Red Head
Red-headed Woodpecker: Blackwater NWR, Maryland, USA, July 2025 — Living in Maine, I do not get to see this bird much, but they are common here in Maryland. This one was with a flock of Red-winged Blackbirds working the edge of the wildlife drive or insects and seeds. Sony a6700. Tamron 50-400 at 600mm equivalent. Program with my birds and wildlife modifications. Processed in Photomator.
Needham’s Skimmer
Needham’s Skimmer: I am not sure I have seen a full adult Needham’s Skimmer before…or at least the ones they have here on the Chesapeake Shore in Maryland are much redder than any I have seen it the past. Sony a6700. Tamron 50-400 at 600mm equivalent. Program mode with my insect modifications. Processed in Photomator.
Great Blue
Great Blue Heron: Steven’s Gift, Cambridge, Maryland, USA — Coming back to my AirBnB in the early evening, I found this patient heron waiting in the pond by the long drive in from the road. Great light and a very healthy bird make this one of my most satisfying heron shots to date. Sony a6700. Tamron 50-400 at 292mm equivalent. Program with my birds and wildlife modifications. Processed in Photomator.
Barn Swallow
Barn Swallow, recently fledged I think. Kennebunk, Maine, USA, July 2025 — Down on the river shore. Sony a6700. Tamron 50-400 at 600mm equivalent. Program with my birds and wildlife modifications. Processed in Photomator.
That deer again.
White-tailed Deer. Kennebunk, Maine, USA, July 2025 — again visiting the in-laws and very likely the same deer showed up at the edge of their overgrown meadow. Sony a6700. Tamron 50-400 at 600mm equivalent. Program. Processed in Photomator.
Still feeding
Least Tern: Kennebunk, Maine, USA, July 2025 — Least Tern chicks are still being fed even after they are flight born and making short hops up and down the beach. This one is not quite ready to fly, but any day now. I spotted the chick in an open area and put my stool down and sat at a respectful distance and waited until the terns settled and then about 20 minutes more before a parent came to feed. Sony a6700. Tamron 50-400 at 600mm equivalent. Program with my bird and wildlife modifications. Processed in Photomator.
River playing with wawa
When it is hot, why not play with the water, or wawa as River says? Sony a5100. Sony 10-18f4. Superior Auto.
River, meet lobster
We took River on a Lobster Tour, to give her a Maine memory, and she got to meet a real live lobster for the first time. She was not sure. But she did not want the lobster to leave (she is a very “more” girl right now). Through a series of unlikely events, I happened to have come prepared with a 3D printed blue lobster in my pack, so it worked out fine. 🙂 Though we did have to discourage her from throwing him back into the sea when the rest of the catch went back in. Sony a5100. Sony 10-18f4. Superior Auto. Processed in Photomator.
Great Grandma
River and Maine Great Grandma. Gotta catch them while I can. 🙂
River discovers the Atlantic Ocean!
River: Kennebunk, Maine, USA, July 2025 — River is visiting from Santa Fe (along with her parents, one of whom is our daughter Anna). She is now a 2 ocean girl, having discovered the Pacific ocean during the last year. At this rate the will be naming a continent after her. 🙂 Sony a6700. Tamron 50-400. Program mode. Processed in Photomator.