Clik here to view.
Nonstop Song
How do Song Sparrows even have time to breed and raise young? All they do is sing, sing, and sing…
View ArticleClik here to view.
Cabbage White
Here we have the Cabbage White or Small White (Pieris rapae) butterfly feeding on a clover. While they are an introduced species and abundant, sometimes a pest to the crops they are named after, they...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Horseshoe Crabs
If you are on the Atlantic Coast during the late spring you may be fortunate enough to find Horseshoe Crabs during the breeding season. Early June, especially around a new or full moon, is a very busy...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Common Buckeye
It may not be the most picturesque background, but even the jagged pavement cannot take away the look of this beautiful Common Buckeye (Junonia coenia) butterfly. I wanted to be sure to get a decent...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Common Sootywing
This is an example of one of those, “I have not been able to photograph this darn thing in how many attempts that I finally did and I do not care about the quality” photos because yes, I was happy to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Wild Turkey Poults
It’s that time again! Here we have a hen Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) with a couple of poults, and another a bit further away. There were at least seven tiny young ones with her. They stayed far...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Spring Sunset
The sun is setting on the spring soon as the longest days of the year are here. We hope you get outdoors to enjoy all of the light and life surrounding us in our Wild America this weekend. Have a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Busy Black Swallowtail
After seeing many Black Swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes) butterflies and little else on the wing for much of the spring, they have dropped off in number as others increase. What have your observations...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Tagged Horseshoe Crab
I found this deceased Horseshoe Crab at Bridgeport, Connecticut’s Pleasure Beach in June. As you can see it has a large tag on it from the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. Here along the Connecticut...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Apple Tree
Soon it will be the season for apple picking, and the tree in this orchard is looking right on schedule. The fence that surrounds it protects the area from White-tailed Deer eating everything in sight,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Peepers Peeping
Have you heard the Spring Peepers calling lately? These little frogs seem to be a bit confused as breeding season was over months ago! Although we are entering autumn and the frogs will soon be going...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Black-throated Blue Warbler (Setophaga caerulescens)
For those of you that guessed Black-throated Blue Warbler for our confusing fall warbler question, you would be correct! As you may have noticed both the prior photo and this photo of the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Sick Kits
Last spring I was able to enjoy watching a Red Fox family growing up, up close! I posted photos and videos of them in a bunch of posts this past April and May including: Red Fox Family Red Fox Family...
View ArticleClik here to view.
February Arrives
The transition from January into February is usually one without many colors, though this sunset on the final night of January was spectacular over the water. The pink glow from the sun below the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula)
You have to love the beautiful colors on the feathers of this Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula), one of the most encouraging and uplifting signs of spring here in the middle of winter. The bright...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Rusty Blackbird Blitz 2016
Citizen scientists – the 2016 Rusty Blackbird Spring Migration Blitz is coming to a state near you! I am the statewide Connecticut coordinator for the Rusty Blackbird Spring Migration Blitz, running...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Greater White-fronted Geese
Here’s a very cool bird sighting for Western New York! Kim Sherwood sent us these record photos of at least 29 Greater White-fronted Geese flying west/northwest over the Conewango Wildlife Management...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Brown Creeper
Brown Creepers must be the winner in the category of “most calm, friendly and tame birds that are yet the most difficult to get a good photo of” because they stay glued to the tree bark and rarely stop...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Hooded Mergansers
The icy cold and snowy weather of the past several weeks along with the beginning of the waterfowl spring migration season has sent some birds looking for open water and others finding their way north...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Female House Finch
Nobody tell this female House Finch that she is chowing down on bittersweet berries on this recent chilly winter day…or maybe we should because undoubtedly she is not receiving a very nutritious meal....
View Article
