The sun finally made an appearance today and lasted all day long. The air was perfect for this first week of July, with a cool fresh breeze from the northwest. I spent the day taking apart and cleaning bird feeders. With the stretch of wet and dreary weather over the past month, the feeders had [...]
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I bid a farewell to June. The fog, rain and cloudy skies have grown old. The persistent east and southeast winds coupled with the damp and dreary weather has kept temperatures below normal. There were only four days of sunshine this month, but those sunny days either started out cloudy, or ended cloudy before the [...]
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Several months ago, Dawn Fine from Dawn’s Bloggy Blog started a group on Facebook called Birders Who Blog, Tweet and Chirp. It’s like one stop shopping to find birders who own a blog, use Twitter and or ChirpTracker. This past Saturday, thanks to the efforts of Dawn and Christopher from Picus Blog, New England Birders [...]
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Enjoying a beautiful Monday morning on the Merriconeag Neck, I spotted four female Common Eider adults on Card Cove. A single Eider duckling was with them, feeding along a lobster dock. Normally, one would see 10 to 20 ducklings when there are 4 females but Black-backed Gulls and Bald Eagles snatch up the chicks for a quick meal. When [...]
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Photo taken Memorial Day – Monday May 25th, 2009 at Capisic Park in Portland, Maine. Before you view this photos: Press the f11 key to open your browser window to its fullest size. This photo was cropped long and will not show full size if you do not do this. If using IE 8, [...]
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Saturday dawned with mostly cloudy skies and threatened to ruin our plans to go to Damariscotta Mills, Maine for the annual Alewife run and the opportunity to photograph Osprey catching the fish. I called fellow birding friend Bob Malbon at 5:15 a.m. and told him the skies did not look good for photography. As I [...]
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With spring bird migration in full swing, our yard has become very busy with bird activity. Every corner, nook and cranny of our yard has something going on. Whether it be nesting activity, feeding, chasing or territorial set up, there’s never a dull moment. Except for two days, rain has fallen everyday so far this month. [...]
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