Posts Tagged ‘white-tailed deer’
Lady’s slippers the theme of recent hikes
By Dave Small on June 05, 2012, at 10:21 a.m.
Lady’s slippers seemed to carry the theme during the last couple of weeks. I’m always excited to see them. Deb and I hiked Bald Mountain in Camden. It wasn’t long before the slippers started showing up alongside the trail. We even spied a white one. The white Pink Lady’s Slipper is kind of an ...
Photo `snipe hunt’ pays off
By Dave Small on May 08, 2012, at 10:45 a.m.
It wasn’t until I saw, many years ago, that the Maine hunting regulations listed the snipe as a migratory game bird, that I realized it was a real bird. Until then, the legendary stories about snipe hunting and the poor recipient of the joke, left holding the bag, while the pranksters laughed at their ...
Deer, birds make recent trip a success
By Dave Small on May 01, 2012, at 10:37 a.m.
One of my favorite places to hike is Sunkhaze Meadows National Wildlife Refuge. It’s near my home and has several interesting and well groomed trails. It’s a great pace. Not too long ago, during some recent warm weather, I hiked the Oak Point Trail and got to see and photograph some great critters. The ...
Huddling white-tailed bucks make a great photo
By Dave Small on Jan. 24, 2012, at 11:26 a.m.
It seems to me, from time to time, that certain critters make themselves available for photographs in waves. For instance, I looked for several years to get close to black guillemots and loons in winter plumage, It didn’t happen. This year, they seem to be every where I look. The images of these that are shown ...
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