A few weeks ago, I met a nature photographer who was standing in the exact place I like to stand when I take nature shots near our pond. He gave me the wonderful advice of simply paying attention to what's going on around me to find all kinds of life to photograph. I have taken his advice, and it has worked some kind of magic. I am discovering animals everywhere. In addition to the above images of wildlife in Connecticut, I've come across these fellow travelers:
1. Turkey vultures,
2. Muskrats,
3. Beaver,
4. Barn swalls,
5. Chickadees,
6. Foxes,
7. Deer,
8. Woodpeckers,
9. Seagulls (of course),
10. Deer,
11. Feral cats,
12. Rabbits, and
13. Horseshoe crabs.

I've seen all these creatures without wandering very far from my front step. So many I don't have pictures of many of them because I have come across them at dawn or dusk when I have been out for a walk without my camera. Perhaps I'll have the family album done before the end of summer.

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