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Final post 24 Aug 2012 | 09:00 pm
Hello! As you can probably tell, I have not added anything to this blog for about a year, and for some time before that, posts were indeed very sparse. This message is to finally put a nail...
Leucistic Red-tailed Hawk Redux 15 Sep 2011 | 01:23 pm
Back in May, I posted about this bird, as well as a few pics. I've gone back to the same spot many times since then in hopes of seeing (and photographing) this individual again. ...
American Avocet(s) 11 Sep 2011 | 09:04 am
When we last left our dynamic birding duo (aka my wife and I) we had left Massachusetts's north shore about an hour before some really cool bids had been reported in in two different places. ...
Stepping out for my 'peeps' 9 Sep 2011 | 12:53 am
I took the opportunity of the holiday weekend to get out a bit for some birding and photography. I am working with a new piece of equipment - the Canon 500mm f/4L lens and I am absolutely...
Least Terns 18 Aug 2011 | 02:25 am
Even though the time between posts here has been growing longer and longer, I've not yet given up hope that this is something that I will come back to regularly updating again. I simply have not had.....
Indigo Bunting 17 Jun 2011 | 11:58 pm
Just some more photos from this spring to keep the blog afloat... As always, click the photos to see larger images. ('Original' size tends to look the best)
Least Bittern 7 Jun 2011 | 03:47 pm
Well, spring migration has pretty much wrapped up here in New England. The birds moving through to their breeding grounds in the northern boreal forests have done so. But that doesn't...
The Birds of Spring 25 May 2011 | 12:53 am
If there is one family of birds that defines spring for me, it has to be the Wood-Warblers. These brightly-colored (mostly) sweetly-singing (usually) little gems that migrate back here from...
Prairie Warblers are back 10 May 2011 | 02:48 pm
Each year, I spend a few evenings trying to photograph the Prairie Warblers that nest just a mile or so from where we live. This afternoon, I think I had my best "sitting" yet with these bright...
Leucistic Red-tailed Hawk 5 May 2011 | 12:14 am
While the writing and posting here at the ol' PicusBlog has been slow lately, the birding (thankfully) hasn't been. Spring is now in full swing here in eastern Massachusetts, with a lot of...
