Snowy Egret in December
I photographed this Snowy Egret last weekend in Stratford, Connecticut, as part of a Christmas Bird Count. It is one of only several recorded anywhere in the state in the last few decades during a CBC period. Climate change certainly has helped many new species pop up on these late autumn/early winter December days when they would normally be long gone to our south. I cannot blame the climate fully when accounting for this long-legged wader because while it appears to be perched at the edge of a coastal river or stream any waterbird would love, the water here is actually the outflow from a...
Read MoreRoger Tory Peterson – Transformation Tuesday
We’ve all seen who Roger Tory Peterson grew up to become and we frequently post pictures of various adventures throughout his adult life. For #TransformationTuesday here’s an early shot of the young naturalist Roger working those cameras back when it used to be a tad bit more difficult than it is now. If you visit RTPI you can see some of his historic camera equipment on display.
Read MoreIrene and Sandy were teasers
This week marks the first anniversary of Hurricane/Superstorm Sandy, and we are now a little more than two years past Hurricane/Tropical Storm Irene. I know I am not the only person to see all of the recent Sandy articles, reports, television shows, and so forth. I am also not the only person disinterested in this almost celebratory atmosphere when it lacks a critical component – namely, that while both of these storms were strong and severe, producing fatal impacts and devastating lives, but they were soft punches and almost teasers for future more powerful tropical cyclones and other...
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