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Happy New Year!

January 20, 2020 by animalartist2 | Comments Off
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A Hummingbird that isn’t a Hummingbird!

August 8, 2018 by animalartist2 | Comments Off

Hummingbird Moths look and act remarkably like real birds. They are beautiful! This is the first one I’ve ever see-it was in my garden, feeding on a Bee Balm flower. Official name is “Hummingbird Clearwing”  (Hemaris thysbe).

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Spring Bird Sightings

May 7, 2018 by animalartist2 | Comments Off

After a long winter, extending into April, Finally, Spring!

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Show at Seven Stars Arts Center in Sharon Vermont

August 6, 2017 by animalartist2 | Comments Off

My new show is hung at Seven Stars Arts center in Sharon Vermont. It will be up through August. 

http://www.sevenstarsarts.org/index.html

Look at the schedule of events and activities to find out when they are open. There are no regular hours for the show, but there is a lot going on!

Here are a few of the works to be seen:

 

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Yellow-rumped Warbler Visits suet feeder

May 7, 2017 by animalartist2 | Comments Off

I love to make stories with my photos, even if they are not all “perfect” pictures, but sometimes documentation is worth more than perfection.  A few days ago I was surprised to see a bright Yellow-rumped Warbled on my suet feeder. It had been cold and rainy all day.  The feeder was almost empty, but he was very determined to glean a crumb.  I took these shots through a window. After he left I put more suet in the feeder and he came back for a better meal.

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Scarlet Tanager

May 2, 2017 by animalartist2 | Comments Off

Brilliant Scarlet Tanager Arrives May 1, 2017

Found along a busy roadside-saw this bright speck and came to a screeching halt (safely). He flitted all around, but posed for me briefly. This is an early date for a Scarlet to arrive here in Vermont.

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EAGLE’S NEST!

April 29, 2017 by animalartist2 | Comments Off

A pair of Bald Eagles have a nest in the area, and these photos were taken when 2 nestlings seemed newly hatched.

 

 

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Surprise Spring Snowstorm In Vermont

April 1, 2017 by animalartist2 | Comments Off

The birds at home were pretty hungry and came to our feeders. April Fools day dumped a foot of snow on us!

Posted in Bird Photographs, Evening Grosbeak, Goldfinch, Mourning Dove

A FEW WINTER BIRD SIGHTINGS

February 26, 2017 by animalartist2 | Comments Off

JUST A RANDOM COLLECTION OF BIRDS AROUND HOME IN VERMONT…WAITING FOR SPRING!

 

 

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2017 Vermont Birds Calendar!

November 13, 2016 by animalartist2 | Comments Off

Once again I have created a calendar with new photos of Vermont birds. Although that’s the title, they are really appropriate for  most species found in New England. I am a long-time local photographer. Most of my work is bird photography, so I’ve put together a 2017 calendar of Vermont birds. It is 11″ x 8 1/2″, wire bound printed on heavy stock, very nice color.

Go to my “shopping cart”  page to purchase with Paypal. Here are a few images from the calendar.

 

 

 

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Mother Fox and her Two Kits

May 8, 2016 by animalartist2 | Comments Off

I spied this lovely fox in a field and soon noticed her kits coming out of their den. They stayed out a short while before getting frightened by some loud crows.

 

01. Red Fox in a Field02.Fox Mom on the alert03. Red fox on the move03. Red Fox running04. Red Fox trot05. Red fox thinking about supper?06. Red Fox pausing to look aroundMother Fox07. Fox Mom contemplating08. Mother Fox looking at something09.Fox Mom heading for the den09a.Red Fox nearing den10.Fox Kits appear11. Fox Kits near den12. Fox Kits together13. Fox Kits Curious14. Fox kitsFox KitFox Kitfox.kits_O6A3978

 

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Spring Surprises in Vermont

May 4, 2016 by animalartist2 | Comments Off

Spring is so exciting here in Vermont. Every day brings a new surprise. For the first time I am seeing a yellow-bellied Sapsucker at my suet. He seems to have to raise his head to swallow the stuff.  (Taken through a dirty window).  There seem to be Bitterns (usually rare and elusive) everywhere. Here is the Sapsucker sharing suet with a Downy Woodpecker. And closer views of the amazing bittern with a frog, and after “lunch”.


 

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American Bittern eats a HUGE frog!

May 2, 2016 by animalartist2 | Comments Off

This bird had quite a struggle with the frog, but it finally got eaten. Took over 10 minutes from capture to swallow.  Here is a sequence, lasting about 10 minutes. (Just a few pictures culled from the whole).

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SPRING 2016 BIRD SIGHTINGS in VERMONT

April 17, 2016 by animalartist2 | Comments Off

Spring is always an exciting time with the return of songbirds and migrants. Here are a few that I’ve seen in the past month. They are, in order:

Fox Sparrow, Eastern Bluebird, Bohemian Waxwings-from a flock of about 45, Black-capped Chickadee, Evening Grosbeak (female), Evening Grosbeak (male),  Goldfinch male-(molting into new plumage), A pair of Hooded Mergansers, Hooded Mergansers in flight, Dark-eyed Junco, Belted kingfisher, Mourning Dove, Pine Siskin,  Rusty Blackbird, Tree Swallow, Tree Swallows on a nest box, Tree Swallows fighting over the nest box, Vesper Sparrow (3 pictures) (this bird came very early in the season, in the snow),  Wilson’s Snipe and Yellow-bellied Sapsucker-just arrived,  Killdeer and Green-winged Teal (female).

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Posted in Belted Kingfisher, Bird Photographs, Black-capped Chickadee, Bohemian Waxwing, Dark-eyed Junco, Eastern Bluebird, Evening Grosbeak, Fox Sparrow, Goldfinch, Green-winged Teal, Hooded Merganser, Killdeer, Mourning Dove, Pine Siskin, Rusty Blackbird, Tree Swallow, Vesper Sparrow, Wilson's Snipe, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Visit to Vermont’s Dead Creek Wildlife Preserve-Snow Geese!

December 10, 2015 by animalartist2 | Comments Off

Every year thousands of Snow Geese come to Dead Creek Wildlife Refuge in Vermont. It is also a wonderful stopping point/residence for many other species. Some of the Snow Geese pictures are “photo-paintings”.  Besides Snow Geese in these pictures, there is a Red-tailed Hawk, and three Snow Buntings.  Ironically, we have no show here in Vermont yet.

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