Category: Wildlife

Gull-ible

Cape Cod, Massachusetts 2023

Rock Harbor, Orleans

Herring Gull at First Encounter Beach, Eastham

Laughing Gulls at Chatham Light

Orleans

Orleans

Home!

Feeling Peckish

Two members of the woodpecker family shared a recently cut tree at Wachusett Meadow this week.

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

Northern Flicker

Millpond Ducks

Red Barn and Millpond, Holden, Massachusetts

A Walk Around the Barn

Meeting these common creatures on a short walk never fails to lift my spirits.

View from the All-Persons Ramp at Wachusett Meadow Wildlife Sanctuary.

Herdwick Sheep

Female House Sparrow

Mourning Dove

American Tree Sparrow

Male House Sparrow

House Finches

Eastern Gray Squirrel

American Red Squirrel

Backyard Visitor

White-Tailed Deer, Holden MA

Audubon Morning

A morning walk at Wachusett Meadow is uplifting in any season. Two short video clips included.

Wachusett Meadow Wildlife Sanctuary

Hooded Mergansers

Cattails

North American Porcupine

On the Lookout

Wachusett Meadow is “deer” to me.

Residents are often just hanging around.

Look who’s coming to dinner!

A perfect score for the Otter Synchronized Swim Team.

You “otter” visit the Audubon, too!

The Birds and the Beaver

Photographs and three very short videos of a typical summer evening at Wachusett Meadow.

Garden Guests

I’m never alone on my “home patch”.

Caught in the Act (24 Second Video)

North American Beaver, Wildlife Pond, Wachusett Meadow Sanctuary

This beaver was focused on building his “reeding room” last night (24 seconds).

Evening Swim

Yellow Pond Lily, Wildlife Pond, Wachusett Meadow

The American Beaver takes a swim under the watchful eye of the Gray Catbird at Wachusett Meadow Wildlife Sanctuary.

Gray Catbird

Tailwind

American Kestrel, Princeton, Massachusetts

The American Kestrel had difficulty balancing on his nest box in today’s high wind.

Feathers and Shells

Painted Turtles and Canada Geese share a sunny afternoon together at the Wachusett Meadow Wildlife Sanctuary, Princeton, MA.

I enjoy experimenting with the continuous shutter setting on my bridge camera.

In contrast, I use the built in close-up lens with the turtles sunning on the far side of the pond.

Spring Painting

Painted Turtle, Wachusett Meadow Wildlife Sanctuary, Princeton, MA

The zoom lens on my camera is so helpful!

Telling Tails

American Red Squirrel, Princeton, Massachusetts

Porcupine Picnic Patch

Wachusett Meadow Wildlife Sanctuary, Princeton, MA

This porcupine rambled through the meadow, to the picnic areas, and by the pond as the turtle looked on.

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