Interesting Caption

The title page picture is a young bull moose. I found it  interesting that the wood duck in the upper right of pic never even flinched when the moose entered the water.
I can tell you if a wood duck catches even slight movement from people they are airborne.

The picture above he is feeding

I didn't think he would cross the swamp with the water being so cold.. I hiked over to check where he went back into the woods., then bushwhacked back to the dirt road.

It amazes me when I look for antlers I usually come up with nothing.

I found this  moose antler hiking a hardwood ridge back to the truck

Jim.

Hiked Popular NE Gate

Title page pic is a Mallard Duck Drake in full mating colors. He flew into a small swamp  not noticing me. I was able to get about 20 yards from him.

This Red Squirrel posed for me or was begging.

I did get an awesome audio of two Barred Owls this morning . I will share it in the near future.

Jim

Lot Of Activity

The Great Blue Heron  pic above was taken at sunset in a North Central WMA.

This is the first Palm Warbler of the season.

I did watch three otters in a Quabbin swamp this morning. Its amazing to watch them fish. They spent the best part of an hour " Cleaning House".


Its time to dust off your camera. The woods are coming alive,

Jim

Scouting Other Areas

The title picture is from one of the many Massachusetts Wildlife Management Areas. This spring I have scouted out a number of WMA's and have found several that have ideal habitat for sitting with a camera. I will continue hiking Quabbin one or both weekend days. However I will occasionally spend a weekend morning sitting with my camera in a WMA.

This Fisher pic was taken at a NE Quabbin gate. I have only seen one other Fisher early dawn several years ago.

Blue Heron's are back and are claiming nests. This pic was taken in a Central MA WMA

Jim

What A Difference A Day Makes ! !

Didn't quite make it to Quabbin yesterday. A swamp not to far away caught my interest . The Bluebirds on the title page were busy adding nesting material to a hole just below them.

The male Bluebird was defending the nest location from many Tree Swallows that wanted the same hole for nesting.

There where about twenty Tree Swallows in the area. The male Bluebird was extremely defensive in protecting the hole entrance. It will be interesting to see how this turns out.


Yesterday was a sitting at a swamp watching Bluebirds and listening to Peepers. Today....... white and wet !
Jim