An afternoon Essex River Cruise after the whale watch followed by a meal at Woodman’s. More lobster for me.











An afternoon Essex River Cruise after the whale watch followed by a meal at Woodman’s. More lobster for me.











Insects, mammals, reptiles and more can be found at the arboretum. These are a few of the chickens that provide the multicolored eggs for sale.



On June 1st we drove to Jamaica Bay in Queens, New York City. It is one of my favorite places to visit. I forgot the good bug spray with Deet in it and only had some herbal bug spray which was useless, so the mosquitos chewed us up. I gave blood to see a Red-headed Woodpecker there.







A few spring newbies.




I had fun using all the AI tools to clean up noise and sharpen these.





Three different thrushes that stop in the park during migration. I love the song of the wood thrush.







There is a little stream on the east side of the point in The Lake. It is a treat to watch the migrating and local birds bathing there.






A few birds seen during our first trip to Central Park this year.








