There was a reason the regulars at our bird feeders were away this morning. Outnumbered and outsized, the chick-a -dees, nuthatches and finches had to wait for breakfast until the flock of wild turkeys finished their meal.

With a winter like we’ve had this year, who in the world would want to move to New Hampshire?
So, is it true that robins fly south for the winter? Are you sure?

Note: This is the third posting in an ongoing series of photographs I will be publishing throughout 2009. All of the “Backyard Wonders” photographs in this series will be taken in my own back yard. My challenge is to see how many different kinds of landscape and wildlife photos I can come up with by the end of the year. Enjoy!

I thought this pattern of curled up leaves on my Azalea bush made an interesting pattern in black and white.

Note: This is the first posting of an ongoing series of photographs I will be posting throughout 2009. All of the “Backyard Wonders” photographs I am publishing will be taken in my own back yard. My challenge is to see how many different kinds of landscape and wildlife photos I can come up with by the end of the year. Enjoy!

There is certainly no shortage of icicles in southern New Hampshire these days. I have more ice than I can deal with making dams on my roof. The extreme cold weather freezes any snow that melts on the roof, and creates an array of icicles in all lengths and shapes.

I “bagged” a nice scenic shot at the dump in Rochester last week. Garbage - who would think that there would be such beauty, standing on top of millions of tons of decaying garbage?

I had the longest commute of my life this morning - 24 miles in an hour and 40 minutes. As I was driving (I mean sitting in traffic) on the F.E. Everett Turnpike this morning, I noticed this portable alert billboard on the side of the road. Wishful thinking!

The sun, ice and a Canon camera. That’s about all I needed to make this picture last Friday, the day after an ice storm blanketed southern New Hampshire. Everywhere I looked there was a scenic or news picture waiting to be taken.

Another snap with the BlackBerry.  I’ve used the camera in the device on assignment when I needed to post a photo right away from a breaking news assignment.  It can be a tremendous newsgathering tool for many reasons.  It can also drive my family nuts as it’s set to forward work emails and those come [...]