One fine morning early in the summer when I headed out to forest and field I decided to take my camera and but one lens. Those of you who are photographers probably know that there’s a lens for every purpose: telephotos for far away subject…
It was over 60 years ago now when H and I drove to Texas where I was to enter the US Army and begin training as an assistant surgeon. On our first day in Texas the temperature was 114º in the shade – what little of that there was. And so it…
It’s that time of year again, National Moth Week (Saturday July 18, through Sunday, July 26), time to look at the great variety of night flying insects that we call moths. Moths form the largest portion of the group of insects known as Lepi…
Earlier this year there was a post on In Forest and Field describing how I found red-headed woodpeckers not too far from home. I’ve returned to the site several times in the intervening months and, although I’ve seen the birds, have never b…
To those who are squeamish – DO NOT READ FURTHER!Roughly 50 years ago an eastern cottontail had made a nest beneath our front window and behind a line of small shrubs. There she delivered a litter of young. I no longer remember how we knew
We’ve all seen outstanding wildlife photographs in magazines or as movies and/or videos. What we don’t see are the countless days, hours, weeks or months the photographers spent trying to get those photos and clips. The wildlife photographe…
Nature Photography Day was begun in 2006 by the North American Nature Photography Association (NANPA) and is celebrated each year on June 15. Nature’s everywhere including the small, not very obvious, ordinary things. The weed growing in th…
Fifty-four years ago H and I had been hiking a scenic trail in northcentral Pennsylvania and camped near a small spring on the edge of the Allegheny Plateau. We’d settled in and were asleep in our sleeping bags when we were jolted awake by
… my camera is used to make photographs of the natural world. The natural world that’s in such danger from those who don’t care, from those who are only interested in the money to be made and from those who don’t understand that we’re all d…
Except for during late fall hunting seasons, one of my camera traps has been mounted to a tree on the edge of this clearing since 2013. At first it was mounted to a large white pine on the edge of the clearing, for the last 11 years it’s be…
Except for during late fall hunting seasons, one of my camera traps has been mounted to a tree on the edge of this clearing since 2013. At first it was mounted to a large white pine on the edge of the clearing, for the last 11 years it’s be…
For good reason spring is my favorite season: longer days; wildflowers blooming; warm, but not hot days (usually); migrating waterfowl and warblers; emerging green leaves; bear cubs and butterflies – what’s not to like. It’s a great time to…