My Favorites
46 photos, 3 videos
These are some of my favorites...either because I was pleased with the picture...or....it was a "moment" that was unforgettable.
Videos
469 videos
Harsh Reality
238 photos, 3 videos
Nature's Fashioning Hand
241 photos, 1 video
Nature is so full of genius, full of Divinity: that not a snowflake escapes its fashioning hand. Henry David Thoreau
Epic-Curious
162 photos, 20 videos
Eggs,Chrysalis, Pupas, Cases and Cocoons
246 photos
Bolas Spiders
135 photos, 14 videos
Spiders and Spiderwebs
1045 photos, 5 videos
Torn
I tore the web
of a black and yellow spider
in the brash of weeds
and down she came
on her surplus of legs
each of which
touched me and really
the touch wasn't much
but then the way
if a...
Jumping Spiders
190 photos, 2 videos
Slug Caterpillars
275 photos, 7 videos
Caterpillars
1299 photos, 13 videos
Moths
461 photos, 6 videos
The Moths by Mary Oliver
There’s a kind of white moth, I don’t know
what kind, that glimmers
by mid-May
in the forest, just
as the pink mocassin flowers
are rising.
If you notice anything,
it...
Insects
671 photos, 15 videos
I'm trying learn insects...I still have a hard time sorting into basic groups and as time goes on I'm working on pinning down ID's ...and what is what :)
Beetles
379 photos, 5 videos
The Creator, if He exists, must have an inordinate fondness for beetles.--J. B. S. Haldane
Flies
263 photos, 3 videos
Robber Flies
48 photos
Bees and Wasps
156 photos
Sawflies and their Larva
78 photos
Crickets, Katydids and Grasshoppers
115 photos, 2 videos
The Summer Day by Mary Oliver
Who made the world?
Who made the swan, and the black bear?
Who made the grasshopper?
This grasshopper, I mean--
the one who has flung herself out of the grass,
the one...
Collembola..Springtails
24 photos, 1 video
Slugs Snails and Worms
47 photos
Slugs
Each night the slugs have found a way of getting in.,
They slip through cracks, inhabiting corners,
edging up table-legs, walls, or chairs.
With their slug etiquette, slug gestures,
are they...
Reptiles
135 photos, 6 videos
Snakes
215 photos, 26 videos
Turtles
126 photos, 6 videos
Frog and Toad are Friends
212 photos, 5 videos
Salamanders and Newts
181 photos, 14 videos
Lizards
21 photos
Wildlife
170 photos, 16 videos
Flora
618 photos
I had a dog
who loved flowers
Briskly she went
through the fields
yet paused
for the honeysuckle
or the rose,
her dark head
and her wet nose
...
Orchids
102 photos
Fungus
846 photos, 1 video
Mushrooms by Mary Oliver
Mushrooms
Rain, and then
the cool pursed
lips of the wind
draw them
out of the ground -
red and yellow skulls
pummeling upward
through leaves,
through grasses,
through...
Slime Molds
111 photos
Fungus on Insects
90 photos
Ferns and more
94 photos, 1 video
Lichens
126 photos, 2 videos
Mosses
75 photos
Liverworts
23 photos
Galls
43 photos
Birds in Flight
461 photos
Neotropical Birds
290 photos
American Tree Sparrow
42 photos, 2 videos
Chipping Sparrows
76 photos, 1 video
Clay-colored Sparrow
9 photos, 2 videos
Field Sparrows
110 photos, 2 videos
Fox Sparrows
26 photos, 3 videos
Grasshopper Sparrows
62 photos, 12 videos
Juncos
40 photos
LeConte's Sparrow
9 photos
Lincoln's Sparrows
109 photos, 9 videos
Fair little scout, that when the iron year
Changes, and the first fleecy clouds deploy,
Comest with such a sudden burst of joy,
Lifting on winter's doomed and broken rear
That song of silvery triumph...
Nelson's Sparrow
10 photos, 3 videos
Savannah Sparrows
262 photos, 12 videos
Song Sparrows
321 photos, 5 videos
Clappered Heart
As always,
the day flares up
in the shape
of a small brown
bird. She is
inconsequential
and lovely;
as you were,
one night's beloved,
now long ago.
Two decades
appear and...
Swamp Sparrows
159 photos, 2 videos
Vesper Sparrow
34 photos, 5 videos
also...Bay-Winged Bunting; Grassfinch: Grassbird
"Among the least conspicuous birds, sparrows are the easiest to classify for that very reason, and certain prominent features of the half dozen...
White-Crowned Sparrows
44 photos, 1 video
White-throated Sparrows
60 photos
"In a family not distinguished for good looks, the white-throated sparrow is conspicouosly handsome, especially after a spring moult. In the midwinter the feathers grow dingy and the markings...
Towhees
25 photos, 1 video
Waterfowl
329 photos, 9 videos
Quail and Allies
2 photos
Loons and Grebes
40 photos, 5 videos
Cormorants and Pelicans
31 photos
Herons, Egrets and Allies
265 photos, 20 videos
Vultures, Hawks and Allies
354 photos, 24 videos
Rails and Allies
22 photos, 10 videos
Gulls and Terns
103 photos, 2 videos
Pigeons, Doves and Cuckoos
28 photos, 2 videos
Shorebirds
87 photos, 1 video
Owls
83 photos, 20 videos
Hummingbirds and Swifts
76 photos, 1 video
Kingfishers
24 photos
Woodpeckers
110 photos, 3 videos
Falcons
25 photos
Vireos
89 photos, 3 videos
Flycatchers
212 photos, 12 videos
Jays and Crows
95 photos, 6 videos
Larks and Pipits
16 photos, 1 video
Swallows
114 photos, 1 video
Chickadees, Titmice, Nuthatches and Creepers
137 photos, 2 videos
Wrens
55 photos, 9 videos
Gnatcatchers and Kinglets
122 photos, 2 videos
Thrushes
198 photos, 12 videos
The sun looks over a little hill
And floods the valley with gold-
A torrent of gold;
And the hither field is green and still;
Beyond it a cloud outrolled,
Is glowing molten and bright;
And soon the...
Catbirds, Mockingbirds and Thrashers
101 photos, 3 videos
Starlings, Pipits and Waxwings
71 photos
Warblers
525 photos, 6 videos
Cardinals, Grosbeaks, Buntings and Allies
124 photos, 1 video
Blackbirds, Orioles
290 photos, 10 videos
Finches
98 photos, 7 videos
Birds at my Feeders
102 photos, 9 videos
Unsorted Damselflies
35 photos
Ebony Jewelwing
20 photos
Appalachian Jewelwing
19 photos
American Rubyspot
28 photos, 2 videos
Spreadwings
29 photos
Great Spreadwing (Archilestes grandis)
7 photos
Slender Spreadwing
44 photos, 2 videos
Sweetflag Spreadwing
5 photos, 1 video
Spotted Spreadwing (Lestes congener)
5 photos, 2 videos
Amber-winged Spreadwing
4 photos
Emerald Spreadwing
1 photo
Swamp Spreadwing
11 photos
Southern Spreadwing
11 photos
Eastern Red Damsel
12 photos
Great Spreadwing
6 photos
Aurora Damsel
10 photos
Blue-Fronted Dancer
10 photos
Seepage Dancer
13 photos
Violet Dancer
24 photos, 1 video
Powdered Dancer
25 photos
Dusky Dancer
12 photos
Blue-tipped Dancer
5 photos
Blue-ringed Dancer
6 photos
Vesper Bluet
2 photos
Azure Bluet (Enallagma aspersum)
17 photos
Skimming Bluet
7 photos
Double-striped Bluet
7 photos
Turquoise Bluet
5 photos
Northern Bluet
1 photo
Familiar Bluet (Enallagma civile)
49 photos
Stream Bluet
33 photos, 1 video
Orange Bluet
15 photos
Slender Bluet
12 photos
Rambur's Forktail
9 photos
Citrine Forktail
25 photos
Ishnura hastata... this little damsel is very tiny 0.8 - 1.1 inch :)
Lilypad Forktail
9 photos
Fragile Forktail
29 photos, 1 video
Eastern Forktail
45 photos, 2 videos
Sphagnum Sprite
16 photos, 1 video
Odonate Exuvia
36 photos
......Today I saw a dragonfly
Come from the wells where he did lie.
An inner impulse rent the veil
Of his old husk; from head to tail
Came out clear plates of sapphire mail.
He dried his wings: like...
Gray Petaltail
9 photos
Comet Darner
5 photos
Common Green Darner
70 photos, 10 videos
Swamp Darner
10 photos, 1 video
Springtime Darner
24 photos, 12 videos
Shadow Darner (Aeshna umbrosa)
4 photos
Fawn Darner Boyeria vinosa
23 photos, 2 videos
Spatterdock Darner
3 photos
Black-tipped Darner
10 photos
Ocellated Darner
9 photos
Harlequin Darner (Gomphaeschna furcillata)
8 photos
St. Croix Snaketail (Ophiogomphus susbehcha)
10 photos, 2 videos
From Odonata457...."The Chesapeake Snaketail is most likely a subspecies of Ophiogomphus susbehcha (St. Croix Snaketail). However, the taxonomy is still up in the air. This new population has...
Appalachian Snaketail
23 photos
Rusty Snaketail
38 photos
Splendid Clubtail
9 photos
Unicorn Clubtail
15 photos
Black-Shouldered Spinylegs (Dromogomphus spinosus)
30 photos, 4 videos
Arrow Clubtail
1 photo
Lancet/Ashy Clubtail
47 photos
Dusky Clubtail
8 photos, 1 video
Rapids Clubtail
6 photos
Cobra Clubtail
44 photos
Spine-crowned Clubtail
2 photos, 1 video
Dragonhunter
24 photos, 1 video
Common Sanddragon
25 photos
Eastern Least Clubtail
12 photos, 1 video
Brown Spiketail
28 photos
Tiger Spiketail
9 photos
Uhler's Sundragon
5 photos
Helocordulia uhleri
Stream Cruiser (Didymops transvera)
18 photos, 1 video
Swift River Cruiser
15 photos
American Emerald
5 photos
Clamp-tipped Emerald
14 photos
Common Baskettail
33 photos
Robust Baskettail
5 photos
Prince Baskettail
10 photos
Slender Basketail
2 photos
Banded Pennant
5 photos
Calico Pennant
16 photos
Double-ringed Pennant
7 photos
Halloween Pennant
14 photos
Eastern Pondhawk
19 photos, 1 video
Elfin Skimmer
18 photos, 3 videos
Widow Skimmer
7 photos, 1 video
Needham's/Golden-winged Skimmer
9 photos
Bar-winged Skimmer
7 photos
Spangled Skimmer
22 photos
Slaty Skimmer
12 photos
Twelve-spotted Skimmer
12 photos
Painted Skimmer
12 photos
Great Blue Skimmer
20 photos
Yellow-sided Skimmer
11 photos
Blue Dasher
31 photos, 1 video
Little Blue Dragonlet
6 photos
Wandering Glider
4 photos
Spot-winged Glider
11 photos
Eastern Amberwing
19 photos
Black Saddlebags (Tramea lacerata)
10 photos
Common Whitetail
22 photos
Carolina Saddlebags
8 photos
Meadowhawks
21 photos, 3 videos
The Meadowhawks we have here are Ruby, Band-winged, Autumn, Blue-faced and rarely White-faced....
Cherry-faced Meadowhawk (Sympetrum internum)
7 photos
The separation of Ruby vs. Cherry-faced meadowhawks is difficult. Separation of the two species from photographs and (as far as I am concerned) in hand, in the field, are suspect. The two species do...
Ruby Meadowhawk (Sympetrum rubicundulum)
7 photos
The separation of Ruby vs. Cherry-faced meadowhawks is difficult. Separation of the two species from photographs and (as far as I am concerned) in hand, in the field, are suspect. The two species do...
Blue-faced Meadowhawk (Sympetrum ambiguum)
15 photos
White-faced Meadowhawk (Sympetrum obtrusum)
7 photos
Band-winged Meadowhawk (Sympetrum semicinctum)
4 photos
Autumn Meadowhawk
16 photos
Chalk-fronted Corporal
11 photos
Blue Corporal
16 photos
Dot-tailed Whiteface
6 photos
Butterflies
188 photos, 2 videos
Brushfoots
148 photos, 2 videos
Duskywings
25 photos
Gossamer-Wings
138 photos, 2 videos
Monarchs
41 photos
Satyrs
27 photos, 1 video
Skippers
237 photos, 1 video
Swallowtails
76 photos, 1 video
Whites & Sulphurs
50 photos
Alaska
351 photos, 6 videos
Costa Rica
823 photos
2017 Southern region, 2018 Northern region, 2019 Central region.
Arizona
127 photos, 4 videos
REI Adventure trip with fantastic guides Casey and Dan. Our group from all over the country!
Pennsylvania (Millmont)
762 photos
Pennsylvania (Ohioplyle)
8 photos
Lake Erie and Ohiopyle
73 photos, 9 videos
Vacation June 2022
Pennsylvania (Longwood gardens)
62 photos
Exquisite flowers, majestic trees, dazzling fountains, extravagant conservatory, starlit theatre, thunderous organ—all describe the magic of Longwood Gardens, a horticultural showstopper where the...
Washington State
157 photos, 21 videos
West Virginia
39 photos, 1 video
West Virginia (Camp Alleghany)
702 photos, 24 videos
Camp Alleghany is a girls summer camp in the mountains of Lewsiburg, West Virginia. I spent many a summer there while I was growing up. Luckily I can go every year to the Family Camp they hold after...
Maryland (Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge)
179 photos
Maryland (Catoctin Mountain and Frederick...
699 photos, 12 videos
Maryland (Patuxent National Wildlife Refuge)
531 photos, 11 videos
Maryland (Potomac River)
478 photos, 26 videos
Spending the spingtime and summer assisting with Odonate surveys....encountering more than dragons :)
Maryland (Baltimore County)
50 photos
Maryland (Carroll County)
52 photos
Maryland (Frederick County)
13 photos
Maryland (Garrett County)
181 photos, 2 videos
Maryland (Harford County)
100 photos
Alpha Ridge Landfill
21 photos, 5 videos
I think only Birders love a landfill......
Alpha Ridge Park
96 photos, 1 video
(Visit Howardbirds.org for complete information)Size: Several hundred acres. (The Maryland Park Service includes Hugg-Thomas on the Patapsco Valley State Park trails map.)
Habitat: Mature upland...
Centennial Park
1284 photos, 33 videos
(Visit Howardbirds.org for complete information) Size: 337 acres including a 54 acre lake.
Habitat: Varied. Lake, marshy edge, shrubby islands, scrub, deciduous woods, streams, two ponds, mown grass,...
Cypressmede Park
129 photos
Cyprus Cedar in Ellicott City
108 photos, 6 videos
David Force Park
196 photos, 4 videos
Size: 251 acres.
Habitat: Deciduous woods, scrub meadow, pond, stream, and wetlands.
Coverage Time: One-half hour to several hours.
Trails/Paths: 1.3 mile trail in South Area.
...
Toll House in Ellicott City, Maryland
391 photos, 3 videos
Toll House Road
Font Hill Park
454 photos, 12 videos
Size: 25 acres including a 1.3 acre pond and a second 0.6 acre pond.
Habitat: Ponds, stream, second-growth, cattail marsh, and deciduous woods.
Coverage Time: 30 minutes to check the...
Gwynn Acres Path
98 photos, 4 videos
Size: Open space east of the Little Patuxent River with an entrance on Columbia Road opposite Rams Horn Row and another at the end of Larkspring Row.
Habitat: Young to mature deciduous...
Howard County Conservancy
3627 photos, 65 videos
Size: 232 acres
Habitat: Fields, hedgerows, small woodlands, streams, two small natural wetlands and one small, artificial wetland. The yard around the historic farmhouse has mature trees of a...
Hugg Thomas Wildlife Management Area
106 photos, 1 video
Size: Several hundred acres. (The Maryland Park Service includes Hugg-Thomas on the Patapsco Valley State Park trails map.)
Habitat: Mature upland deciduous forest with healthy understory, extensive...
Lake Elkhorn
70 photos, 4 videos
Lake Kittamaqundi
54 photos
Meadowbrook Park
870 photos, 26 videos
Size: 77 acres
Habitat: A developed community park that is bordered on the south by a wetland consisting of a series of ponds along a stream. A narrow strip of mixed deciduous woods surrounds the...
Middle Patuxent Environmental Area
759 photos, 8 videos
Patapsco Valley State Park
1235 photos, 16 videos
This set include Henryton, Daniels, McKeldin, Avalon and Sykesville. I wish I had split them into different sub areas from the beginning...maybe a winter project?
Patuxent River State Park
8 photos, 3 videos
Plum Tree Path
19 photos
Rockburn Branch Park
712 photos, 17 videos
This large park's varied habitats attract a fine mix of migrating birds and breeding species. The historic buildings add interest.
GPS: Landing Road N39 13 20.8 W76 45 23.5
Montgomery Road N39 13...
Schooley Mill Park
117 photos, 2 videos
Triadelphia
27 photos, 1 video
UMDCF
167 photos, 6 videos
Walking To Oak-Head Pond, And Thinking Of The Ponds I Will Visit In The Next Days And Weeks by Mary Oliver
What is so utterly invisible
as tomorrow?
Not love,
not the wind,
not the inside of a...
Waterford Farm
265 photos, 6 videos
This is a lovely private farm....Woodbine
West Friendship Park
900 photos, 42 videos
This is county owned property but not "open" to the public as of yet..........
Western Regional Park
404 photos, 21 videos
Wilde Lake
176 photos, 1 video
Maryland (Poplar Island, Talbot County)
22 photos
Poplar Island, located on the Chesapeake Bay, was first seen by Spanish explorer Juan Menendez de Marques in 1573. It is part of Talbot County, Maryland and is currently being rebuilt by the U.S....
Gone "Birding".....
74 photos
Weird things in the Woods
36 photos
I am always astonished at some of the things I find when out and about. Remnants of times past....
Landscapes
431 photos, 1 video
"Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns." ~George Eliot
Clouds and sky
69 photos
Poetry
213 photos, 2 videos
I love poetry and have added some of my favorite poems to my pictures :)
Quotes
74 photos
Family and Friends
76 photos, 1 video
Family Slides
63 photos
My fathers photographs from over the years.
Keeshonden and Kitty
172 photos, 10 videos
I have had five female Kees over the years...Riva (on the left) and Mara were my first true competition dogs...They are forever in my heart....they were amazing! Now I have my Remy he is as wonderful...
MOS Convention 2010
11 photos
MOS Convention 2011
39 photos
MOS Convention 2013
32 photos, 1 video
The Maryland Ornithological Society convention hosted by Harford County
Explored
279 photos, 1 video