On behalf of Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo, THANK YOU for making our 2024 Gala so special. As a thank you, we have uploaded all of our photos so that you can download yours or you can simply browse through them to … Continue reading
Make Music Fairfield 2024 – Photo Gallery (Lots of photos – give it a moment to load)
THANK YOU to all of the Make Music Fairfield 2024 performers and hosts! Please find below the photos I was able to take during this year’s amazing all-day event. If you saw me, then there is likely at least one … Continue reading
Just Glow – Beardsley Zoo’s “Glow Wild” Lantern Festival
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Beardsley Zoo in Bridgeport, CT is once again holding its amazing Glow Wild Lantern Festival, now with even more lanterns. What is Glow Wild? It’s a zoo-filled wonderland of larger-than-life, brightly illuminated lanterns in the shapes of animals, mushrooms, flowers, … Continue reading
Roseate Spoonbill – Stratford CT – Sept. 6, 2023
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A short post to show the very rare Connecticut bird, a Roseate Spoonbill. For Connecticut, I believe this is only the fourth recorded sighting. For normal US sightings, this bird is typically only seen in the very edges of the … Continue reading
Skyhunters In Flight at Beardsley Zoo
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I recently spent a really enjoyable hour watching a live raptor show called “Skyhunters In Flight” at the Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo. Skyhunters in Flight is an educational program run by Brian and Teddy Bradley that features a live, outdoor lecture … Continue reading
Big Backyard Bobcat
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With their territories being very large (many square miles), I rarely see bobcats where I live, so it is always a treat when I catch a fleeting glimpse of one quietly sneaking through the yard. Recently, however, I saw a … Continue reading
Make Music Day 2023 Fairfield – Scott’s Picks
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Make Music Day is held every year on the same date – June 21 – the first day of summer – rain or shine! According to the MakeMusicDay.org website: It all started 41 years ago in France. In 1982, Jack … Continue reading
A New Bluebird
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This blog post was started just as a Bluebird was hatching with the expectation that I would update it in near real-time as the Bluebird was hatching. Things didn’t go as planned. What follows is a journal in pictures and … Continue reading
Laowa – The remarkable 25mm f/2.8 2.5-5x Macro Lens
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Seeing the first Webb Telescope space images today, I think about everything we have on Earth and how much magnification is enough for a photo. For me, there is never enough. Just like with Webb, every time I dive in … Continue reading
Snowy Dark-eyed Juncos & Re-starting the photo blog!!
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Eleven years ago I started a blog with a very simple post titled “Backyard Blizzard Birds.” That post highlighted three backyard birds that were doing their best to get through a bad snow storm. Dark-eyed juncos were one of … Continue reading