Fairweather Zealot

Marty December 22nd, 2006

I just couldn’t resist this as a Chrismtas shot with those colors! Everyone have a great holiday season.

Great Spangled Fritillary
Speyeria cybele

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Marty December 10th, 2006

Purple Sandpiper
Calidris maritima

I’ve been really missing photography lately, and have been itching to get out with my camera. I had made several subtle hints that although it would only be in the high 40’s today, that we should perhaps go see what there was to see down at Barnegat Lighthouse, hoping to see some Harlequins and other cool birds. I was slightly less subtly denied each time.

But my wife - being the wonderful woman she is, secretly planned on giving in for my birthday, and today we took a small photography trip. This purple sandpiper was one of the highlights of our trip.

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Marty November 27th, 2006

Yellow-rumped Warbler
Dendroica coronata

Finishing off the rest of my shots from my trip to Forsythe a couple of weeks ago, I found this Yellow-rumped warbler shot.

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Marty November 21st, 2006

Ruby-Crowned Kinglet
Regulus calendula

This is “Bubba”, a small Ruby-crowned Kinglet that entertained me for about 40 minutes a couple of Saturdays ago. Despite the amount of time spent and the 200+ pictures I took, I ended up with very few good shots. This one isn’t perfect, but I love the light on it.

See it large or On Black

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Marty November 5th, 2006

The wife and I decided to take a day to go out and see what there was to see along the Jersey coast today. After a pretty disappointing selection at Barnegat Lighthouse (more songbirds than seabirds), we went to Forsythe NWR in Brigantine. It was also fairly slow, but what we did see what pretty cool.

This Greater Yellowlegs was among the highlights of the day - s/he let me get within about 3m, clicking away. Definitely needs to be seen larger (or original size).

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Marty October 20th, 2006

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Black Form) - female
Papilio glaucus

Going through the archives a bit more, I found a few shots of Eastern Black Swallowtails (black form) from Valley Forge, taken in August.

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Marty October 16th, 2006

Introducing the Gummis

Just trying to flex my muscles on something remotely art-like. I got this idea and wanted to see if I could pull it off. I wanted to play with the light and refraction coming through the gummi bears. This is the result (see the whole set).

Very few gummis were hurt during the making of this picture.

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Marty October 6th, 2006

Eastern Phoebe
Sayornis phoebe

Wednesday was a very quiet day when I went hiking - the only highlight was a couple of shots of this beautiful phoebe.

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Marty October 2nd, 2006

Black-throated Blue Warbler - male
Dendroica caerulescens

We went back to Palmyra for a short hike after the sun came out, and while it was mostly dead, we did have some good birding just before we left.

The highlight, though, had to be getting the two shots of this beautiful male Black-throated Blue Warbler.

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Marty September 28th, 2006

Cooper’s Hawk - female
Accipiter cooperii

I was leaving Palmyra Cove this evening after work when a blur went flying in front of my car - and then landed in front of me. It was this Cooper’s Hawk taking down an unsuspecting pigeon. I sat there dumb-founded for a second before I reached for my camera - only to have it fly off to the grass across the road.

I tracked her down, being very careful to not scare her off of her prey - which was still moving but obviously not in good shape - and got some shots of her. It was tough light, just after the sun set behind the trees but not quite dusk.

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