Great Blue Heron

Marmota Monax

This marmot is more commonly known as a woodchuck, groundhog or whistle-pig.

Sunset Cruise

Cruising through the channel of the Dunkirk Harbor at sunset.

Semipalmated Plover

Cedar Waxwing

Sunrise over the Atlantic

Atlantic Ocean sunrise seen by boat while drifting over the Hudson Canyon.

Wilson's Storm-Petrels

Pelagic Trip from Freeport, New York to the Hudson Canyon East Wall

Ruddy Turnstone

American Lady Butterfly

Smoke from out West

Smoke from the northwestern forest fires is reaching the upper atmosphere of the northeast.  It dulls the sky and makes for some very different views of the sun.

Monarch Butterfly

One of the precious few I've seen this summer.

White-tailed Deer

Momma kept an eye on me from the brush while the fawn was somewhat fearless.

Black Swallowtail

A delicate creature on a thistle.

Waxing Gibbous at 71%

Niagara River Whirlpool

Balloons blow! Don't let them go!

Please people, do not release helium balloons!  They don't make it to heaven to deliver your messages to anyone.  I promise you, they don't!  They become trash and litter and endanger the health and lives of aquatic creatures, wildlife and birds.  Let's be more conscious of our environment and put an end to this nonsense.

Juvenile Rose-breasted Grosbeak

American Goldfinch

A female American Goldfinch at a bird bath in my garden.

Summer Azure Butterfly

Juvenile Green Heron