Birding Hammonasset Beach State Park, Madison, Conn.

Three morning of being in this beautiful park.  Not a lot of birds, but here they are.

Mallard showing  promise

White-throated Sparrow

Harris Sparrow

This guy was easily four feet long.

Cooper's Hawk (Juv.)

Photographed from Black Rock (Nathan Hale Fort)

ship entering New Haven.

Northern Harrier (f)

Sanderlings

First Killdeer of the year

Fuller Craft Museum Exhibit

Good friend Roy Campbell and I went to the Fuller Craft Museum in Brockton, which has always been one of my favorite places to spend a few hours. The exhibit was based on the inspiration of "Bartram's Boxes".  John Bartram was America's first botanist, and derived his income from selling boxes of collected seeds and seedlings which he boxed and sold to subscribers back in England.  Three generations of Bartrams were involved, and they transformed (with Magnolia, Azalea, Mountain Laurel, Rhododendron, Maple, Black Gum, Vibernum and Sumac) the countryside of England with colors unseen there before. 
So the exhibit, mostly of great woodworking artists, paid homage to him.
Here are some examples:

Roy Campbell examining:

Fred Rose

"Ah Ha, a Haw is a Hedge, A Hawthorn Thorn in my Worn Paw, Soft Downy Hair

and Hot Burning Hard Wood, My Family of Rose, Apple and Pear Cousins, What May Flower?  2013

Don Miller and Christopher R. Storb

"Eden on the Schuykill, an installation in the Conservatory of the John and Ann Bartram house,

Bartram's Garden, Philadelphia , Pennsylvania"  2012-2013

Tom Rauschke

"Bartram'sw Monolith" 2013

(detail)

Joshua Salesin

"Nut Case"  2003-2012

Leah Woods

"In and Down and Up and Out" 2013

Satoshi Fujinuma

"New Japanese Species for Bartram"s"

2012-2013

The Brass Quartet for Chris and Michelle Lammi's wedding

Sunday, February 12, 2017

Spencer Aston  Andrew Moreschi, trumpets

James Monaghan, A. Douglas Wauchope Trombones

The Willowdale Estate, Topsfield, MA

We wondered what happened to Tom Brady's Superbowl Jersey...

And finally,

At a showind of "Fantastic Beasts"

The Everglades, etc.

What a wonderful time.  Perfect weather, birds everywhere, and the great companionship of my twin, Don, who met me in Homestead, and we filled our time taking photographs of the things we love.
Here is a very small example of the trip.
All the bird photos are from the Anhinga Trail, Everglades, except where noted.

Black-and-White Warbler

Early morning, Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park

Anhinga and young

Double-crested Cormorant

Pied-billed Grebe

Black Vulture

A real pest, these birds have developed a taste for the rubber on cars.

When you park at the Anhinga Trail, the park service provides tarps to cover your car.  The birds have

learned to pull the tarps off, so bungee chords are provided.

Young Black-crowned Night-heron

Great Blue Heron

Red-shouldered Hawk

Flew down next to the car, stabbed an insect, and flew up.

On the Nike Missile road, Everglades

Great-crested Flycatcher

Ernest E. Coe Visitor Center, Everglades

Great Blue Heron

Blue-grey Gnatcatcher

Purple Gallinule

Green Heron

Wood Stork

Black-crowned Night-heron

Pinewoods Ratsnake

Gumbo Limbo Trail, Everglades

Royal Tern

River cruise, Flamingo

Ruddy Turnstone

Marathon Key

Ruddy Turnstone

Marathon Key

Key Biscayne

Sunrise

Biscayne National Park

White Ibis
Biscayne National Park

Nike Missile Site, Everglades

Sunrise

Royal Palm, Everglades

The "Sea of Grass"

Everglades

Boat to Choral Reef State Park

View through the glass bottom.

Lion Fish, Aquarium

Marathon Key

Beach Grape

Key Biscayne

Don prepping for the sunset

Marathon Key