Shot with the Olympus E-M1 at Hammonasset Park in Madison, Connecticut USA.

This photo was taken at Hammonasset State Park in Connecticut!

A female ruby-throated hummingbird feeding her chicks! This photo was taken at Hammonasset State Park in Connecticut!

A rare visitor to Connecticut and a lifer for me :-)!

A male Lapland longspur in breeding colors! Lapland longspurs are a common bird of the Arctic tundra! It winters in the Unites States and Canada! This photo was taken at Hammonasset State Park in Connecticut!

Shot with the Olympus SH-50 at Hammonasset State Park in Madison, Connecticut.

A pair of mating killdeer taken at Hammonasset State Park in Connecticut!

My husband and I were just about ready to leave this park when we decided to take one more ride through! As we rode along the road we saw this beauty sitting in a tree! The sun had already set but there was enough light to capture this image! I lightened the photo and edited it a bit! I am happy the way the photo came out considering the light!

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Hammonasset State Park

My favorite shot of the day.

Color Version

More shots of the full blood moon rising

Poecile atricapillus

Hammonasset Beach State Park

Madison, CT

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Really an afterthought of a shot I took from my car window. Cold down there this morning, but not unbearable. Waiting for the NEXT round of snow.

Madison, CT

I am still hoping to get some star / constellation shots for the "Night Sky" challenge this week. In the meantime, here are some shots of last month's full blood moon rising. You can see an airplane to the left of the moon.

Sony a7rII with Leica Tri-Elmar 16-18-21 with 10-stop neutral density filter, 60 second exposure....

Arenaria interpres

I went back to the Hamonasset State Park Butterfly Gardens for another session, and there were a lot of Monarchs fluttering around sharing nicely.

Hammonasset Beach State Park, Connecticut

In Explore, March 1, 2024, #12

Post Covid bird 140

03-25-2016

Madison CT July 4

From the CT side

Cold, but that's how winter goes in these parts.

These escapees have established populations along the Connecticut shoreline.

People might have thought I was crazy laying prone on the sand photographing these birds.

at Hammonasset State Park, Madison CT

Madison, Connecticut

It took a few shots to get this one...

Alas, I don't get out at night often enough to have gotten the hang of focusing in low light. So this shot isn't exactly tack-sharp! But I was lucky in my location - the moon came up at just the right place.

03-25-2016