
I am indeed perplexed by this world today – the ugliness, the violence, the pettiness, and the thoughtlessness – but I do find serenity in the woods.

three birds amidst the berries
Even as I compose this post I hear birds around me in the cityscape and so …

red and gold
… I think I shall rise to go outside with my camera and see what birds in city branches I might capture on this beautiful day.

sparrow in the berries
These birds, berries and branches were photographed this past weekend in parks located in Boston, Newton and Saugus.










A rather unique bird swimming in the frigid waters of the Mystic River. A red-breasted merganser, perhaps?


