Good enough reason to drive almost two hours to Truro to take photos in the wee hours of the morning, I guess. Still have to see if doing some stacking yields a cleaner result, but the first stab was a bust. Highland Light, a bit after 1 am. #photography #nightsky #astrophotography

Well, Fred, he's down there again, but I'll be damned if I can tell what he's up to. #photography #birds #wildlife #birdphotography #nature #masswildlife #norfolk #massachusetts #wildmassachusetts #naturalmassachusetts #massachusettswildlife

"The spotted hawk swoops by and accuses me, he complains of my gab and my loitering. I too am not a bit tamed, I too am untranslatable, I sound my barbaric yawp over the roofs of the world." (Plus, bonus photographer reflected in eyeball.) #photography #birds #wildlife #birdphotography #nature #masswildlife #norfolk #massachusetts #wildmassachusetts #naturalmassachusetts #massachusettswildlife

A Cedar Waxwing tossing a mulberry up to reposition it in its beak so it can swallow it more easily. #photography #birds #wildlife #birdphotography #nature #masswildlife #norfolk #massachusetts #wildmassachusetts #naturalmassachusetts #massachusettswildlife

Yellow Warbler warbling out at Gooseberry Island today. #photography #birds #wildlife #birdphotography #nature #masswildlife #westport #massachusetts #wildmassachusetts #naturalmassachusetts #massachusettswildlife

Starflower (Lysimachia borealis), one of Massachusetts' native wildflowers, growing trailside at DNRT's Destruction Brook Woods. Don't let the macro scale fool you; the bloom is only about a half inch in diameter. #photography #plants #wildflowers #dnrt #destructionbrookwoods #dartmouth #massachusetts

Cinnamon fern, furled. #photography #plants #ferns #fiddleheads #dnrt #destructionbrookwoods #dartmouth #massachusetts #blackandwhite #monochrome

I have been meaning to take the macro lens out while ferns were still unfurling. Almost missed my window. #photography #plants #ferns #fiddleheads #dnrt #destructionbrookwoods #dartmouth #massachusetts

A Willet stretching its wings out as it wades through the shallows. #photography #birds #wildlife #birdphotography #nature #masswildlife #westport #massachusetts #wildmassachusetts #naturalmassachusetts #massachusettswildlife

Osprey, nictitating membrane closed over its eyes, right at the moment the first talon breaks the surface of the water as it dives for a herring. #photography #birds #wildlife #birdphotography #nature #masswildlife #wareham #massachusetts #wildmassachusetts #naturalmassachusetts #massachusettswildlife