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I’ve been working on a project to film and photograph the local osprey nesting on the Chemung river in Elmira. I stopped down the other evening to see them. It wasn’t the greatest night for filing or photography. A storm had just passed through the area. The sky was cloudy and it was dark and gloomy. I hung out with the osprey for a little while and observed their lives. I snapped… Read More
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I passively monitor birding issues and sightings locally by receiving email from a list serve set up by our local chapter of the Audubon Society. I read or at skim the emails as they come in to see if there is anything interesting going on in the area. Sometimes information that peaks my interest comes through. Recently there had been several emails sent out of people in the area reporting Redpolls in… Read More
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Last weekend I set up my blind outside my feeder stations with one objective in mind. I wanted to photograph a bird that has been pretty elusive and only seldom photographed by me. Red-Bellied woodpeckers in my area see, to be very skittish, more so than other species of woodpeckers. I see them fairly frequently at my feeders and in the woods around my house. I can watch them fine from inside… Read More
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I headed to one of my favorite locations to hike and photograph. I went to Trooper Sperr Memorial Park in Big Flats, NY. I have been going there since before the tragic events that lead to its renaming. I had no real purpose in mind. Just wanted to walk and clear my mind. I took my camera gear just because I always take it just in case, but I wasn’t really planning… Read More
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One thing I greatly enjoy about being not only a nature photographer but a nature lover is that you never know what you are gonna get. I find surprises in nature all the time. I even get nice surprises from nature in my own back yard. All I have to do is look out my window or step out onto my deck. Yesterday I stepped out on the deck to watch the… Read More
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It looks like it is finally that time of year. The time of year of which I speak is the time of year when raptors that migrate south for the winter begin to return to the north east United States. This is one of my favorite times of year. One of my favorite and most sought after subjects for my photography are birds of prey. Over the past few weeks the broad… Read More
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Today when I was getting ready to go out and take some photos I thought to myself I think I am going to see something unusual today. I walked down to the stream I almost always go to and as I started walking I began seeing common mergansers. There was a large group of common mergansers swimming in the stream. This might by name sound, um common, but for me it was… Read More
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This past Saturday I decided to get up early and head down to the Chemung River in hopes of photographing some bald eagles. When I arrived the fog was thick and it was impossible to see far into the distance. This would create an added challenge. Usually the eagles can be spotted off in the distance and I can prepare as they close in on my direction and be ready for them…. Read More
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I frequently visit the same locations over and over again. I also frequently visit these same sites at the same time of the day repeatedly. Taking this into account it is amazing that I also am able to see a wide variety of wildlife at these sites even though I am always at the same place at the same time. When I go to these repeated locations I often find that some… Read More
