Nest Cams!
It’s the start of nesting season and there are already some awesome nest cams in place and streaming. I’ve had these open in background windows for the past few days and have found them endlessly fascinating. It’s an intimate view into the birds’ lives that most of us would never otherwise see. That we’re able [...]
A Skunking
Two trips up to the park where the eagles have been hanging out yielded the photo above. Yep, it was a skunking. Saturday morning was cold, and despite waiting an hour & a half, the single eagle never left her perch. Got to talking to another photog up there seemed to have a good deal [...]
Early Season Eagles!
I was able to kick my winter wildlife season off with style this past Monday morning, with a trip up to one of the country parks where I’d gotten some good intel from my friend and fellow photographer Paul. He and his wife spend a lot of time at the park, swimming in the summer [...]
Late-Season Eagles
After far too many weeks without photography, and several aborted attempts, I finally made it back to Mongaup for one last, late-season eagling expedition. I was joined by my friend Mike, who had met me in Conowingo, MD, earlier this winter. We were both eager to overcome that skunking and, despite being into mid-March, the [...]
What you need to go eagling
It’s officially eagle season in NEPA – frigid temperatures have long since frozen the lakes and streams, pushing the fish-dependent critters to what little clear water remains. January and February are the peak months to see wintering eagles, which for me means weekends spent driving out to the Delaware River (& beyond), standing outside with [...]
Conowingo, MD
I’m back from a weekend trip to the Conowingo Dam in Maryland. Conowingo is heralded as an eagle Mecca – everywhere you look there’s someone proudly claiming to have seen 30 eagles, or 60 eagles, or 90 eagles all at the same time, fishing in the dam’s outflow and perched all around the site. Normally [...]
Mixed bag from the morning
Headed out eagling again Tuesday morning, in the wake of the “big storm” that dropped a whopping 2″ of snow on Northeastern Pennsylvania – an inch of which melted away the same afternoon. The roads were messy on the way out and there were flurries in the air ; I almost turned back, expecting a [...]
Christmas Eve on the Delaware
So much of wildlife photography is simply luck – being in the right place at the right time. Part of that is actually being out in the field, putting in the time and understanding enough biology to up your odds, to at least be in the right place. Sometimes you get skunked, but sometimes it [...]
Simple Clicks – Oh yeah, baby!
This is the kind of eagle morning that photogs dream of! Totally worth getting out of bed early for today – and without a doubt the best Christmas present Mother Nature could have given me. More to come soon!
Eagle Season Begins
Last weekend I went out hoping to track down a couple of eagles that I’d heard were frequenting nearby parks. It turned out to be a testament to how little I’ve gotten out lately – I arrived to find the lake frozen solid. I’ll admit, I was shocked. Despite a solid week of cold temperatures, [...]
