A cold and foggy morning in the hood..... so tuck your beak into your feathers and snooze away.....

A cold and foggy morning in the hood..... so tuck your beak into your feathers and snooze away.....

I started out this morning looking for great blue herons with no luck. I remembered a tip from a friend and drove about 45 minutes and found 8 Sandhill cranes. Two left about 10 minutes after I got there but 6 were still there when I left. These ph

I started out this morning looking for great blue herons with no luck. I remembered a tip from a friend and drove about 45 minutes and found 8 Sandhill cranes. Two left about 10 minutes after I got there but 6 were still there when I left. These photos were taken at about 250 yards away from the Cranes who were in the back of a large mowed corn field.

Ring Neck ducks numbers are building now due to migration. By the end of April they will be all gone as they dont nest around here.

Ring Neck ducks numbers are building now due to migration. By the end of April they will be all gone as they dont nest around here.

Early morning flight north.... I wonder how many miles these geese have flown in the last few days?.... and how many more they will go? I always want to go with them.

Early morning flight north.... I wonder how many miles these geese have flown in the last few days?.... and how many more they will go? I always want to go with them.

Ring Neck ducks are on their way …in a few weeks they will be everywhere for a few weeks and be all gone north…. I found 3 this morning.

Ring Neck ducks are on their way …in a few weeks they will be everywhere for a few weeks and be all gone north…. I found 3 this morning.

A loaded grain train of 106 cars was shaking the earth in Royalston this afternoon. It originated in Illinois and ended at Ardent Mills in Ayer, MA. Fun to watch

A loaded grain train of 106 cars was shaking the earth in Royalston this afternoon. It originated in Illinois and ended at Ardent Mills in Ayer, MA. Fun to watch

While looking for Harriers along the meadows by the CT River in Northampton, I found 13 white tail deer wandering on the shoreline of the river. I could only get 9 in the frame. Fun to watch!

While looking for Harriers along the meadows by the CT River in Northampton, I found 13 white tail deer wandering on the shoreline of the river. I could only get 9 in the frame. Fun to watch!

Bluebirds love dried mealworms but they are expensive. To me its worth it to have these guys around in the winter months.

Bluebirds love dried mealworms but they are expensive. To me its worth it to have these guys around in the winter months.

I feel sorry for these guys in this nasty weather !! Especially the young yearling moose.

I feel sorry for these guys in this nasty weather !! Especially the young yearling moose.

Lots of birds at the feeders today so I dragged out my Z9 and the 100-400mm Nikon Z telephoto lens. The tufted titmouse were very obliging ....

Lots of birds at the feeders today so I dragged out my Z9 and the 100-400mm Nikon Z telephoto lens. The tufted titmouse were very obliging ....

A bright and calm Quabbin Reservoir morning. New snow quiets things in the woods.

A bright and calm Quabbin Reservoir morning. New snow quiets things in the woods.

Look who I found along the frozen Millers River. Trying to stay out of the strong winds.

Look who I found along the frozen Millers River. Trying to stay out of the strong winds.

Good morning!

Good morning!

After years of scientific research, I have finally made a great biological breakthrough with one photograph! I will be famous !! White tail deer CAN NOT read !! Stop wasting money on Deer Crossing signs because they cant read and ignore them.

After years of scientific research, I have finally made a great biological breakthrough with one photograph! I will be famous !! White tail deer CAN NOT read !! Stop wasting money on Deer Crossing signs because they cant read and ignore them.

Yay for 600mm of Nikon power ! An old friend appeared today, I was glad to find him…… you can see the pedicles, the places his antlers were attached in this photo.

Yay for 600mm of Nikon power ! An old friend appeared today, I was glad to find him…… you can see the pedicles, the places his antlers were attached in this photo.

Thirteen mute swans out of close to 25 all sleeping on the ice in the CT River this morning. How they sleep on ice is beyond me !

Thirteen mute swans out of close to 25 all sleeping on the ice in the CT River this morning. How they sleep on ice is beyond me !

A walk in the woods in New Salem and a great morning for tracking. I followed these tracks right up to 5 moose wondering what ta hell I was. When they figured it out it was a stampede.…. :)

A walk in the woods in New Salem and a great morning for tracking. I followed these tracks right up to 5 moose wondering what ta hell I was. When they figured it out it was a stampede.…. :)

A lone snow goose was found a few days ago at the power canal in the following photo. I was there this morning when it took off with a large flock of Canada geees and headed dead south over the CT River.

A lone snow goose was found a few days ago at the power canal in the following photo. I was there this morning when it took off with a large flock of Canada geees and headed dead south over the CT River.

The same barred owl in the same place in our back yard only late in the afternoon on the same day as the next photograph.

The same barred owl in the same place in our back yard only late in the afternoon on the same day as the next photograph.

Something different for a change : Mid 1980’s training my dogsled team in the fall. Mitzie, my lead dog, was a star as you can see !. She lead me to quite a few trophies thru the 70’s and into the 80’s. I’ll never forget her. I got out of rac

Something different for a change : Mid 1980’s training my dogsled team in the fall. Mitzie, my lead dog, was a star as you can see !. She lead me to quite a few trophies thru the 70’s and into the 80’s. I’ll never forget her. I got out of racing in the mid 1980’s due to rising dogfood prices and NO snow. A great time in my life.

PRO PHOTOGRAPHY TIP : Never stick your fingers in a river otters mouth when he eating lunch :)

PRO PHOTOGRAPHY TIP : Never stick your fingers in a river otters mouth when he eating lunch :)

A great windy afternoon to soar over the Quabbin watershed….

A great windy afternoon to soar over the Quabbin watershed….

On November 2nd I saw this guy in the middle of the road with a female out of my view in the bushes. Well its 9 days later and he's still in a trance over her. I found them about the same place this mornings. I'll bet this guy will be happy when he

On November 2nd I saw this guy in the middle of the road with a female out of my view in the bushes. Well its 9 days later and he's still in a trance over her. I found them about the same place this mornings. I'll bet this guy will be happy when he sheds those huge antlers and she will be glad when he leaves her alone.

This photograph was a once in a lifetime episode watching a bobcat hunt in the trail in front of me.

This photograph was a once in a lifetime episode watching a bobcat hunt in the trail in front of me.

and……ACTION. !! One less chipmunk in the world..

and……ACTION. !! One less chipmunk in the world..

I found a lone snow bunting along one of the north Quabbin trails yesterday. I suspect it just flew in from up north and it wasn’t to concerned with me. All it did was eats seeds from the plants on the side of the trail.

I found a lone snow bunting along one of the north Quabbin trails yesterday. I suspect it just flew in from up north and it wasn’t to concerned with me. All it did was eats seeds from the plants on the side of the trail.

I call this guy Nick. His right ear has a few nicks in it due to battles in the rutting season. He’s a regular sighting every year to me and has been for quite some time.

I call this guy Nick. His right ear has a few nicks in it due to battles in the rutting season. He’s a regular sighting every year to me and has been for quite some time.

Lots of moose moving about this week with the cold weather and their rutting season.

Lots of moose moving about this week with the cold weather and their rutting season.

I always try to get one good photograph whenever I go out with my cameras. Here is todays photo. A great looking barred owl right after sunup ….

I always try to get one good photograph whenever I go out with my cameras. Here is todays photo. A great looking barred owl right after sunup ….

A great day for a walk in the woods.

A great day for a walk in the woods.

I have been in Nova Scotia for the last few weeks and returned with thousands of photographs to wade thru. The highlight was watching a pair of eagles share a herring gull carcass. Here’s one of 1400 images I made.

I have been in Nova Scotia for the last few weeks and returned with thousands of photographs to wade thru. The highlight was watching a pair of eagles share a herring gull carcass. Here’s one of 1400 images I made.

I found an old friend today. I haven't seen him since last October but I seem to find him every year in the same vicinity. I keep a database of bull moose headshots I take of bulls and their antlers ever year so I can recognize them. He was follo

I found an old friend today. I haven't seen him since last October but I seem to find him every year in the same vicinity. I keep a database of bull moose headshots I take of bulls and their antlers ever year so I can recognize them. He was following a cow with a calf and stuck right to them as they wandered into the woods.

All the forest was gold yesterday morning as the sun came up. Infront of me went a gray flash and landed up above me. This barred owl spent a few minutes investigating me and then went along his way. It made my day.

All the forest was gold yesterday morning as the sun came up. Infront of me went a gray flash and landed up above me. This barred owl spent a few minutes investigating me and then went along his way. It made my day.

I found this adult bald eagle hunting for breakfast along the shore of the CT River a few days ago. Always fun to see bald eagles..

I found this adult bald eagle hunting for breakfast along the shore of the CT River a few days ago. Always fun to see bald eagles..

The bull moose are finally starting to show themselves for the beginning of their rut, This guy was in a field with a cow moose larger than he was!

The bull moose are finally starting to show themselves for the beginning of their rut, This guy was in a field with a cow moose larger than he was!

I've had bears stand up and look at me when they have been in the woods and fields, but never in the middle of a hiking trail! A bucket list photograph for me.

I've had bears stand up and look at me when they have been in the woods and fields, but never in the middle of a hiking trail! A bucket list photograph for me.

I went back the next day and this guy decided to drop in for a visit just up the road from me :). See him the day before in the next photograph.

I went back the next day and this guy decided to drop in for a visit just up the road from me :). See him the day before in the next photograph.

While I was photographing this great egret fishing he decided to make sure his landing gears were not leaking hydraulic oil. :)

While I was photographing this great egret fishing he decided to make sure his landing gears were not leaking hydraulic oil. :)

This bear was not interested in me at all. He was wandering down a path early in the morning and just stared at me for a few minutes and continued ambling down the path.

This bear was not interested in me at all. He was wandering down a path early in the morning and just stared at me for a few minutes and continued ambling down the path.

After battling covid all week I finally got out of the house and into a swamp! That worked wonders. Here's a young green heron that popped up to say howdy!

After battling covid all week I finally got out of the house and into a swamp! That worked wonders. Here's a young green heron that popped up to say howdy!

Early this morning I found the otter family fishing for frogs. This one found this quiet log to munch down his frog, that is until its littermate popped up and shook off beside him.

Early this morning I found the otter family fishing for frogs. This one found this quiet log to munch down his frog, that is until its littermate popped up and shook off beside him.

I didn't have to go far for this shot. My front yard! Yellow swallowtail butterfly.

I didn't have to go far for this shot. My front yard! Yellow swallowtail butterfly.

Cool weather means the local moose can come out of hiding from the humidity and hot temps in the cool dark swamps and start moving about the north Quabbin watershed.

Cool weather means the local moose can come out of hiding from the humidity and hot temps in the cool dark swamps and start moving about the north Quabbin watershed.

The whole family of northern river otters! Mom and her 4 kits. A barrel full of laughs to watch.

The whole family of northern river otters! Mom and her 4 kits. A barrel full of laughs to watch.

I finally took some time to photograph these tiny buzz bombs today. Last Tuesday it was 45 ton humpback whales! and leather back sea turtles. :)

I finally took some time to photograph these tiny buzz bombs today. Last Tuesday it was 45 ton humpback whales! and leather back sea turtles. :)

I spent 1/2 a day in the Gulf of Maine recently. Here's a leatherback sea turtle. These guys can grow to be 1,000 pounds and are rare to find. First time I have ever seen on in the wilds!

I spent 1/2 a day in the Gulf of Maine recently. Here's a leatherback sea turtle. These guys can grow to be 1,000 pounds and are rare to find. First time I have ever seen on in the wilds!

One of the loons that belong to the 6 pairs thats are nesting at Quabbin.

One of the loons that belong to the 6 pairs thats are nesting at Quabbin.

"Hmmm, let me see"...... eastern cottontail rabbit. If you got an itch, scratch it !

"Hmmm, let me see"...... eastern cottontail rabbit. If you got an itch, scratch it !

My July 4th buddy. Ive been seeing this large bull moose for at least 5 years. He has a big split in his right ear so he's easy to identify. This morning I found him in his favorite pond...

My July 4th buddy. Ive been seeing this large bull moose for at least 5 years. He has a big split in his right ear so he's easy to identify. This morning I found him in his favorite pond...

Feeding time! I dont usually crop this close but the looks on the young great blue herons faces are priceless! Note the one clamped onto the adults beak.

Feeding time! I dont usually crop this close but the looks on the young great blue herons faces are priceless! Note the one clamped onto the adults beak.

I found this eagle on top of a power pole in Dingwall Harbor Nova Scotia a few weeks ago while up there. It was really upset because the gulls were bombing it.

I found this eagle on top of a power pole in Dingwall Harbor Nova Scotia a few weeks ago while up there. It was really upset because the gulls were bombing it.

I spent a few hours out on the Stellwagen Bank in the Gulf of Maine today. Here is a female humpback whale and her calf on the top blowing out air and creating the spout. Many humpbacks around today.

I spent a few hours out on the Stellwagen Bank in the Gulf of Maine today. Here is a female humpback whale and her calf on the top blowing out air and creating the spout. Many humpbacks around today.

I was away for the last 2 weeks on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia. I now have 7500 photographs to wade thru. Here's one of the first. Captain Raven on his lobster boat in Dingwall Harbor.

I was away for the last 2 weeks on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia. I now have 7500 photographs to wade thru. Here's one of the first. Captain Raven on his lobster boat in Dingwall Harbor.

I found this songdog sitting way up on a ridge in the rising sun this morning at about 5:30am He was just calm and watching the world awake. He never knew I was there taking his photograph.

I found this songdog sitting way up on a ridge in the rising sun this morning at about 5:30am He was just calm and watching the world awake. He never knew I was there taking his photograph.

I found a black bear sow with her two cubs that were cinnamon colored a few days ago. She has a big white V in her chest...

I found a black bear sow with her two cubs that were cinnamon colored a few days ago. She has a big white V in her chest...

Here's a Memorial Day moose for you. They always look so scruffy and skinny after the winter months because they are shedding their thick winter coat. By June the antlers have started to grow again.

Here's a Memorial Day moose for you. They always look so scruffy and skinny after the winter months because they are shedding their thick winter coat. By June the antlers have started to grow again.

Nothing like fresh lily pads after spending the day in the lodge!

Nothing like fresh lily pads after spending the day in the lodge!

Yay, we now have airmail !!

Yay, we now have airmail !!

Early morning preening session by 3 male mallards.

Early morning preening session by 3 male mallards.

While coming home from southern New Hampshire yesterday I spotted this bittern just sitting in the open grass alongside a large swamp on RT 137 in Jaffrey.

While coming home from southern New Hampshire yesterday I spotted this bittern just sitting in the open grass alongside a large swamp on RT 137 in Jaffrey.

A rare western cattle egret hung around Hunts Farm on RT 202 in Orange for a couple days earlier this week. This was a new one for me. A striking male in breeding plumage. He’s gone today.

A rare western cattle egret hung around Hunts Farm on RT 202 in Orange for a couple days earlier this week. This was a new one for me. A striking male in breeding plumage. He’s gone today.

I found a small flock of green wing teal last week. These tiny ducks seem to be getting harder and harder to find.

I found a small flock of green wing teal last week. These tiny ducks seem to be getting harder and harder to find.

A pair of male wood ducks butting heads over a female thats just out of the photograph. Springtime is here !

A pair of male wood ducks butting heads over a female thats just out of the photograph. Springtime is here !

This guy was looking for lumber for the nest. Spring is here and great blue herons waste no time rebuilding what the winter has done to their nests. They use the same nests year after year.

This guy was looking for lumber for the nest. Spring is here and great blue herons waste no time rebuilding what the winter has done to their nests. They use the same nests year after year.

Released on March 18, 2024. OUT NOW. If you would like one they are $28 shipping and tax included. Contact me thru this web page for details.

Released on March 18, 2024. OUT NOW. If you would like one they are $28 shipping and tax included. Contact me thru this web page for details.

A pair of mute swans doing their mating dance on the Connecticut River in the early morning.

A pair of mute swans doing their mating dance on the Connecticut River in the early morning.

Seven out of a flock of about 200 ring neck ducks this morning putting about one of the many local ponds that have loads of them on each pond.

Seven out of a flock of about 200 ring neck ducks this morning putting about one of the many local ponds that have loads of them on each pond.

A calm winter morning on the Quabbin Reservoir… The large mountain in the background is Russ Mountain. The first eagles to nest in Massachusetts since 1906 nested there in 1987. See my Voyagers, Visitors and Home book for the full story.

A calm winter morning on the Quabbin Reservoir… The large mountain in the background is Russ Mountain. The first eagles to nest in Massachusetts since 1906 nested there in 1987. See my Voyagers, Visitors and Home book for the full story.

I found this eastern coyote with an orange tinged pelage cruising the ice in New Salem this morning. Its been about 5 years since Ive seen one like this. The last orangish one I photographed was about two miles from this one. A payoff after a 2 ho

I found this eastern coyote with an orange tinged pelage cruising the ice in New Salem this morning. Its been about 5 years since Ive seen one like this. The last orangish one I photographed was about two miles from this one. A payoff after a 2 hour wait in the woods.

My happy clan! I had sled dogs for 15 years and loved every minute of it….. There’s nothing like standing behind between 9 and 12 dogs all silently running thru quiet wooded trails…… This photo was taken by Lisa Falgren on Lake Chocura in Ossipee

My happy clan! I had sled dogs for 15 years and loved every minute of it….. There’s nothing like standing behind between 9 and 12 dogs all silently running thru quiet wooded trails…… This photo was taken by Lisa Falgren on Lake Chocura in Ossipee NH in the late 1970’s.

Our resident barred owl we see almost every day in our yard…. I couldn’t resist this shot today. It sat for 3 hours!

Our resident barred owl we see almost every day in our yard…. I couldn’t resist this shot today. It sat for 3 hours!

A great way to start 2024. This resident pair of bald eagles at the power canal in Turners Falls, MA chirping at each other in the morning sun.

A great way to start 2024. This resident pair of bald eagles at the power canal in Turners Falls, MA chirping at each other in the morning sun.

MERRY CHRISTMOOSE AND HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE. MAY THE MOOSE BE WITH YOU IN 2024….. DALE

MERRY CHRISTMOOSE AND HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE. MAY THE MOOSE BE WITH YOU IN 2024….. DALE

Dark mornings are great to look around local field edges for these barred owls hunting. This guy was in a field in New Salem a few days ago.

Dark mornings are great to look around local field edges for these barred owls hunting. This guy was in a field in New Salem a few days ago.

Right place, right time!

Right place, right time!

I ran into a pack of coyotes this morning. This one stayed around to check me out while the rest blew town !

I ran into a pack of coyotes this morning. This one stayed around to check me out while the rest blew town !

Heres a change ! A white tail deer instead of a bull moose !

Heres a change ! A white tail deer instead of a bull moose !

No words for this guy…..Another Quabbin beauty. November 1st, 2023

No words for this guy…..Another Quabbin beauty. November 1st, 2023

Dont you just want to scratccccch between her ears ?

Dont you just want to scratccccch between her ears ?

Bears everywhere! This could be the same bear I photographed in the road 2 weeks ago. But it was 2 miles away from here on the same road. You will see it if you click ahead 6 photos. What do you think ?

Bears everywhere! This could be the same bear I photographed in the road 2 weeks ago. But it was 2 miles away from here on the same road. You will see it if you click ahead 6 photos. What do you think ?

Here is an ear tagged bear that MassWildlife tagged. He was hanging around a spot near the edge of a dirt rd in New Salem not to far from my house. He was very obliging to me as I opened the car door stood up with my camera and made this photo fro

Here is an ear tagged bear that MassWildlife tagged. He was hanging around a spot near the edge of a dirt rd in New Salem not to far from my house. He was very obliging to me as I opened the car door stood up with my camera and made this photo from 40 yards away. with a 400mm lens.

Green Heron, getting ready for more hunting.

Green Heron, getting ready for more hunting.

For the second time this week I have found a sow black bear with cubs up a tree!

For the second time this week I have found a sow black bear with cubs up a tree!

A male humpback whale lunge feeding 25 miles north of Boston out on the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary.

A male humpback whale lunge feeding 25 miles north of Boston out on the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary.

Another reason to get up and out before sunrise. I watched this large male eastern coyote hunting for mice for about 30 minutes. He didn’t seem to mind me being along the side of the field. Finally he wandered off into the woods.

Another reason to get up and out before sunrise. I watched this large male eastern coyote hunting for mice for about 30 minutes. He didn’t seem to mind me being along the side of the field. Finally he wandered off into the woods.

Todays great find was a fisher (they are not cats) feeding on their favorite food, a porcupine. Note the quills in the mouth of this large male and one stuck in the side of his cheek.

Todays great find was a fisher (they are not cats) feeding on their favorite food, a porcupine. Note the quills in the mouth of this large male and one stuck in the side of his cheek.

Surprise ! From 1971 until 1986 I raised and raced sled dogs all around the Northeastern US. Here I am training a 6 dog team in a race with training rigs in Royalston MA in the early 1980’s.

Surprise ! From 1971 until 1986 I raised and raced sled dogs all around the Northeastern US. Here I am training a 6 dog team in a race with training rigs in Royalston MA in the early 1980’s.

I found this 4 1/2 year old bald eagle watching a flock of ducks this afternoon. Note the beak almost full yellow as well as his head will be fully white this summer.

I found this 4 1/2 year old bald eagle watching a flock of ducks this afternoon. Note the beak almost full yellow as well as his head will be fully white this summer.

This pair of eagles stay on their territory year around…. from 1/20/22

This pair of eagles stay on their territory year around…. from 1/20/22

This bumble bee was taking his time with this flower so I tried out my new Nikon 60mm micro lens.. what do ya think?

This bumble bee was taking his time with this flower so I tried out my new Nikon 60mm micro lens.. what do ya think?

Quabbin Valley moon over New Salem.  4/11/17

Quabbin Valley moon over New Salem.  4/11/17

A cold and foggy morning in the hood..... so tuck your beak into your feathers and snooze away.....
I started out this morning looking for great blue herons with no luck. I remembered a tip from a friend and drove about 45 minutes and found 8 Sandhill cranes. Two left about 10 minutes after I got there but 6 were still there when I left. These ph
Ring Neck ducks numbers are building now due to migration. By the end of April they will be all gone as they dont nest around here.
Early morning flight north.... I wonder how many miles these geese have flown in the last few days?.... and how many more they will go? I always want to go with them.
Ring Neck ducks are on their way …in a few weeks they will be everywhere for a few weeks and be all gone north…. I found 3 this morning.
A loaded grain train of 106 cars was shaking the earth in Royalston this afternoon. It originated in Illinois and ended at Ardent Mills in Ayer, MA. Fun to watch
While looking for Harriers along the meadows by the CT River in Northampton, I found 13 white tail deer wandering on the shoreline of the river. I could only get 9 in the frame. Fun to watch!
Bluebirds love dried mealworms but they are expensive. To me its worth it to have these guys around in the winter months.
I feel sorry for these guys in this nasty weather !! Especially the young yearling moose.
Lots of birds at the feeders today so I dragged out my Z9 and the 100-400mm Nikon Z telephoto lens. The tufted titmouse were very obliging ....
A bright and calm Quabbin Reservoir morning. New snow quiets things in the woods.
Look who I found along the frozen Millers River. Trying to stay out of the strong winds.
Good morning!
After years of scientific research, I have finally made a great biological breakthrough with one photograph! I will be famous !! White tail deer CAN NOT read !! Stop wasting money on Deer Crossing signs because they cant read and ignore them.
Yay for 600mm of Nikon power ! An old friend appeared today, I was glad to find him…… you can see the pedicles, the places his antlers were attached in this photo.
Thirteen mute swans out of close to 25 all sleeping on the ice in the CT River this morning. How they sleep on ice is beyond me !
A walk in the woods in New Salem and a great morning for tracking. I followed these tracks right up to 5 moose wondering what ta hell I was. When they figured it out it was a stampede.…. :)
A lone snow goose was found a few days ago at the power canal in the following photo. I was there this morning when it took off with a large flock of Canada geees and headed dead south over the CT River.
The same barred owl in the same place in our back yard only late in the afternoon on the same day as the next photograph.
Something different for a change : Mid 1980’s training my dogsled team in the fall. Mitzie, my lead dog, was a star as you can see !. She lead me to quite a few trophies thru the 70’s and into the 80’s. I’ll never forget her. I got out of rac
PRO PHOTOGRAPHY TIP : Never stick your fingers in a river otters mouth when he eating lunch :)
A great windy afternoon to soar over the Quabbin watershed….
On November 2nd I saw this guy in the middle of the road with a female out of my view in the bushes. Well its 9 days later and he's still in a trance over her. I found them about the same place this mornings. I'll bet this guy will be happy when he
This photograph was a once in a lifetime episode watching a bobcat hunt in the trail in front of me.
and……ACTION. !! One less chipmunk in the world..
I found a lone snow bunting along one of the north Quabbin trails yesterday. I suspect it just flew in from up north and it wasn’t to concerned with me. All it did was eats seeds from the plants on the side of the trail.
I call this guy Nick. His right ear has a few nicks in it due to battles in the rutting season. He’s a regular sighting every year to me and has been for quite some time.
Lots of moose moving about this week with the cold weather and their rutting season.
I always try to get one good photograph whenever I go out with my cameras. Here is todays photo. A great looking barred owl right after sunup ….
A great day for a walk in the woods.
I have been in Nova Scotia for the last few weeks and returned with thousands of photographs to wade thru. The highlight was watching a pair of eagles share a herring gull carcass. Here’s one of 1400 images I made.
I found an old friend today. I haven't seen him since last October but I seem to find him every year in the same vicinity. I keep a database of bull moose headshots I take of bulls and their antlers ever year so I can recognize them. He was follo
All the forest was gold yesterday morning as the sun came up. Infront of me went a gray flash and landed up above me. This barred owl spent a few minutes investigating me and then went along his way. It made my day.
I found this adult bald eagle hunting for breakfast along the shore of the CT River a few days ago. Always fun to see bald eagles..
The bull moose are finally starting to show themselves for the beginning of their rut, This guy was in a field with a cow moose larger than he was!
I've had bears stand up and look at me when they have been in the woods and fields, but never in the middle of a hiking trail! A bucket list photograph for me.
I went back the next day and this guy decided to drop in for a visit just up the road from me :). See him the day before in the next photograph.
While I was photographing this great egret fishing he decided to make sure his landing gears were not leaking hydraulic oil. :)
This bear was not interested in me at all. He was wandering down a path early in the morning and just stared at me for a few minutes and continued ambling down the path.
After battling covid all week I finally got out of the house and into a swamp! That worked wonders. Here's a young green heron that popped up to say howdy!
Early this morning I found the otter family fishing for frogs. This one found this quiet log to munch down his frog, that is until its littermate popped up and shook off beside him.
I didn't have to go far for this shot. My front yard! Yellow swallowtail butterfly.
Cool weather means the local moose can come out of hiding from the humidity and hot temps in the cool dark swamps and start moving about the north Quabbin watershed.
The whole family of northern river otters! Mom and her 4 kits. A barrel full of laughs to watch.
I finally took some time to photograph these tiny buzz bombs today. Last Tuesday it was 45 ton humpback whales! and leather back sea turtles. :)
I spent 1/2 a day in the Gulf of Maine recently. Here's a leatherback sea turtle. These guys can grow to be 1,000 pounds and are rare to find. First time I have ever seen on in the wilds!
One of the loons that belong to the 6 pairs thats are nesting at Quabbin.
"Hmmm, let me see"...... eastern cottontail rabbit. If you got an itch, scratch it !
My July 4th buddy. Ive been seeing this large bull moose for at least 5 years. He has a big split in his right ear so he's easy to identify. This morning I found him in his favorite pond...
Feeding time! I dont usually crop this close but the looks on the young great blue herons faces are priceless! Note the one clamped onto the adults beak.
I found this eagle on top of a power pole in Dingwall Harbor Nova Scotia a few weeks ago while up there. It was really upset because the gulls were bombing it.
I spent a few hours out on the Stellwagen Bank in the Gulf of Maine today. Here is a female humpback whale and her calf on the top blowing out air and creating the spout. Many humpbacks around today.
I was away for the last 2 weeks on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia. I now have 7500 photographs to wade thru. Here's one of the first. Captain Raven on his lobster boat in Dingwall Harbor.
I found this songdog sitting way up on a ridge in the rising sun this morning at about 5:30am He was just calm and watching the world awake. He never knew I was there taking his photograph.
I found a black bear sow with her two cubs that were cinnamon colored a few days ago. She has a big white V in her chest...
Here's a Memorial Day moose for you. They always look so scruffy and skinny after the winter months because they are shedding their thick winter coat. By June the antlers have started to grow again.
Nothing like fresh lily pads after spending the day in the lodge!
Yay, we now have airmail !!
Early morning preening session by 3 male mallards.
While coming home from southern New Hampshire yesterday I spotted this bittern just sitting in the open grass alongside a large swamp on RT 137 in Jaffrey.
A rare western cattle egret hung around Hunts Farm on RT 202 in Orange for a couple days earlier this week. This was a new one for me. A striking male in breeding plumage. He’s gone today.
I found a small flock of green wing teal last week. These tiny ducks seem to be getting harder and harder to find.
A pair of male wood ducks butting heads over a female thats just out of the photograph. Springtime is here !
This guy was looking for lumber for the nest. Spring is here and great blue herons waste no time rebuilding what the winter has done to their nests. They use the same nests year after year.
Released on March 18, 2024. OUT NOW. If you would like one they are $28 shipping and tax included. Contact me thru this web page for details.
A pair of mute swans doing their mating dance on the Connecticut River in the early morning.
Seven out of a flock of about 200 ring neck ducks this morning putting about one of the many local ponds that have loads of them on each pond.
A calm winter morning on the Quabbin Reservoir… The large mountain in the background is Russ Mountain. The first eagles to nest in Massachusetts since 1906 nested there in 1987. See my Voyagers, Visitors and Home book for the full story.
I found this eastern coyote with an orange tinged pelage cruising the ice in New Salem this morning. Its been about 5 years since Ive seen one like this. The last orangish one I photographed was about two miles from this one. A payoff after a 2 ho
My happy clan! I had sled dogs for 15 years and loved every minute of it….. There’s nothing like standing behind between 9 and 12 dogs all silently running thru quiet wooded trails…… This photo was taken by Lisa Falgren on Lake Chocura in Ossipee
Our resident barred owl we see almost every day in our yard…. I couldn’t resist this shot today. It sat for 3 hours!
A great way to start 2024. This resident pair of bald eagles at the power canal in Turners Falls, MA chirping at each other in the morning sun.
MERRY CHRISTMOOSE AND HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE. MAY THE MOOSE BE WITH YOU IN 2024….. DALE
Dark mornings are great to look around local field edges for these barred owls hunting. This guy was in a field in New Salem a few days ago.
Right place, right time!
I ran into a pack of coyotes this morning. This one stayed around to check me out while the rest blew town !
Heres a change ! A white tail deer instead of a bull moose !
No words for this guy…..Another Quabbin beauty. November 1st, 2023
Dont you just want to scratccccch between her ears ?
Bears everywhere! This could be the same bear I photographed in the road 2 weeks ago. But it was 2 miles away from here on the same road. You will see it if you click ahead 6 photos. What do you think ?
Here is an ear tagged bear that MassWildlife tagged. He was hanging around a spot near the edge of a dirt rd in New Salem not to far from my house. He was very obliging to me as I opened the car door stood up with my camera and made this photo fro
Green Heron, getting ready for more hunting.
For the second time this week I have found a sow black bear with cubs up a tree!
A male humpback whale lunge feeding 25 miles north of Boston out on the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary.
Another reason to get up and out before sunrise. I watched this large male eastern coyote hunting for mice for about 30 minutes. He didn’t seem to mind me being along the side of the field. Finally he wandered off into the woods.
Todays great find was a fisher (they are not cats) feeding on their favorite food, a porcupine. Note the quills in the mouth of this large male and one stuck in the side of his cheek.
Surprise ! From 1971 until 1986 I raised and raced sled dogs all around the Northeastern US. Here I am training a 6 dog team in a race with training rigs in Royalston MA in the early 1980’s.
I found this 4 1/2 year old bald eagle watching a flock of ducks this afternoon. Note the beak almost full yellow as well as his head will be fully white this summer.
This pair of eagles stay on their territory year around…. from 1/20/22
This bumble bee was taking his time with this flower so I tried out my new Nikon 60mm micro lens.. what do ya think?
Quabbin Valley moon over New Salem.  4/11/17

A cold and foggy morning in the hood..... so tuck your beak into your feathers and snooze away.....

I started out this morning looking for great blue herons with no luck. I remembered a tip from a friend and drove about 45 minutes and found 8 Sandhill cranes. Two left about 10 minutes after I got there but 6 were still there when I left. These photos were taken at about 250 yards away from the Cranes who were in the back of a large mowed corn field.

Ring Neck ducks numbers are building now due to migration. By the end of April they will be all gone as they dont nest around here.

Early morning flight north.... I wonder how many miles these geese have flown in the last few days?.... and how many more they will go? I always want to go with them.

Ring Neck ducks are on their way …in a few weeks they will be everywhere for a few weeks and be all gone north…. I found 3 this morning.

A loaded grain train of 106 cars was shaking the earth in Royalston this afternoon. It originated in Illinois and ended at Ardent Mills in Ayer, MA. Fun to watch

While looking for Harriers along the meadows by the CT River in Northampton, I found 13 white tail deer wandering on the shoreline of the river. I could only get 9 in the frame. Fun to watch!

Bluebirds love dried mealworms but they are expensive. To me its worth it to have these guys around in the winter months.

I feel sorry for these guys in this nasty weather !! Especially the young yearling moose.

Lots of birds at the feeders today so I dragged out my Z9 and the 100-400mm Nikon Z telephoto lens. The tufted titmouse were very obliging ....

A bright and calm Quabbin Reservoir morning. New snow quiets things in the woods.

Look who I found along the frozen Millers River. Trying to stay out of the strong winds.

Good morning!

After years of scientific research, I have finally made a great biological breakthrough with one photograph! I will be famous !! White tail deer CAN NOT read !! Stop wasting money on Deer Crossing signs because they cant read and ignore them.

Yay for 600mm of Nikon power ! An old friend appeared today, I was glad to find him…… you can see the pedicles, the places his antlers were attached in this photo.

Thirteen mute swans out of close to 25 all sleeping on the ice in the CT River this morning. How they sleep on ice is beyond me !

A walk in the woods in New Salem and a great morning for tracking. I followed these tracks right up to 5 moose wondering what ta hell I was. When they figured it out it was a stampede.…. :)

A lone snow goose was found a few days ago at the power canal in the following photo. I was there this morning when it took off with a large flock of Canada geees and headed dead south over the CT River.

The same barred owl in the same place in our back yard only late in the afternoon on the same day as the next photograph.

Something different for a change : Mid 1980’s training my dogsled team in the fall. Mitzie, my lead dog, was a star as you can see !. She lead me to quite a few trophies thru the 70’s and into the 80’s. I’ll never forget her. I got out of racing in the mid 1980’s due to rising dogfood prices and NO snow. A great time in my life.

PRO PHOTOGRAPHY TIP : Never stick your fingers in a river otters mouth when he eating lunch :)

A great windy afternoon to soar over the Quabbin watershed….

On November 2nd I saw this guy in the middle of the road with a female out of my view in the bushes. Well its 9 days later and he's still in a trance over her. I found them about the same place this mornings. I'll bet this guy will be happy when he sheds those huge antlers and she will be glad when he leaves her alone.

This photograph was a once in a lifetime episode watching a bobcat hunt in the trail in front of me.

and……ACTION. !! One less chipmunk in the world..

I found a lone snow bunting along one of the north Quabbin trails yesterday. I suspect it just flew in from up north and it wasn’t to concerned with me. All it did was eats seeds from the plants on the side of the trail.

I call this guy Nick. His right ear has a few nicks in it due to battles in the rutting season. He’s a regular sighting every year to me and has been for quite some time.

Lots of moose moving about this week with the cold weather and their rutting season.

I always try to get one good photograph whenever I go out with my cameras. Here is todays photo. A great looking barred owl right after sunup ….

A great day for a walk in the woods.

I have been in Nova Scotia for the last few weeks and returned with thousands of photographs to wade thru. The highlight was watching a pair of eagles share a herring gull carcass. Here’s one of 1400 images I made.

I found an old friend today. I haven't seen him since last October but I seem to find him every year in the same vicinity. I keep a database of bull moose headshots I take of bulls and their antlers ever year so I can recognize them. He was following a cow with a calf and stuck right to them as they wandered into the woods.

All the forest was gold yesterday morning as the sun came up. Infront of me went a gray flash and landed up above me. This barred owl spent a few minutes investigating me and then went along his way. It made my day.

I found this adult bald eagle hunting for breakfast along the shore of the CT River a few days ago. Always fun to see bald eagles..

The bull moose are finally starting to show themselves for the beginning of their rut, This guy was in a field with a cow moose larger than he was!

I've had bears stand up and look at me when they have been in the woods and fields, but never in the middle of a hiking trail! A bucket list photograph for me.

I went back the next day and this guy decided to drop in for a visit just up the road from me :). See him the day before in the next photograph.

While I was photographing this great egret fishing he decided to make sure his landing gears were not leaking hydraulic oil. :)

This bear was not interested in me at all. He was wandering down a path early in the morning and just stared at me for a few minutes and continued ambling down the path.

After battling covid all week I finally got out of the house and into a swamp! That worked wonders. Here's a young green heron that popped up to say howdy!

Early this morning I found the otter family fishing for frogs. This one found this quiet log to munch down his frog, that is until its littermate popped up and shook off beside him.

I didn't have to go far for this shot. My front yard! Yellow swallowtail butterfly.

Cool weather means the local moose can come out of hiding from the humidity and hot temps in the cool dark swamps and start moving about the north Quabbin watershed.

The whole family of northern river otters! Mom and her 4 kits. A barrel full of laughs to watch.

I finally took some time to photograph these tiny buzz bombs today. Last Tuesday it was 45 ton humpback whales! and leather back sea turtles. :)

I spent 1/2 a day in the Gulf of Maine recently. Here's a leatherback sea turtle. These guys can grow to be 1,000 pounds and are rare to find. First time I have ever seen on in the wilds!

One of the loons that belong to the 6 pairs thats are nesting at Quabbin.

"Hmmm, let me see"...... eastern cottontail rabbit. If you got an itch, scratch it !

My July 4th buddy. Ive been seeing this large bull moose for at least 5 years. He has a big split in his right ear so he's easy to identify. This morning I found him in his favorite pond...

Feeding time! I dont usually crop this close but the looks on the young great blue herons faces are priceless! Note the one clamped onto the adults beak.

I found this eagle on top of a power pole in Dingwall Harbor Nova Scotia a few weeks ago while up there. It was really upset because the gulls were bombing it.

I spent a few hours out on the Stellwagen Bank in the Gulf of Maine today. Here is a female humpback whale and her calf on the top blowing out air and creating the spout. Many humpbacks around today.

I was away for the last 2 weeks on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia. I now have 7500 photographs to wade thru. Here's one of the first. Captain Raven on his lobster boat in Dingwall Harbor.

I found this songdog sitting way up on a ridge in the rising sun this morning at about 5:30am He was just calm and watching the world awake. He never knew I was there taking his photograph.

I found a black bear sow with her two cubs that were cinnamon colored a few days ago. She has a big white V in her chest...

Here's a Memorial Day moose for you. They always look so scruffy and skinny after the winter months because they are shedding their thick winter coat. By June the antlers have started to grow again.

Nothing like fresh lily pads after spending the day in the lodge!

Yay, we now have airmail !!

Early morning preening session by 3 male mallards.

While coming home from southern New Hampshire yesterday I spotted this bittern just sitting in the open grass alongside a large swamp on RT 137 in Jaffrey.

A rare western cattle egret hung around Hunts Farm on RT 202 in Orange for a couple days earlier this week. This was a new one for me. A striking male in breeding plumage. He’s gone today.

I found a small flock of green wing teal last week. These tiny ducks seem to be getting harder and harder to find.

A pair of male wood ducks butting heads over a female thats just out of the photograph. Springtime is here !

This guy was looking for lumber for the nest. Spring is here and great blue herons waste no time rebuilding what the winter has done to their nests. They use the same nests year after year.

Released on March 18, 2024. OUT NOW. If you would like one they are $28 shipping and tax included. Contact me thru this web page for details.

A pair of mute swans doing their mating dance on the Connecticut River in the early morning.

Seven out of a flock of about 200 ring neck ducks this morning putting about one of the many local ponds that have loads of them on each pond.

A calm winter morning on the Quabbin Reservoir… The large mountain in the background is Russ Mountain. The first eagles to nest in Massachusetts since 1906 nested there in 1987. See my Voyagers, Visitors and Home book for the full story.

I found this eastern coyote with an orange tinged pelage cruising the ice in New Salem this morning. Its been about 5 years since Ive seen one like this. The last orangish one I photographed was about two miles from this one. A payoff after a 2 hour wait in the woods.

My happy clan! I had sled dogs for 15 years and loved every minute of it….. There’s nothing like standing behind between 9 and 12 dogs all silently running thru quiet wooded trails…… This photo was taken by Lisa Falgren on Lake Chocura in Ossipee NH in the late 1970’s.

Our resident barred owl we see almost every day in our yard…. I couldn’t resist this shot today. It sat for 3 hours!

A great way to start 2024. This resident pair of bald eagles at the power canal in Turners Falls, MA chirping at each other in the morning sun.

MERRY CHRISTMOOSE AND HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE. MAY THE MOOSE BE WITH YOU IN 2024….. DALE

Dark mornings are great to look around local field edges for these barred owls hunting. This guy was in a field in New Salem a few days ago.

Right place, right time!

I ran into a pack of coyotes this morning. This one stayed around to check me out while the rest blew town !

Heres a change ! A white tail deer instead of a bull moose !

No words for this guy…..Another Quabbin beauty. November 1st, 2023

Dont you just want to scratccccch between her ears ?

Bears everywhere! This could be the same bear I photographed in the road 2 weeks ago. But it was 2 miles away from here on the same road. You will see it if you click ahead 6 photos. What do you think ?

Here is an ear tagged bear that MassWildlife tagged. He was hanging around a spot near the edge of a dirt rd in New Salem not to far from my house. He was very obliging to me as I opened the car door stood up with my camera and made this photo from 40 yards away. with a 400mm lens.

Green Heron, getting ready for more hunting.

For the second time this week I have found a sow black bear with cubs up a tree!

A male humpback whale lunge feeding 25 miles north of Boston out on the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary.

Another reason to get up and out before sunrise. I watched this large male eastern coyote hunting for mice for about 30 minutes. He didn’t seem to mind me being along the side of the field. Finally he wandered off into the woods.

Todays great find was a fisher (they are not cats) feeding on their favorite food, a porcupine. Note the quills in the mouth of this large male and one stuck in the side of his cheek.

Surprise ! From 1971 until 1986 I raised and raced sled dogs all around the Northeastern US. Here I am training a 6 dog team in a race with training rigs in Royalston MA in the early 1980’s.

I found this 4 1/2 year old bald eagle watching a flock of ducks this afternoon. Note the beak almost full yellow as well as his head will be fully white this summer.

This pair of eagles stay on their territory year around…. from 1/20/22

This bumble bee was taking his time with this flower so I tried out my new Nikon 60mm micro lens.. what do ya think?

Quabbin Valley moon over New Salem.  4/11/17

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