natural history

We’ve had an unusual influx of snowy owls here in Maine, and there are five who have settled in at the local airport. I was lucky enough to see three of them today (but only two were close enough to…

I ran into a bunch of interesting animals last year that never made it onto the blog. Either I didn’t have enough information to write a whole post, or I just never got around to editing the photos. I thought…

Took these photos about two weeks ago at Eagle Lake on a grey October day with a chill in the air and the leaves glowing all around.

 Last week I strolled out along the Hemlock Road to catch the fall colors. Wow!  It was 8am, and the sunlight lit the trees up like stained glass windows.  Fallen leaves floated on reflections of branches.  Everything was sparkling with…

News from the MaineFoliage.com website: “The official start of the fall foliage season begins today in Maine. The 2013 Fall Foliage Report from the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry reports that the northernmost part of the state is…

On the second night of the Perseid meteor shower, my husband and I went to Eagle Lake in Acadia National Park. I was hoping for some more interesting foregrounds and lots of falling stars. Definitely got more interesting compositions, but…