Great Blue Heron
“Your sigh, I am told, is like the sound of rain driven against tower bells. You smell like wild ginger. When you lift your foot from the river, water doesn't run off it to spoil the transparent surface of the shallows. The water hesitates to offend you.” —Barry Lopez, The Search for the Heron, River ...
Local toughs
For some reason many people aren't fond of Blue Jays (Cyanocitta cristata), but I just love it when a gang of these big raucous songbirds show up at the backyard feeders. American birders often take this gorgeous bird for granted, but Blue Jays are usually the first species European visitors want to track down in ...
The best book I know on writing nonfiction
I was talking with a friend recently about writing and writing guides, and it reminded me that Zinsser's book On Writing Well isn't just a wonderful, straightforward guide to clear writing. Its core advice is a great philosophy on creating any kind of media: writing, video, illustration, whatever. Highly recommended.
Long toes
Now you know why their toes are so long. Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea), Green Cay Wetlands, Boynton Beach, Florida.
Small tuna
I love the bold colors of these small tuna species. They're like little Word War II fighters. Frigate Mackerel (Auxis thazard), and Little Tunny (Euthynnus alletteratus). Photoshop paintings ©Copyright 2013, by Patrick Lynch. All rights reserved.
The City of Light
Swing band, Pont Saint-Louis, Paris. The band pictured here is wonderful: SwingInParis. More Paris pictures from last year's visit.
Salvaging the Real Florida: Lost and found in the State of Dreams
A really fine read. Twice even. As Papa said: "All good books are alike in that they are truer than if they had really happened and after you are finished reading one you will feel that all that happened to you and afterwards it all belongs to you; the good, the bad, the ecstasy, the ...
Big gulp
A year-old Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) feeds on schools of Atlantic Herring (Clupae harengus) and Sand Lance (Ammodytes americanus) on Stellwagen Bank, just north of Race Point on Cape Cod, Massachusetts. The birds are Herring Gulls (Larus argentatus) of various ages.
Five species of Western Atlantic Flyingfish
An old favorite plate from both my offshore field guides, A Field Guide to North Atlantic Wildlife, and A Field Guide to the Southeast Coast & Gulf of Mexico.
Our two nuthatch species
We have two nuthatch species here in Connecticut: the White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis), and the Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis). Both are particularly obvious at this time of year, both in the wild creeping over tree trunks, and at backyard feeders. .
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