
Archive for the ‘Nature Notes’ Category
sharing finite resources
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged beauty, birds, birdwatching, Inspiration, nature, nature photography, Photography on April 5, 2021| Leave a Comment »
determination
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged animals, beauty, birds, birdwatching, Inspiration, nature, Photography, woodpecker on April 5, 2021| 2 Comments »
It is a bird feeder that feeds a community … black, brown and gray squirrels, mourning doves, sparrows, grackles, starlings, a mating pair of cardinals and I’ve even seen a blue jay hovering about. All bigger than this little fellow who patiently waits in the branches of the neighbor’s tall tree and waits for its moment to feed.
environmental perturbation
Posted in Nature Notes, tagged birds, environment, hawks, nature, Photography, urban landscape, urban nature on December 21, 2020| 2 Comments »

A person in Copley Square feeds the pigeons quite regularly and in great volume. He may have been doing it so routinely that the pigeons have become attuned to his hand gesture when he disburses his feed. So if anyone makes a similar gesture, their hand sweeping the air, the birds settle immediately en masse until a few quick pecks at empty ground reveal no food. Then away they fly. I’m not sure if the hawk gets them when they are flying in or flying away. But I know this hawk caught and consumed at least two pigeons while I was in the area. The man has been asked not to feed the birds. We’ll see …
in the neighbor’s yard
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged beauty, Inspiration, monochrome, nature, Photography, trees, urban landscape, urban nature on December 17, 2020| Leave a Comment »
in the far far distance
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged abstract, beauty, birds, Inspiration, nature photography, Photography, sunset, urban landscape on December 11, 2020| Leave a Comment »
at the very top of a tree
a tiny bird
its feathers lit from below
by the setting sun.
always look up
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged beauty, clouds, Inspiration, monochrome, nature, Photography, sky, skyscape on December 1, 2020| 1 Comment »
sunset
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged autumn, beauty, Inspiration, nature, orange, Photography, sunset, trees, urban landscape on November 29, 2020| 4 Comments »
blending into the branches
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged birds, Inspiration, nature, Photography, trees, urban landscape, urban nature on November 29, 2020| 4 Comments »
mine all mine
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged nature, Photography, squirrels, urban landscape on November 29, 2020| 2 Comments »
my word …
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged autumn colors, autumn light, beauty, Inspiration, nature, Photography, sunlight, sunset, trees, urban landscape on November 23, 2020| 3 Comments »












