I’ve observed three pairs of sandhill cranes in the Belgrade Lakes area. These two adults are trailed by a juvenile in a marsh on the northern shore of Great Pond.
The Crane Family
Egg-laying
I recently spent a few days at Moosehorn National Wildlife Refuge, where I watched these female snapping turtles laying their eggs in holes that they dig in sandy spots away from the water. I lied on my stomach to get an eye-to-eye perspective.
Landing
A red-winged blackbird preparing to land on a cattail.
Loon and Chick
Lunch time for this newly-hatched loon chick in Great Pond.
Yellow Warbler
I spent a lot of time at the Viles Arboretum in Augusta this season, where I had the opportunity to photograph a variety of birds.
A Happy Heron
A great blue heron wrestles with lunch in Great Meadow Stream between North and Great Ponds in Maine’s Belgrade Lakes region.
Great Blue Heron
A great blue heron photographed from my kayak on Pushaw Stream.
Oceanside Still Life
Seaweed and a group of snails on the Schoodic peninsula.
Bass Harbor
A lobster boat at sunset near Bass Harbor head on the southern tip of Mount Desert Island.
Sunrise at Boulder Beach
Sunrise below Otter Cliffs at Acadia National Park.
light on the trail 