Monthly Archives: January 2010

Arthur’s career didn’t turn out as planned. He was seldom chased by rock groupies in the swamp.

Adult Black-Crowned Night Heron stands on the edge of the marsh area at the Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge in Oceanville, NJ back on 7-11-2009. The BCNH is one of the most patient species I have watched fishing. They will stand in one place for an hour and not move if they think it...

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I love Egrets like a fat kid loves cake

Even when life’s troubles are nipping at your heals, you can always find refuge up in a tree. Great Egret catching some early morning sunshine in a tree overlooking the Gull Pond at Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge in Oceanville, NJ back on 7-3-2009. For more information on the Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife...

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Straps and Sleighs

Leather horse bridles in the foreground and seasonal storage for horse drawn sleighs in the background inside the main barn at HopeWell Furnace National Historic Site near Elverson, PA. This was an experiment to see how much detail I could pull out of something that was completely in the shadows using HDR. I shot this...

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Cindy, I hope you like Fish because that’s all they had left at the store…

The Father Osprey arrives back at the nest after a successful fishing run over the Manasquan Reservoir in Howell, New Jersey on 6-6-2009. It’s common for Ospreys to eat the head of the fish first before returning to the nest with the rest. For more information on the Manasquan Resevoir, visit their web site at...

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Daniel Boone Homestead Saw Mill

This is the water-powered, vertical-blade Bertolet Sawmill which was moved to the Daniel Boone Homestead site from the Oley Valley in 1972. The mill was built circa 1810. If you remember “The Walton’s” TV Show in the 1970s, they had a similar, though larger sawmill operation as the family business. For more information on visiting...

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May all your journeys in life be taken with a buddy

A Great Egret flies alongside a Glossy Ibis on their trip from Sheerness Pool towards the outer brackish marsh at Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge outside of Smyrna, Delaware back on 8-1-2009. For more information on the Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge, visit their web site at http://www.fws.gov/northeast/bombayhook/.

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