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  • Birds

    Robins

    June 6, 2022 /
    Youngster, chilling with Mom
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    Sparrows

    May 16, 2012

    Sapsucker Hawk

    April 6, 2013

    Green Heron

    July 28, 2013
  • Birds,  Ponds & Streams,  Walks

    Sapsucker Woods

    May 9, 2022 /
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    Spring blooms
    Pollywog
    Ferns
    Bridge
    Beaver work
    Pond
    Pond edge
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    Late afternoon light
    Upward
    Sapsucker
    Yellow rumped warbler
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    Back yard peace, front yard violence

    May 30, 2012

    Migration Celebration

    May 15, 2012

    Sabbath

    September 15, 2013
  • Back Yard

    Back Yard

    May 9, 2022 /
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    These are some scenes from out back this spring. Along with the usual birds and chipmunks visiting our feeder, we’ve been enjoying a red squirrel nest in the stone wall. There are at least 4 babies that have evolved from peering out from the crevices to practicing their climbing and walking.

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    Mrs. Hummer

    September 19, 2013

    Redstarts

    August 28, 2013

    Nighttime Visitor

    October 30, 2013
  • Landscapes

    Winter Beauty

    May 2, 2022 /
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    These photos were taken back in December. I was trying out a wonderful Christmas gift of a new camera. I’m posting them months later when the chill has lifted, and I can enjoy them without my teeth chattering!

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    Buttermilk Falls, Ithaca: October

    October 4, 2013

    Tanglewood Trails

    October 2, 2013

    Winter melts into spring

    March 24, 2014
  • Birds

    365 Photo: Black & White

    March 17, 2022 /

    A friend of mine regularly posts photos for the 365 Picture Today daily prompts. It’s inspiring, so I thought I might try a few.

    Today’s prompt is “Black & White.”

    This is not a new photo, but it’s a favorite. Chickadees are one of my very favorite black & white things. They are brave little birds, so inquisitive and busy. This picture seems to capture these traits, along with the theme of this blog: “The more you look, the more you see.”

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    Hidden

    June 15, 2012

    New Year’s Day Eagle (and other birds)

    January 2, 2013

    Green herons

    August 23, 2012
  • Birds

    Spring?

    February 20, 2022 /

    Yesterday, it felt like we lived in a snow globe all morning. Big flakes whirled around and drifted reluctantly to the patches of mud and color-starved grass that were emerging from the past weeks’ snow cover. It was just enough to restore a thin blanket over the ground.

    Then, in the afternoon, the maple out front was suddenly filled with robins. They sat and hopped and clucked and fluttered to the holly to eat berries and generally reassured us that spring is around the corner.

    As a child, the first robin was always the harbinger of spring. Some things you never outgrow.

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    Feeder visitors

    October 31, 2012

    Autumn state of mind

    October 6, 2012

    Eagle Pair

    January 8, 2013
  • Butterflies & Moths

    New Monarch

    September 20, 2021 /
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    Question mark butterfly

    June 22, 2012

    Summer sightings

    June 29, 2012

    Phlox Feast

    June 1, 2012
  • Landscapes,  Plants

    Niche

    September 7, 2021 /

    Some people have a talent for creating beautiful domestic niches in the midst of a wild landscape. These images are from a visit with some of those people.

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    Tanglewood Trails

    October 2, 2013

    Winter melts into spring

    March 24, 2014

    Buttermilk Falls, Ithaca: October

    October 4, 2013
  • Ponds & Streams

    Summer Pond

    September 7, 2021 /
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    Late June/early July, 2021.

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    Hidden

    June 15, 2012

    Yellowthroats and Other Wonders

    May 18, 2012

    June 21, 2012 — Walk

    June 23, 2012
  • Ponds & Streams

    Watkins Glen

    August 28, 2021 /
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    These images are from October 2020.

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    Sapsucker Woods Walk

    July 8, 2012

    Yellowthroats and Other Wonders

    May 18, 2012

    Green herons

    August 23, 2012
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The thing is to be attentively present. . . What is to be known is always there. When it reveals itself to you, or when you come upon it, it is by chance. The only condition is your being there and being watchful. (Wendell Berry, “The Long-Legged House”)

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