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2010 Delmarva Herp Trip Report
This past weekend, I met up with eleven other field herpers from the North American Field Herping Association for a herping trip on the Delmarva peninsula. We spent two solid days and yesterday morning searching for reptiles and amphibians all over the peninsula and found over 400 animals representing 33 different species. Many of the [...]
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Florida Birding & Fotofest 2010 Wrap Up
Today wrapped up our fourth and final day at the 2010 Florida Birding & Fotofest. It ended up being a great festival with good weather, plenty of shooting opportunities, informative sessions, and a fantastic group of people. I will definitely look forward to coming back next year.
Saturday is “the big day” for the Fotofest, and [...]
Florida Birding & Fotofest 2010, Day Two
The work day started at 5:45AM (after a restless night of sleep and a 4:30AM run on the beach), just early enough to grab a muffin at the gas station then head down to the Whitney Center to meet Erin Masters, grab props for the morning’s raptor shoot, and get over to Washington Oaks State [...]
Florida Birding & Fotofest 2010, Day One
Today was the first day of the Florida Birding & Fotofest held in St. Augustine Florida. This is my second year in attendance at the Fotofest, and I’m once again manning the NatureScapes.Net booth in the exhibitor’s hall and helping Greg Downing with some of his field workshops.
This morning, Greg had a field session on [...]
Creative Photography for Lazy People
Last week, I was working in Blairstown, NJ for a couple days, and had much of the day to kill time between my two night shifts. So I decided to take a trip up to nearby Stokes State Forest to go for a hike.
A lot of times I just enjoy being out in nature, well all [...]
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More from the Delaware Water Gap
I’m behind on my editing and processing yet again, but I have an excuse. I’ve been working quite a bit, juggling three part time jobs in an effort to replenish my savings account and pay off bills as a result of my summer spent on the road. Fortunately, my jobs are somewhat fun for the most [...]
Factory Falls, Delaware Water Gap, Pennsylvania
Yesterday, I spent the day touring around the Delaware Water Gap in Pennsylvania, photographing various waterfalls while leading a private photography workshop. The Poconos and Gap have some great color right now, and despite a very clear and sunny morning, the weather turned overcast by the afternoon, allowing for some great opportunities to photograph the [...]
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Winter New Hampshire Trip, Day 5
Today, Chris and I got up early and headed back to the feeder in Maine to try for the Redpolls and Grosbeaks again. It was a cold morning, with temps a good few degrees below zero and wind chills at about negative 20 degrees Farenheit, so we were glad to have the car as a [...]
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Winter New Hampshire Trip, Days 3 & 4
After a few slow days in New Hampshire, things finally picked up. Yesterday Chris and I explored Pondicherry National Wildlife Refuge and then headed west to Vermont in hopes of finding some new bird species to photograph. We spotted a couple of Black-backed Woodpeckers way way off in the distance at Pondicherry and found a [...]
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Winter New Hampshire Trip, Days 1 & 2
I’ve made it to New Hampshire and boy is it beautiful! Chris and I are staying in Gorham, NH and from our hotel we can see the gorgeous White Mountains looming all around us. The land is wild and beautiful and everything, from the gas stations to roadside signs and deserted highways, has that northern [...]
Blackwater Falls, West Virginia
Earlier this week, Chris and I made a trip to Blackwater Falls State Park in Davis, West Virginia. Davis is located in the mountains of West Virginia, so it has a unique climate and usually plenty of snow in the winter. We planned our trip for Sunday and Monday, to coincide with 2-4 inches of [...]
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Cambridge Report
For my birthday yesterday, Chris and I met up with another local nature photographer, Neil Losin, and headed to Cambridge, Maryland to photograph ducks on the Choptank River. We had a great day, with good light, little wind, and comfortable temperatures (or at least I was quite comfortable in my new Montbell 800 fill Alpine [...]
Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge Trip
I spent this past weekend at Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge, a preserve on Assateague Island off the coast of Virginia, just south of the Maryland-Virginia state border. Chincoteague is one of my favorite places to photograph wildlife because of its wide variety of approachable subjects, so I try to make at least one trip there each [...]
Mallard Drake in Full Breeding Plumage
I have today off from work so this morning I visited my favorite local duck pond again with the goal of photographing Mallards, Canada Geese, and Ring-billed Gulls, regulars that can be expected there every day this time of year. When I arrived, all of the Mallards were resting near shore and there were only three [...]
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Face to Face with a Cannibal – Spring Salamander Portrait
I just got back from Lycoming County, PA where I spent the weekend herping with Chris and several friends. Combined, we found over 300 herps on Saturday and Sunday, including three lifers for me, Spring Salamander, Mountain Dusky Salamander, and Redbelly Snake. I also found the only Northern Water Snake of the trip, a baby [...]
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Adult Milk Snake and Herping Trip
Yesterday, Chris and I met up with some friends we met through a herping forum and tried our hand at herping in some of the most miserable May weather conditions. We had planned to find some new snakes – in particular Timber Rattlesnakes, Copperheads, Milk Snakes, and Eastern Hognose Snakes – to photograph, but the [...]
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Pickerel Frog, Washington Crossing State Park, NJ
Earlier this week, Chris drove up to New Jersey in order to see me graduate today. So yesterday we made a trip to a local state park to do a little herping. Combined we found 25 Two-lined Salamanders, 18 Redback Salamanders, 5 Northern Dusky Salamanders, and 5 Pickerel Frogs (and also a shrew). I had [...]
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Snuggling Red Fox Kits
Monday night I had the opportunity to photograph another fox den, one discovered in Delaware by my friend Kim Steininger. I left New Jersey after school and arrived at the den around 5:30PM, a little later than I had hoped, but still plenty of time to get some photos before sunset. Fortunately, the kits were [...]
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Northern Dusky Salamander, Pennsylvania
Yesterday, I met up with a friend to do some herping in a favorite nature preserve of his in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. We didn’t find any unusual species, but stumbled across quite a few Northern Dusky Salamanders, Redback Salamanders, Northern Two-lined Salamanders, and Green Frogs. We also found a half-eaten flying squirrel, wood frog tadpoles, and a [...]
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Lead Redback Salamander, Washington Crossing State Park, New Jersey
I had planned to stay in and work on my website for most of today, but the calm, bright overcast weather was too good not to take advantage of, so I decided to stop by Washington Crossing State Park for a couple of hours to see if I could find anything to photograph. I ended up [...]
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