by Susan | May 25, 2020 | Birds and Wildlife, Out and About in Maine
Hannah and I headed up to Meddybemps today to pick up a couple of barrels to turn into rain barrels. Meddybemps. It’s such fun to say. On the way home, we drove through the Moosehorn National Wildlife Refuge, and pulled into a river overlook just in time to see...
by Susan | May 22, 2020 | Birds and Wildlife, Out and About in Maine
A couple of times a week, Hannah and I end the day with a drive before dinner. Cameras in hand, we take off for an hour or so in search of wildlife. Sometimes we only spot some Canada Geese. Or Cormorants. Or a gulp of Cormorants being harassed by Gulls. And then last...
by Susan | Jan 4, 2020 | Birds and Wildlife, Out and About in Maine
On an afternoon where the weather couldn’t decide if it was going to rain or snow, Hannah and I headed to Schoodic. I did some beachcombing, playing with the iPhone macro lens Hannah gave me for Christmas. I managed to put my last one through the wash. I love...
by Susan | Sep 14, 2019 | Birds and Wildlife, Out and About in Maine
When I left the house this morning, the tide on the river was almost out. The sun was peeking out from behind the trees. It was easy to spot this silhouette of a Blue Heron fishing in the shallows. I stopped the car and grabbed my camera that has lived in the car...
by Susan | Aug 7, 2019 | Birds and Wildlife
Yesterday, we lunched in Castine for Hannah’s birthday. While there, I spotted this Black Swallowtail Butterfly feasting on the clover atop one of the bunkers at Fort George along the Penobscot River. I would have loved for the images to be just a shade...
by Susan | Jul 21, 2019 | Birds and Wildlife, Out and About in Maine
After roasting while working at the Farmer’s Market yesterday, Hannah and I decided to take a ride so we could enjoy the car air conditioning. We cruised through the barrens scoping out locations for Hannah to film in the upcoming weeks. (Photo credit Hannah S....
by Susan | Jul 11, 2019 | Birds and Wildlife, Out and About in Maine
Just a simple dragonfly today. They may be my new favorite critter. Do you know that a single dragonfly can eat 30 to hundreds of mosquitoes per day?
by Susan | May 28, 2019 | Birds and Wildlife, Out and About in Maine
One of the things Hannah and I enjoy doing in the spring is to search for goslings. When the sun broke through on Sunday afternoon, we departed with our cameras and searched the typical spots. Beals Island has been our “go to” the past couple of years to...
by Susan | May 12, 2019 | Birds and Wildlife, Out and About in Maine
My Mother’s Day beach walk with Hannah was the highlight of today’s celebration. Having just returned from Ohio on project “Rescue Hannah,” we spent a lazy day. I had fun playing with my macro lens discovering close ups of the beach. ...
by Susan | Feb 20, 2019 | Birds and Wildlife, Out and About in Maine
An eagle pair against a crisp blue sky keeping sentry over the Narraguagus River in Cherryfield today.
by Susan | Aug 1, 2018 | Birds and Wildlife, Out and About in Maine
The blueberry harvest is upon us and Hannah is in her third summer working at Wyman’s. The first couple weeks she worked with HR, then she moved over to operate one of the scales that weighs pallets of berries the trucks bring in from the fields. Since the scale...
by Susan | Jun 11, 2018 | Birds and Wildlife, Out and About in Maine
Hannah and I went on a brief photo journey in search of goslings. Last summer we spotted some off Beals Island. We returned to the scene and were not disappointed. I admire the goose family unit – mama and papa watching over their babies with diligence. These...
by Susan | Apr 25, 2018 | Birds and Wildlife, Out and About in Maine
On this gray, rainy evening I spotted an Osprey in a tree overlooking the river in East Machias. It was so dark and gloomy that I had to play with the photos to register the details. Two things stand out to me – how crazy long their talons are and how...
