Critters

Four Little Foxes

When I was a kid at summer camp, someone posted this Lew Sarett poem on a corkboard by the mess hall door. I'd had a thing for foxes,...

Gull Goggles

The eyelids of a Herring Gull don’t blink; the eye is lubricated by a transparent "nictitating membrane" that exists under their regular...

Betty's Eye

While in Bali a few years ago, I was sitting by the pool with a mostly white, calico cat named Betty. She looked up and me and the...

A Good Omen

It was a foggy Saturday in Stonington as we boarded the Isle au Haut mailboat at noon for an Island Heritage Trust cruise of the Deer...

Seals!

Seals, seals, seals! And so many pups! Harbor seals range in color from brown to gray, with visible spotting, and blend in well with...

Purple Sandpipers

It was fascinating to watch these Purple Sandpipers in flight, changing direction as one in a split second. Purple Sandpipers have the...

Portals

Photographs are like portals to another time and place. This photograph proved to be a tangible link when I opened the image on my...

American Dagger

I almost walked into this American Dagger Moth Caterpillar, hanging over the road at eye-level from a fifteen-foot thread. They'll give...

Stevie Nicks Shawl

This Hoverfly used her(?) little suction-cup feet to sit on my kitchen window. It seemed like she was saying, "I'm ready for my closeup!"...

Pileated Pair

After years of carrying my big camera and long lens on my walks in hopes of spotting a pileated woodpecker, a pair turned up in my own...

Whoosh Whoosh

I was walking up from the water just before sunset when I heard a honking sound from the cove, then a whoosh whoosh. Through the trees I...

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