I spent lots of time in my hide photographing birds at my backyard this winter. I already shared some photos last year and I’ll make a gallery from the rest of the images after winter. […]
Category Archives: Notes from the Field
White-tailed Deer in the Snow – Connecticut
We live in a house next to the woods so there is a lot of wildlife in our backyard. Beside the birds, we enjoy watching the chipmunks and the rabbits during the summer and we […]
Backyard Birds – Connecticut
A few months ago, Gabi and I moved into a house, so we finally have a backyard. We live at the end of a cul-de-sac right next to the woods, so we can enjoy watching […]
Baxter State Park – Maine
This year is very unique for everyone with the COVID-19 all around. I didn’t go out to do any nature photography since spring, however, as the fall arrived, I couldn’t resist to go for some […]
Tree swallow and bluebird photography in Connecticut
As most of us, I too had to change my plans for this year due to the coronavirus pandemic. The biggest change for me was that I had to postpone my film photography plans because […]
Bird Photography with the Canon EOS-1 film camera
Last week, I finally had an opportunity to test my Canon EOS-1 film camera. I wanted to photograph birds so I could test the autofocus system of this relatively old camera. I went to the […]
West Rock State Park – Connecticut
I love road trips, but it’s always good to explore the places near home too. Fortunately, there are a lot of great state parks in Connecticut. Last weekend, Gabi and I visited the West Rock […]
Fall Colors in the Green Mountains – Vermont
The fall color season still lasts in New England, so last weekend Gabi and I did another road trip to enjoy it. This time, we went to the Green Mountains of Vermont (map). This area […]
Fall Colors in the White Mountains – New Hampshire
Last weekend, Gabi and I drove to the White Mountains of New Hampshire for leaf peeping (map). We haven’t seen the fall foliage for eight years, so we were very excited about moving back to […]
We Moved to Connecticut
At the beginning of September, Gabi and I moved from Texas to Connecticut. We really love living in the Northeast again. We love the New England landscape of rolling hills, forests, small ponds and streams […]
Monument Valley – Arizona, Utah
Besides the cactus covered mountains in southern Arizona, probably the best-known location of the American West is the Monument Valley on the border of Arizona and Utah, so we didn’t want to miss it on […]
Grand Canyon National Park – Arizona
One of the main reasons of our recent road trip was to see the Grand Canyon National Park in northern Arizona. The gorge of the Colorado River is one of the Wonders of the World […]
Saguaro National Park – Arizona
After leaving the Carlsbad Caverns National Park in New Mexico, we drove to Tucson, Arizona, where we visited the Saguaro National Park. This park consists of two separate areas and it’s the home to the […]
Carlsbad Caverns National Park – New Mexico
The last week of May, Gabi and I went on a big road trip to the Wild West. We visited four national parks and one tribal park. Our first destination was the Carlsbad Caverns National […]
Wildflowers in the Texas Hill Country
Gabi and I spent the last weekend of March in the Texas Hill Country to see wildflowers. This time of year, bluebonnets and other wildflowers are blooming all along the roadways in Texas. Unfortunately, the […]
Wildlife Watching at Brazos Bend State Park – Texas
Last weekend Gabi and I went to the Brazos Bend State Park (map) again. It wasn’t a photography trip, we just hiked around the Elm Lake to watch some wildlife, however, I brought my big […]
Bluebonnets in the Houston area – Texas
Texas is beautiful in springtime. This time of year, all along the roadways, bluebonnets and other wildflowers are making their annual flashy appearance and the sight is spectacular. This is usually a two to four […]
Super Blue Blood Moon in Texas
A rare celestial occurrence, called a Super Blue Blood Moon happened today. It means that a super moon (when the moon is closer to Earth and looks a little bigger), a blue moon (a second […]
Swimming Alligator at Brazos Bend State Park – Texas
Our favorite park in Texas, the Brazos Bend State Park (map) is finally open again after being devastated by Hurricane Harvey and the subsequent flooding in August. Last weekend, Gabi and I visited this park […]
Solar Eclipse in Texas
The Great American Eclipse took place yesterday. The entire continuous United States experienced at least a partial solar eclipse and from Oregon to South Carolina the moon blacked out the sun entirely. In Texas it […]
Eastern Chipmunk at Assabet River NWR – Massachusetts
Last week we visited New England. While Gabi was attending a scientific conference in Boston, I explored Massachusetts. One of the best places I found was the Assabet River National Wildlife Refuge (map). In this […]