.... Its bear mating time in Massachusetts and guys like this are on the move…. click the white triangle to play. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1652641541311-M89QYBAY0WZTGWEJ7RIJ/_DSC4230.jpg BEARS It seems that every where I go I run into a black bear. Course their mating season is May and June so big guys like this are on the prowl for love…. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1594038922378-SD28AMVCVJ13HSGITSSB/_85O7781.jpg BEARS Black bears are becoming more common in the Quabbin watershed. I found this one yesterday turning over logs that were left on a logging site from about 6 years ago. He couldn’t quite make out what I was so he gave me the sniff test. Bears can small a roasting chicken on a barbecue from 5 miles away ! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1653597522544-YTIP85IEPZXLZY2M9SPR/_DSC7295-2.jpg BEARS Another black bear appeared in the middle of the road…. he was on a mission! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1656777613472-M6EZT8GHIM9H1TMWEO27/_DSC5567.jpg BEARS I spotted these 2 cubs,( or they spotted me,) that were up in a tree about 40 feet high. I was about 100 yards away and I took a few photos and then promptly left. On my way out in about an hour, they were gone. Here’s the smallest of the two. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1662851804014-7XWR3F1LZ92MNUBWTQV8/_DSC2282.jpg BEARS I saw this female bear with 2 cubs tagging along. She was standing up on her hind legs looking at me when I spotted her watching me. She has a radio collar on from MassWildlife used to follow her. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1686351526294-CWOSQ7V6VQ388QPCW60P/_DSC3268-Enhanced-NR-4.jpg BEARS “How do cows do it?” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1682029168705-MK1SA9QQPOUWL17SQG1C/_85O2685-2.jpg BEARS The local bird house inspector made an appearance in our yard a few days ago. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1691160940549-1XKYSXINY3FL06U7AOXZ/_DSC9788-Enhanced-NR-2.jpg BEARS I found this medium size black bear eating blackberries with a cub I couldn’t see until it climbed a large pine tree. Both bears were soaked from the previous nights heavy rain. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1714263721678-IYCNGDJX1DBW8HOFRPOY/_DSC3865-Enhanced-NR-2.jpg BEARS I found, (or they found me) three 16 month old cubs with Mom. They were about 1/2 mile from where I took their photograph last May climbing a tall white pine tree that ended up in my new "I SEE YOU" book. They all made it through the winter and are bigger and wiser, but still with Mom and hanging out in the same location ! 600mm @ 35 yds https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1697825973270-MFYF6I5R99E7DD9DJQBP/_DSC2782-Enhanced-NR-2.jpg BEARS Bears are bulking up for the coming winter. This one was intent of scarfing up something on the ground that really kept his interest. He had no clue I was in the trail watching with my telephoto lens. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1713539578113-SQHIEP5L3811WLGPJ99J/_DSC3595-Enhanced-NR-2.jpg BEARS After waiting for something to happen along the shoreline of one of my favorite beaver ponds, and enjoying the peace and quiet with no bugs,,, IT finally happened ! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1717101519807-1TZSGRZO1QTIAC274F2Y/_DSC8719-Enhanced-NR-2.jpg BEARS I found a black bear sow with her two cubs that were cinnamon colored a few days ago. She has a big white V in her chest... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1725479180024-PPLLS8JIISRRN0AZYJAM/_DSC6397-Enhanced-NR-2.jpg BEARS This bear was not interested in me at all. He was wandering down a path early in the morning and just stared at me for a few minutes and continued ambling down the path. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1747608976899-CM7X39I9426MKQFINOL7/_DSC0023-Enhanced-NR-2.jpg BEARS It's a dark, cool foggy morning and you are out for a hike. You think you see 2 male turkeys ahead in the road with their tails all spread out , but cant quite make it out. As you get a little closer in the fog you finally make out 2, 400 pound black bears rumbling your way...... what would YOU do... ? http://www.northquabbinphotography.com/reptiles-and-amphibians daily 0.75 2023-08-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1527634823732-EEO7XAF7LM0FRLF7TG6J/85O_2289-2.jpg Reptiles and Amphibians While searching the northern Quabbin today for turtles to photograph, I spotted this musk turtle, or stinkpot, basking on a log. After watching it for about 25 minutes this northern painted turtle joined him. Musky left a few minutes after he appeared on the end of the log... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1527634823732-EEO7XAF7LM0FRLF7TG6J/85O_2289-2.jpg Reptiles and Amphibians While searching the northern Quabbin today for turtles to photograph, I spotted this musk turtle, or stinkpot, basking on a log. After watching it for about 25 minutes this northern painted turtle joined him. Musky left a few minutes after he appeared on the end of the log... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1527900366509-S2J02U0RX7DHOWBC0T8N/85O_3356-2.jpg Reptiles and Amphibians Well, I didn't plan on directing traffic this morning. I saw 7 different snappers and I wasn't even looking for them but its always a treat to see these dinosaurs out of the water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1557178501467-K07MXUVVG1RRTLL3HQPI/_85O4767-2.jpg Reptiles and Amphibians That awkward moment when you realize you took the wrong turn over New Jersey while migrating north and ended up in the wrong pond. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1557258536998-PSD9NKL3GMPEAI9TAXKW/_85O4800-2.jpg Reptiles and Amphibians The first sunny day we’ve had and the eastern painted turtles are out in droves (whats a drove?)…… 19, count them! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1563996251782-BB3S26WYGVZG92RB1VXR/_85O4249-2.jpg Reptiles and Amphibians I stumbled upon a bunch os garter snakes a few weeks ago. Today I found 8 of then scattered along an old stone wall. This. was the largest one sunning itself on the wall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1591831967484-YIL3S3LYZCKGW6BME8SE/_85O1823.jpg Reptiles and Amphibians Everywhere I went today I saw snapping turtles… females laying eggs everywhere. Their once a year foray out of water to historical nesting spots for them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1616788796732-5WFKHJZINVHLQAC4PN7D/_85O5570-Edit-2.jpg Reptiles and Amphibians YAY ! The first northern painted turtles of the year!! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1653436778645-T9XVDO0IUCH4CGTSPZTQ/_DSC5261.jpg Reptiles and Amphibians For the next month turtles will be crossing the roads from their ponds to lay eggs, then returning back to their ponds. I found this spotted turtle a few days ago and helped it go where it wanted. http://www.northquabbinphotography.com/book-ordering-and-descriptions daily 0.75 2024-03-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1575316704502-8LX4VH8Z7NN6S6GMWJUY/monettecover.jpg BOOK ORDERING AND DESCRIPTIONS The Secret Lives of The Quabbin Watershed is a book that took a total of 4 years of my life to produce. The Quabbin Reservoir is a man made reservoir that is approximately 87,000 acres in size and supplies clean, unfiltered drinking water to 48 communities. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1575316704502-8LX4VH8Z7NN6S6GMWJUY/monettecover.jpg BOOK ORDERING AND DESCRIPTIONS The Secret Lives of The Quabbin Watershed is a book that took a total of 4 years of my life to produce. 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Three years in the making Great blue herons and their relationships with beavers and other critters they share their ponds with. Reviews coming soon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1609612633049-N76TU8GPFK2DE7WOCHKJ/dalebook2frontcover.jpg BOOK ORDERING AND DESCRIPTIONS NEW…. THIS BOOK, AND “THE SECRETS OF THE QUABBIN WATERSHED” ARE $25, PLUS TAX AND SHIPPING, OR TOTAL $32….THROUGH PAYPAL OR CHECK, AFTER I GET YOUR CHECK AND ITS CASHED. HIT CONTACT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1709684526888-HDAQSUNPE5QX9609ISLH/Screen+Shot+2024-02-10+at+9.41.56+AM.png BOOK ORDERING AND DESCRIPTIONS Throughout my travels doing programs, meeting people, and selling prints and books over the last 10 years, people always comment on how they enjoy the stories that go with the images I show during my presentations. I decided to take some of my favorite unpublished images that have some interesting stories behind them and put them together as my fourth book, “I See You” to be released in the Autumn of 2023. http://www.northquabbinphotography.com/articles daily 0.75 2024-12-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1582204284175-JLA38PVTYGUEY1CQ7YVE/review.jpg ARTICLES BIRD OBSERVER BOOK REVIEW BY MARK LYNCH. FEBRUARY, 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1582204284175-JLA38PVTYGUEY1CQ7YVE/review.jpg ARTICLES BIRD OBSERVER BOOK REVIEW BY MARK LYNCH. FEBRUARY, 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1582202633397-0ZA8NAKG2YSC2THJ4213/D%26D+TV+show.jpg ARTICLES https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1582202822061-5EC9JVQ1GPSGVG53IV57/WESTFIELD.jpg ARTICLES https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1614550941806-C6879WZY5DXKZPABK4SI/image-asset.jpeg ARTICLES - Preserving the history. WCVB’S CHRONICLE …QUABBIN IN WINTER. PART ONE…. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1674159688738-K5Y3UOVEHILQ4XNIHM63/image-asset.jpeg ARTICLES - Capturing the Quabbin with Wildlife Photographer Dale Monette | Connecting Point | Jan. 19, 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1614103514309-37DFLXBK1NQ0FWJC0O87/image-asset.jpeg ARTICLES - Walking in the Quabbin Woods In January I helped WCVB with a Chronicls Show, here is my segment. It starts at about 2 minutes and 58 seconds in. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1614256624610-F11GT8PIHSLFH7ROPJ8B/image-asset.jpeg ARTICLES - Winter in the Quabbin The last last of 4 segments of the Chronicle’s Winter in Quabbin.. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1674159864309-ZUANCUVG6FLSRCX4LUNT/image-asset.jpeg ARTICLES - Reintroducing Bald Eagles to the Quabbin (Digital Exclusive) | Connecting Point | Jan. 19, 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1674222719405-YQEGZY3CF5BWVC5OSUW1/image-asset.jpeg ARTICLES - The Past & Present of Quabbin Reservoir You will need to start this video back at the beginning to see the full program… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1625875924138-MJ2R63TQQSJ9N9B0JQZ8/image-asset.jpeg ARTICLES - Understanding the Quabbin Lots of my images and videos can be seen in this 14 minute Quabbin video thats brand new in July of 21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1621888502807-FQSB3O6AZ171L1FL04S7/image-asset.jpeg ARTICLES - The full Chronicle show. Here is the full version of Chronicle from WCVB Channel 5 Boston. I have a segment starting at 12.50 minutes in as well as my photography featured throughout the program. http://www.northquabbinphotography.com/deer daily 0.75 2025-11-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1601318486176-DAJAO4VE4973TKXLLI9N/85O_2387-2.jpg DEER Two does take an early morning walk thru the Quabbin as the water level goes down as it usually does in the fall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1601318486176-DAJAO4VE4973TKXLLI9N/85O_2387-2.jpg DEER Two does take an early morning walk thru the Quabbin as the water level goes down as it usually does in the fall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1467559779599-P1C12HRENEIYXYH1IYP8/DSC_8242.jpg DEER One of the three white tailed deer I see occasionally in a certain swamp. She was onto me here !.... great gentile animals to watch when they are going about their life. Especially with other deer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1469903783275-HP36LENTDYS45E5LFPBK/DSC_2598.jpg DEER - Who's watching who ? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1467052798553-2EXRUIPYG6Z4XWYPH5JL/DSC_7727.jpg DEER - Have breakfast with friends ! Two does and a buck white tailed deer are munching on swamp grasses and pond lilies early this morning. They hung around for 45 minutes before wandering back into the woods. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1437608279143-1EA6F2VSWW6PCWC3RQ4F/DSC_4210.jpg DEER - Surprise ! I saw this doe come out to eat along the shore today and have seen here a couple times before. She kept looking into the woods. Finally I saw a fawn in the woods as I suspected. I didn't notice the green heron in the pond until I was home looking at the pictures on my computer! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1438635803712-4RHW3O1XNDNRSL4XKK7Z/DSC_5363-2.jpg DEER - Do as I do ! Finally this doe brought her fawn to the water instead of leaving it in the woods. This is the 4th time I've seen them in the last two weeks at the heron/beaver pond. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1437007464329-J04X3IJ7INLC0CFOZ4R0/DSC_3442.jpg DEER - White tailed doe Every few days when Im taking heron photos a white tailed deer or two will pop out along the shore and spend some time eating the lily pads and water lilys. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1439492691823-RRYG0J9E32ADX9A4BKHX/DSC_6544.jpg DEER - Early morning breakfast Today this doe arrived without her fawn, or maybe this is a different doe than usually visits early in the morning. But then again maybe it was up in the woods. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1447845274825-HC91NIKJ9C7VNTNNQUJT/DSC_5871.jpg DEER After sitting for 3 hours in the woods near gate 29 this neat 7 point buck came sauntering by like it didn't have a care in the world.... 11/17/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1470502519625-RGC3ERWJ679HJBLMVVLU/DSC_3420.jpg DEER I spend hours standing in one place just watching and waiting. This morning after 90 minutes I turned around and moved about 20 feet. This doe jumped up from about 30 feet to my left and scared the crap out of me. She then stopped turned around and started slowly walking towards me ! 8/5/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1477774021664-LOFH6SZV5OD83OE53372/DSC_3780-3.jpg DEER I saw this white tailed deer this morning as I snuck up in darkness to the edge of a large field I have seen moose in. As morning light got brighter this guy seemed to come closer and closer to me. I took about 35 photos before he wandered off into the woods. 10/29/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1429008379953-C9BA2SFBX24Y6UAN343R/DSC_3256-2.jpg DEER - White Tailed Deer Here is a female (doe) in her sleek mid summer brown coat feeding on some nice green leaves. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1425860536810-GQ80VKG2XYYZWEBBJ91V/DSC_5085.jpg DEER These twigs dropped in the road and made easy acorn eating for this young deer early in the morning. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1425860587563-Q6O788FOAS8FGWIWR07I/DSC_5104.jpg DEER It turned out to be a young spike horn buck. A few minutes down the road I spotted him 20 feet from me in a flower patch. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1426382075106-1DHQHWR1T0TANBK3NMTN/DSC_5095.jpg DEER Same deer as the last shot, different angel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1426382044938-R5BUB3QE6ZH58Z2NV5YV/DSC_9274.jpg DEER I was perched on a ridge when this ten point buck wandered in front of me in the late fall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1480010513428-8OR9XUN7CMTUKAYF0ELK/DSC_5032.jpg DEER I spent Thanksgiving morning in the silence of the woods of the Quabbin from 6:30 until 10. This guy popped up at about 9:00. A nice siting for sure. 8 Points. I hope he avoids the Quabbin deer hunt in a few weeks ! 11/23/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1491153039903-0ESWHOY0JKZS6DFWDFB4/DSC_9790-2.jpg DEER Five white-tailed deer walked out in front of me this morning at 6:30AM on my way into Quabbin. It was a pleasant surprise. I just stood there and snapped a few pictures. They spotted me but didnt leave and just kept moseying along and headed into the woods. 4/2/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1491153014003-XI6PP3L0SXY9WC0EV199/DSC_9797-2.jpg DEER Here are 3 of the 5 deer I saw this morning at dawn in the Quabbin. 4/2/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1491684901559-3FRUOZO1MQO4XXOSLHBN/DSC_0230-2.jpg DEER I came upon 3 more deer today, same place as I saw 5 last weekend. The wind was with me and they never saw me. After about ten minutes they wandered into the woods to get away from the nasty wind. 4/8/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1499104847883-3HDP4KVWX7NBH825SVB6/DSC_1788-2.jpg DEER Here's another image from a different angle so you can see this beautiful monster rack !! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1500600543892-8U3K5VZ5CFJLIEBD8EHE/DSC_5162-2.jpg DEER These same two bucks came back out for fresh greens for breakfast early this morning. This is the second day this week I have seen them. A few days ago they had a third one with them 7/20/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1501368041301-WW314NJNMWSX1OBX93MW/DSC_6550.jpg DEER A few years ago in this same pond I was taking a picture of a heron and an otter popped up. Today in this same pond I had my sights on another great blue heron along the back shore of the pond and a pair of white-tailed does popped out of the woods ! The heron kept right on preening... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1500298721685-UD2LWQSV4CGCKWCL9XGE/DSC_4681-2.jpg DEER "Will you quit munchin ?? !!, there's someone over there watching us, get ready to beat it!" 7/17/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1502058091050-S4G4V3014TRVWQ6UL3GW/DSC_7530-2.jpg DEER I spotted these 3 fawns all loafing in the sum this morning in a backyard in Athol. They were acting just like tame deer until a dog came down the road ! 8/6/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1512318001174-OPE84Z13GVWVJNZ4YOFM/DSC_5329-2.jpg DEER Speaking of deer, for a minute I thought my lens was broken and I was seeing five of everything!! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1511741753066-00VGAQORVTHPGBJGRKMG/DSC_4843-2.jpg DEER Last week I caught this 1.5 year old white-tailed buck looking for love in the rain ! :) He was oblivious to me and strolled along with his nose in the air sniffing away to beat the band ! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1511551112774-C4EYJVNASB7YP9EY6RYE/DSC_4863-2.jpg DEER This young doe walked out in front of me on Thanksgiving with not a care in the world. She let me take photos of her and then walked into the woods and disappeared like she appeared! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1509650354119-G1AUG1JPDPE1VJBNTW01/DSC_3740-2.jpg DEER Finally !!! I got out into the Quabbin and this doe greeted me and then disappeared into thin air... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1500849251674-ZHQSRR799HZ7BEO7AX1R/DSC_5919-3.jpg DEER These same 2 bucks keep showing up every morning at the same time in the same place. I love watching them...... 7/23/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1507075134179-AY2L07RAU12A9PBL90TX/DSC_2465.jpg DEER This white tailed doe came out just up the shore from me this morning. I was pretty well hidden as you can see, she didnt see me..... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1507075671508-ZNL6Z6WJVC2LDDHLYO1T/DSC_2475-2.jpg DEER This white tailed fawn belongs to the previous pictured doe.... it still looks like a baby! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1510261029682-540R0XDCJWRZL9NTFGLP/DSC_4330-2.jpg DEER A doe came putting along down the shoreline this morning. Right behind her was this guy ! I kind of figured there may be a buck around seeing I heard one snort in the woods about 90 minutes earlier. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1435713117548-X1TO1ZNTM3LX1XPO1BGP/DSC_1901.jpg DEER - White tailed deer I had two visitors at the heron pond this morning while watching the great blue heron catch his breakfast at 6AM. 6/30/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1533137369848-OW6KMYPQDCS4FCQEP3R8/85O_3960-2.jpg DEER https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1533077197376-B3I0ZFJIJMBX87879465/85O_4123-3.jpg DEER I spotted this white-tailed buck looking at me from across the pond early this morning. What a beautyr he will be ! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1535233634329-Q8ZC05N0ALBMZ2JQ9FB1/DSC_7371-2.jpg DEER A white tailed doe took a few bounces to cross the trail I was walking on……you can see why they call them “white-tailed deer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1537475429064-Q5NORAVN323YFDK6IZAI/85O_9456-2.jpg DEER It was just getting light when this doe came out just up from where I was sitting in the woods in Petersham. You can see her fur has started to turn a different shade of brown/gray of their winter coat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1533305368388-5TE6UF4V6WDNQRD3PL1S/85O_4146-2.jpg DEER All was quiet and watching this white-tailed doe amble the shoreline.......... 20 seconds of sun through the cloud opening.... "click"......... never see this again in my lifetime..... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1532044805398-4M4Q17W3XIXHU5MQMQG7/85O_3017-2.jpg DEER Today, early in the fog I came upon a doe and two fawns. I was able to watch and photography them for almost an hour as the fog dissipated and the conditions got much better as they got close to me. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1532545667694-14THA9QSLZS63FLLT553/85O_3517-3.jpg DEER Photo bombed !! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1532044853504-BIMXMVASI34STMSFXOLO/85O_2930-2.jpg DEER This fawn was playing “jumping bean” and every once in a while would jump all around. It was quite entertaining! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1531780598101-MTSI8HQIFJKVSS5J5T0N/85O_2399-3.jpg DEER This doe was wandering the shoreline at 5:45 in the morning…. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1558394538994-YT3O4LB3BJZKKCMSG3DK/_85O6341-2.jpg DEER The white-tailed bucks are just starting to grow their antlers right now. Here is a buck who was with another buck and a doe feeding along a beaver pond in the Petersham area yesterday early in the morning. Notice that he is still shedding his winter grayish fur. In a few weeks he will be a reddish brown. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1562631723663-OBBS157LF2P5RBKD0L6B/_85O2998-2.jpg DEER If you take your friend out to breakfast, take them down by the pond for leaves. It's cheaper :). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1567556445161-KDVBK3H5ZF33R4V6A7WB/_85O0001-2.jpg DEER Early morning walk along the shoreline brought me this doe, and another one with 2 fawns and 4 otters. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1562353801087-FOS197N6U97HFJA71IM5/_85O2654.jpg DEER July 4th pal.......He just stood there and watched me go, as long as I kept going he didn't move, I was able to take 2 images when I first spotted him watching me.... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1575315685532-PCPW1CI6HH138TFVFND9/DSC_0958-2.jpg DEER I spotted this lonely guy wandering the shoreline a few days ago looking for some female company…. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1574346084177-QSV4WSDVILYXH9TOU76G/_85O4325-2.jpg DEER Frost on the pumpkin and frost on the whiskers this morning! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1576233794928-MSI9DC1EJO4NO2LMTYHF/_85O4759-2.jpg DEER Looking for something to eat on a bleak early winters morning this doe wanders the Quabbin shoreline. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1579290417346-G5CYSRO73Y2HJ5GKXU8K/_85O5759-Edit.jpg DEER This white-tail deer came trotting out of the woods and away from where I was standing. I was amazed at the beautiful white tails she has ! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1595804218854-FZ5DEJ6R16GDUQ2N7UD8/_85O0845-Edit-2.jpg DEER I caught these 2 nice bucks feeding in a large field by my house as the sun was just rising, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1591747885488-YGUCKEQW8J6ULIO5M9JI/_85O1696-Edit.jpg DEER And here is your eye test for today! How many deer am I holding up ? :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1591721757501-B88LXDIYWWUHM6CE2YP3/_85O1457-Edit-3.jpg DEER I found these 2 does eating grass in a nice sunny meadow .. One was a little nervous and one was incredibly pregnant…. The nervous one jumped about 200 feet up the hill. I didn’t realize I had a flying shot until I got it onto my computer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1591721995981-PGOGKDMHON05NJKUA0X4/_85O1492-3.jpg DEER The deer on the right is the pregnant one….. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1604535829243-J4F1J6C3RLS27HFCM7OY/_85O9614-Edit-3.jpg DEER This beautiful 10 point buck was walking thru a big field today as I was driving along on a dirt road beside it. He stopped to check me out and I was able to get a couple shots off before he decided he didn’t want his picture taken ! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1607278496492-24Q85PPKMQJT1XVRLHHQ/_85O1428-Edit-2.jpg DEER As I was hiking down a dirt road I spotted this young spike horn buck watching me. He was quite curious from the middle off a large field and he started cautiously walking towards me. Finally he walked off knowing I was not a threat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1605829277626-CADMCOY9IVAN8AFNWRSV/_85O0798-2.jpg DEER A white-tailed buck world away and eating his fill of fungi that grows on the side of trees. he watched me for a few minutes and then went back to feeding. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1610742080065-O9VD3UYEXECJT4QKQ4ND/_85O2788-2.jpg DEER I took this a few days ago in the Quabbin Reservoir. This ones for my Dad, He loved deer. He passed away a few days before Christmas. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1601590242875-1PH3YH9MSOV6S5BJXIP0/_85O8017-Edit-2.jpg DEER The white tailed deer are starting to roam and looking for food so they can fatten up to get them thru the long winter months. If you look close you can see a few white spots still left on this fawn on her rear haunches. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1633102040340-KNI9N0PGOTAVWAA2UCY4/DSC_4779.jpg DEER A nice day to investigate the shore line ! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1634658205927-ET96CWYGA2LWRZ0WIZKZ/_85O9070-2.jpg DEER Early morning deer searching for a drink. She’s in the right place! After 2 years of back pain I am now pain free and can get far into Quabbin to get images like this with some patience. Life is good! ..again https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1636156722259-SLJKVERVID6K6V9K7HFG/_85O9891.jpg DEER White tail deer are in their mating season now (The Rut) … bucks are wandering all over trying to find mates…. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1636137376406-ZZG9JTLK9CNTY5M3DDEU/_85O9662-Edit-2.jpg DEER This week the fog has been covering the Quabbin every morning. This was an hour wait to get this guy as the fog started to left. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1626615306840-UGZ4IWW4SATGTRYB8TNA/_85O6136-Edit-2.jpg DEER “Hey Dale. is that you?” These 2 does were really curios about what I was up to. Finally I left as they went back to munching breakfast. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1655513362784-A3Z5Y1RJ8ZTSRCI7FCTV/_DSC2817-Edit.jpg DEER I turned around this morning and this guy was staring me down ! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1638838253755-Q57MUS4GPJEM28XTHDQX/_85O0589-2.jpg DEER A giant buck jumped across the road in front of me yesterday. Feeding along side the road was this cute little doe with not a care in the world. Taken at 30 feet away with a 600mm Nikon f4 lens! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1669383311309-FGWH421XLUWO3SVQNN0K/_85O1954.jpg DEER After chasing and photographing moose for the last 2 months, a deer seems so small ! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1706143820603-RN7X7Y81CZ2CHU6JAV6R/_DSC6828-Enhanced-NR-2.jpg DEER While bushwhacking thru the northern Quabbin I found this guy digging for some greens he found in a large patch of Japanese Barberry. I didn't see him until he looked up. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1686075693906-IM3FQFPZAWDOCS6UPICT/_DSC2833-2.jpg DEER I heard a snort this morning that sounded like it was very close to me. I slowly looked down the shoreline of the pond and this is who I saw…. staring me down! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1692465835252-JCF0N6BKJKEPTUZWACD4/_DSC9963-2.jpg DEER I found this doe feeding early this morning. I was hoping the cold weather got the deer and moose moving about. You can see their coats are already starting to turn to their winter fur. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1699566841282-Y1W22UTP15SZ63S91399/_DSC4342-2.jpg DEER Heres a change ! A white tail deer instead of a bull moose ! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1751324402526-8IH1EGIYKJDBSRNSP53F/_DSC6547-2.jpg DEER 5:45 am catches these 2 bucks blasting down lily pads and grasses while the mosquitoes blast down my blood ! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1740521501355-FAGQ9A64GTIBTBOZSFO6/_DSC6713-2.jpg DEER While looking for Harriers along the meadows by the CT River in Northampton, I found 13 white tail deer wandering on the shoreline of the river. I could only get 9 in the frame. Fun to watch! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1745280684125-JIOM9SWULBAUW1YO6LRV/DSC_9008-2.jpg DEER Mr Beaver takes a few minutes early in the morning to smear the castoreum oil that his body produces, all over to keep his fur waterproof that helps to keep him dry. http://www.northquabbinphotography.com/bobcats daily 0.75 2025-11-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1682694334308-9ES043F8ESOBMAK45VLY/_DSC4992-2.jpg BOBCATS This bobcat image was taken with a 500 mm Nikon lens and camera from our kitchen window. It was about 30 feet out in the yard sitting on a log pile. I only had the 500 in the house and it was too much! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1682694334308-9ES043F8ESOBMAK45VLY/_DSC4992-2.jpg BOBCATS This bobcat image was taken with a 500 mm Nikon lens and camera from our kitchen window. It was about 30 feet out in the yard sitting on a log pile. I only had the 500 in the house and it was too much! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1598111251063-DJZ67434TLLQPG6MNUE8/image-asset.jpeg BOBCATS - Bobcat marking territory. I’ve seen this male bobcat a few times this summer as I have a few cameras out in his territory near a beaver pond. He uses this log to cross a section of a beaver swamp. (Click on the white triangle to play video) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1484930760034-QEZQ9SZT603KTIGBJAXD/DSC_6966.jpg BOBCATS I was surprised this morning by this bobcat way across the channel walking along the ice! You never know what you will see at the Quabbin ! 1/20/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1638142599402-S1V4WM47VKZQ5KEGZ43W/_85O0532-2.jpg BOBCATS EYE TEST. ! I spent 50 minutes watching this bobcat catching mice in a field in northern Quabbin this morning. He didn’t even offer me any ! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1595102980236-NZ3HBGFVRLRTX5S8VAHG/image-asset.jpeg BOBCATS - Early morning bobcat! Click the white triangle to play: Finally after the 3rd time on my cameras this cat let itself be seen! Crank the volume and listen to the cat vocalize. Its almost a meow! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1590436804724-EQF2Z1B1HROBAG823K4I/05220016-Edit-3.jpg BOBCATS I found what I thought was a perfect spot for a bobcat to cross a pond channel on a log. I set up the TC and left it for a week…This morning I found this on the camera! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1610741478037-UT661QWJSEI1GQQBQ9SM/Screen+Shot+2021-01-15+at+2.04.38+PM.png BOBCATS I apologize for the bad quality but this is a cool image……This is a screen shot from a trail camera video in our backyard last night. Its a bobcat thats been hunting squirrels in our backyard. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1481487943894-XA07OXDAXY5B84YUL9YB/DSC_5635.jpg BOBCATS I hiked in to the northern Quabbin in 6 degree F weather this morning, set up hiding in the woods, and BINGO ! Withei 45 minutes this bobcat walked out about 100 yards south of me with a squirrel for breakfast !! 12/11/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1483659252183-N0015CJYS10L15NTR57R/DSC_6497-2.jpg BOBCATS Here's a shot of a bobcat heading for his spare ribs dinner at the Quabbin. 1/4/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1483574264998-O4FYLJT5XWXZB0ECKAYO/DSC_6284-3.jpg BOBCATS I watched this bobcat feed on a deer carcass on the ice today for about 2 and a half hours. It was quite an experience ! 1/4/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1483574465721-HCUK9TPQAF6MKSYICY6B/DSC_6487-3.jpg BOBCATS The same bobcat wandering around the ice taking a break from feeding. A beautiful cat to say the least! 1/4/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1490908819537-CO2DOWILCXSS2VOGSB9P/DSC_9690-2.jpg BOBCATS "Sorry Dale, I'd like to stay and chat but I'm hungry" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1491069280859-ZPO3UWGM5LNO8P05SC5C/DSC_9686.jpg BOBCATS I was wondering where the bobcat went I saw dragging the squirrel last November when all of a sudden it appeared ! It was on a mission. Here it's trying to find out where the clicking noise is coming from even though I had my camera on the "quiet mode" setting...... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1500234684676-LZ34X13POE5T01GBV9PE/DSC_4537-2.jpg BOBCATS A hungry bobcat came creeping along the edge of an old beaver dam as I was watching it for any critter that may be around. It took me by surprise to say the least ! What a beautiful animal 7/16/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1500234994842-L7W323R9EXU7XDTY8O06/DSC_4548-2.jpg BOBCATS The bobcat stuck its head back out of the bushes to try to figure out who was watching it?..... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1504098075694-1DCR6HJNLEYFP2ZSMDSW/08290004-2.jpg BOBCATS About 6 weeks ago I took some pictures of a bobcat at 8AM on a Sunday.... I took my trail camera and locked it to a tree about 2 weeks ago right where I saw the cat. Here is an image that was on the camera this morning !! Note the feet on this cat.... 8/30/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1456251125747-IU5T8L0SXBIF7S1RR924/DSC_3753.jpg BOBCATS You never know what to expect at Quabbin. As I was about to leave this morning a bobcat walked across the ice in front of me! 2/23/16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1475578756554-8MJ73K46MNRPWO7PMA5P/DSC_1612.jpg BOBCATS This male bobcat came running down the road right by me as I was waiting for more coyotes to appear, I'll take it !! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1564015766955-KYWSCKFROR29J53P8YI7/_85O4396-2.jpg BOBCATS This morning I couldn't find the beavers after not going in to check them over the hot 4 days. It bothered me all day so this evening I went back into the pond to see if they were around tonight.. After being there about 20 minutes I heard tail slapping and loud splashing from about 120 yards away across the pond. I moved so I could see what was going on and I saw this bobcat watching the beavers from up on a tree down in the water. It could also possibly be the bobcat on the cover of my 1st book as it was close to where I took the cover photo. And I didn't even have any catnip with me ! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54eba5e0e4b032bc08385bc0/1579366519813-7N202MCHN1YZO7FARK7T/DSC_1225-2.jpg BOBCATS Don't eat yellow snow ! I found this bobcat territory scent marking this morning. I think the cat was really close to me to still have such a fresh looking marking in the snow. Not something I see every day however, tracks galore out that way... 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