Ashuelot River Park Wildlife, Keene, NH
Early on Saturday morning I found myself strolling through the Ashuelot River Park in Keene, NH. This time I had a longer lens on my camera and was focusing on the wildlife that lives within the park. After walking the length of the park and starting back towards my home, I encountered a robin in […]
A Friday Walk to Work in Keene, NH
A cold front came through Keene overnight, leaving everything outside covered with beads of water left over from the heavy rain. The temperature had also dropped into the upper 50s, making for a beautiful morning for a walk to work. I decided to take a route through the Ashuelot River Park, and left early enough […]
Ashuelot River Park, Keene, NH
Another cool and cloudy morning allowed me to walk to work again today, this time taking a route through the Ashuelot River Park here in Keene, NH. I decided to travel light today, sticking with a 50mm lens that I tried to shoot wide open as much as possible, just to get used to the […]
Wood Ducks in the Ashuelot River
During my lunch break today, I visited the Ashuelot River Park here in Keene, NH which is right across the street from my office in the Colony Mill building. During my walk, I startled a family of wood ducks that were floating in the river close to the path that I was walking on. They […]
Lake Target
As promised, I returned to the Monadnock Marketplace shopping plaza in Keene, NH this morning before work to explore a small body of water near the Target store that my wife and I jokingly call “Lake Target.” The sky was painted in long bands of pink-topped clouds that reflected the light from the rising sun […]
Foggy Morning Wetlands
Nestled between the Monadnock Marketplace, the North Bridge, and Route 12 North in Keene, NH there is a sizable wetland area that is home to a significant number of red-winged blackbirds and other bird species. I have also seen ducks and the occasional great blue heron here, but the red-winged blackbirds are the most obvious […]
Tenant Swamp, Keene, NH
A few years ago, the city of Keene built a large and sprawling new middle school complex off Maple Avenue, complete with parking lots, athletic fields, and an outdoor track. To make room for the new school, a large wooded area was cleared between Maple Avenue and the edge of Tenant Swamp. Though I understand […]
Walking to the Office
A cold front passed through New Hampshire overnight, and with the temperature dropping into the mid 50s, there were tiny drops of dew covering just about every surface. With cool mornings and low humidity being somewhat rare at this time of year, I grabbed my camera and a backpack and headed to my office on […]
American Bald Eagle Takeoff Sequence
During my return visit to the American bald eagle nest on the Connecticut River just north of Brattleboro, VT, I was able to observe the adult bald eagle taking off from its nest. This sequence of photos is my favorite of the day. There was something incredible about the light and the movement of the […]
American Bald Eagle Landing Sequence
During my return visit to the American bald eagle nest on the Connecticut River just North of Brattleboro, VT I saw the adult eagle take flight on two different occasions. At the end of one such flight, I captured a sequence of photos showing the eagle landing on the edge of its large nest, located […]