Summer catch-up

Pictures from various early-summer trips:

Capming Report 2013

July 4 camping site:

Shawangunk Grasslands- this is almost the last place in downstate New York with native grasslands left. This was actually a county airport until they closed it and made it into a national park. The runway is the parking lot now!

Savannah Sparrow - a typical grassland sparrow:

Uncommon common Mallards:

This is the kind of moment that makes you believe that birds did evolve from the dinosaurs:

This time it's for real - you can see my reflection in its eye! Seriously - I am on the left, and my friend Gayle is on the right, sitting in the canoe from which this picture was taken:

Campsite wildlife:

American Redstart - female:

Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker:

Least Flycatcher:

Maine Winter

It's not as cold in Maine in the winter as you would imagine. But it's definitely as beautiful.

Maine Impressions

Typical Maine lobster fishing harbor in the typical Maine morning:

Maine's tides are among the highest in the world. When the tide is low, it leaves all the walkways and jetties exposed about 15 feet up in the air...