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Nashville Warbler

A yellow warbler on our front porch — A Nashville warbler on our front porch

I was making dinner the other evening when I heard a bump on the window by the sink and caught a fleeting glimpse of a bird fluttering down. Looking out, I saw this yellow warbler sitting on the arm of one of our front porch chairs. It was stunned but still alive. I went cautiously outside to take a closer look (and to make sure the cats hadn’t heard it as well…) Gradually the little bird came back to its senses, but not before allowing me to get close enough to snap several shots with my iPhone. It shortly took off into the trees seemingly none the worse for wear…

August 21, 2015 2

Let sleeping bees be…

A bumble bee slumbers on ornamental thistle

I was shooting right after sunrise on a coolish summer morning—the temperature was in the mid-50s. I checked out the ornamental thistles in our knot garden and came across this bumble bee slumbering on one of the blossoms. A few more minutes of sunlight and he began to get active. I checked out the same flowers in the late evening as well and found a couple of other bumbles settling in for the night…

Nikon D600, Sigma 105mm macro, ISO 1250, f/5.6, 1/1600″ exposure.

August 7, 2015 0

Round bales

On our way back from kayaking on Lake Champlain on Sunday, we drove through this hayfield in Orwell. The fresh-cut round bales dotted the field out to the horizon line of the Green Mountains.

Sony RX100 III, ISO 125, f/11, 1/200″ exposure

August 4, 2015 0

Clover dew

Tiny droplets of morning dew cling to the fine hairs on red clover leaves in our front field.

Nikon D600, Sigma 105mm macro, ISO 1250, f/13, 1/1000″ exposure.

August 3, 2015 0

In a yellow world

A tachina fly in the folds of a yellow day lily

Up close with a tachina fly living in a yellow world.

Nikon D600, Sigma 105mm macro, ISO 800, f/13, 1/1600″ exposure.

July 31, 2015 0

On Approach

It’s a busy time of year out there for pollinators. This bumble bee was working the comfrey that’s growing wild near our woodshed.

Nikon D600, Sigma 105mm macro, ISO 800, f/3.3, 1/2000″ exposure.

July 24, 2015 0

Lurking

I went on a bug hunt yesterday morning and came across this crab spider lurking in a mallow blossom below our patio garden. She was waiting to ambush the the right sized pollinator…

Nikon D600, Sigma 105mm macro, ISO 800, f/14, 1/400″ exposure.

July 23, 2015 0