Remnants of Hurricane Patricia
As the remnants of Hurricane Patricia passes over Western New York, high winds and rain are churning up Chautauqua Lake. This morning I quickly snapped off a few shots in between rain drops of this raft of American Coots riding the waves, hopefully they don’t get seasick! Elyse Henshaw Conservation Technician
Read MoreBoat-tailed Grackle
This Boat-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus major) was one individual of the flock of the most northern U.S. population in Stratford, Connecticut, as photographed one spring several years ago. Changes to the local environment from Hurricanes Irene and Sandy helped to push them back to the south it seems, but there are still many places you can enjoy these supersized grackles across the U.S. I hope they come back to Roger Tory Peterson’s favorite places one of these years! Watching them during the breeding season is highly entertaining with their loud calls, conspicuous behavior and big nests. Scott...
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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