Please consider all images to be copyrighted and ask permission to use. Thank you, DEClapp It was many decades ago that Walt Disney decided to photograph and display nature to the public and he started with the goose-sized, fish-eating diving bird called Northern Gannet. We all know Canada Geese; large, chunky, dark, and pretty bigContinue reading “Walt Disney Dives Deep”
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A Day Out
Please consider all images to be copyrighted and ask permission to copy or use. Thank you. DEClapp At first I thought I’d do posts about my wildlife travels from days past. And, I will do more of that I’m sure. I then thought I’d make a sort of page by page presentation with a themeContinue reading “A Day Out”
Other Creatures Are Also Cool
Please consider all images to be copyrighted and ask permission to copy or use. Thank you. DEClapp I am usually looking for, and at, birds. But they live amongst trees, shrubs, ferns, mosses, algae, lilies, insects, fish, reptiles, mammals, fungi by the tens of thousands and bacteria and viruses yet to be named. They areContinue reading “Other Creatures Are Also Cool”
Summer Time Wetlands – 1
Please consider all images to be copyrighted and ask permission to use or copy. Thanks. DEClapp Here in the northeast of the US we have all sorts of weather; cold winters, hot summers, comfortable springs and autumns and (like everywhere else these days) surprising weather of all sorts. This summer has been mostly warm andContinue reading “Summer Time Wetlands – 1”
Night-Herons
Please consider images to be copyrighted and ask permission for any use. Thank you. DEClapp The heron family is a bit of a hodge-podge. The flamingoes, storks, ibises, Hammerkop, Boat-billed Heron, and Shoebill are often included but sometimes separated out into their own group(s). Genetic similarities will aid in the development of a taxonomy basedContinue reading “Night-Herons”
Maine Woods #2
Please consider all images to be copyrighted and ask permission to use them in any manner. Thank you. DEClapp Maine is a treat and a retreat. Traffic into Maine on a summer weekend is steady and seemingly endless. The exiting traffic on a Sunday evening is either slow or very slow. It is the vastnessContinue reading “Maine Woods #2”
Maine Woods #1
Please consider all images to be copyrighted and ask permission to use in any manner. Thank you. DEClapp The habitats within the northern tier of states here in the USA, range from wet forest in the far east and far west with deciduous forests and prairie lands in the central part of the country. HereContinue reading “Maine Woods #1”
More Back Yard Fun
Please consider all images to be copyrighted and ask permission for any use. Thank you. David E Clapp. We have had an owl nesting box nailed to a Pitch Pine at the edge of the side yard for years. It is quite similar to the more common Wood Duck nesting box. As a matter ofContinue reading “More Back Yard Fun”
Around the Yard – #1
Please consider all images as copyrighted and ask permission to use or reproduce them in any way. Thank you; David Clapp. Well it is spring here in the northeast and I/we have been out birding most every day – hence a big gap in blog posts and I’m a bit sorry for that. In aContinue reading “Around the Yard – #1”
On The Road With DEC 