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  • Little White Moth Laying Her Eggs Today in Charlestown Meadows

    Little White Moth Laying Her Eggs Today in Charlestown Meadows

    She was under a leaf and I could not coax her out.  After I looked at the photographs I realized she was laying her eggs!  (Click on the photograph to really see those eggs.)  

  • Wary Momma and the Three Fawns

    Wary Momma and the Three Fawns

    I was walking in the woods in Valley Forge today when two momma deer and three fawn ran right towards me.  They didn’t realize I was there until they practically knocked me over.  I stood still for at least 15 minutes and they sort of got used to me.  So much fun!  

  • The Ambush Bug

    The Ambush Bug

     I was walking in the field off of Ship Road and saw a butterfly on a thistle blossom.  I started taking his photograph and realized he was not flying away.  I got closer and realized he had been ambushed by the Ambush Bug.  He’s a tiny bug with giant forearms and pinchers that can…

  • Today in Valley Forge

    Today in Valley Forge

    Oh it is that time of year in Valley Forge.  The turtles are lurking in the woods.  The Indigo and the Goldfinch are everywhere, the hummingbirds and the honeybees are buzzing the wildflowers.  It is so marvelous to just walk in the fields and see all these beautiful creatures.  I am so, so, so…

  • Yumiko Graduated!!! She is a Certified Physician Assistant!!!

     She did it!  She worked so hard for so long from the day she entered medical school.  Yumiko has poured her heart into her studies.  And on Friday, July 29 at the Academy of Music in Philadelphia, that young woman walked up on stage and received her Masters Degree.  Cannot tell you how proud…

  • Dragonflies and Damselflies

    Dragonflies and Damselflies

     It’s hot, hot, hot and the perfect time for Dragonflies and Damselflies and they do love to pose.

  • The Rookery

    The Rookery

    Yesterday I had the total pleasure of going to a little bird rookery in Ocean City, New Jersey with two fellow photographers.  I’d never been to a rookery before.  We got to Ocean City, about 8:00 in the morning, parked by the visitor’s center, looked over the railing and there they were.  Black Capped…

  • New Book!!! Wildlife of Madagascar

    New Book!!! Wildlife of Madagascar

    Well, I’ve been home for over a month and spent way too much time behind this computer, but I finally finished the new book, “Wildlife of Madagascar”.  I think this link should work:https://www.blurb.com/b/11216701-wildlife-of-madagascar. It’s a lot of fun, I hope….  

  • Working on a New Book – MADAGASCAR

    Working on a New Book – MADAGASCAR

     It’s taking a lot of time, but it should be a lot of fun.