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A yellow-rumped warbler. These birds are among the last of the Neotropical migrants to leave our area in the fall.

Earth Matters: Long journey home: Migrant birds and coffee

by Tom Litwin For the GazetteNovember 25, 2022

The dead vegetation in the background of this photo draws out the sumptuous browns in the plumage of this adult female dark-eyed junco. Is this photo more "authentic" than a photo of the same bird sitting at one of my feeders?

Speaking of Nature: Examining the rules of nature photography

by Bill Danielson For the GazetteNovember 15, 2022

A yellow-rumped warbler in fall plumage sits atop the dry flowers of a goldenrod plant and reaches out to grasp a tiny, hidden insect.

Speaking of Nature: A final fall warbler

by Bill Danielson For the GazetteOctober 25, 2022

While humming a gentle lullaby, Autumn paints the landscape with a beautiful palette dominated by the colors of fire.

Speaking of Nature: Autumn’s lullaby: Preparing the world for sleep

by Bill Danielson For the GazetteOctober 18, 2022

Little Bruce (left) appears to have the beginnings of some nice long crest feathers. Big Bruce (right) has a stunted crest, a black patch behind his eye and some new tail feathers growing in. Both birds might qualify as a "hot mess."

Speaking of Nature: Like father, like son: Big and Little Bruce

by Bill Danielson For the GazetteOctober 11, 2022

I snapped this photo of Picky Pete as he paused to eat a seed that finally met his exacting standards. He actually dropped down into the long grass to retrieve this particular morsel.

Speaking of Nature: The tale of Picky Pete

by Bill Danielson For the GazetteSeptember 27, 2022

With the soft, creamy colors of meadow grasses in the background, this first-year juvenile blackpoll warbler posed for a photo next to a cluster of absolutely exquisite silky dogwood berries.

Speaking of Nature: The blackpoll warbler: Yet another gift from the gods

by Bill Danielson For the GazetteSeptember 20, 2022

I photographed this first-year female black-throated green warbler while sitting in my Thinking Chair last weekend. An adult male would have similar markings, but his throat would be covered with dark black feathers.

Speaking of Nature: The Black-throated green warbler: An autumn traveler

by Bill Danielson For the RecorderSeptember 13, 2022

An Atlantic puffin stands next to its burrow, marked No. 47, on Eastern Egg Rock off the coast of Maine.

Earth Matters: Inclusivity becomes reality at a Maine camp

by Meghadeepa Maity For the GazetteSeptember 6, 2022

The mantis (on the left) is standing its ground against this male northern cardinal. The insect has its arms and wings raised in an attempt to look big and scary, but 0.2 seconds later the cardinal delivered a bite that spelled the beginning of the end for the mantis.

Speaking of Nature: Cardinal vs. mantis

by Bill Danielson For the GazetteAugust 30, 2022