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Dave, Gary and I drove up to a field north of where we live, either in northwestern Connecticut or Southwestern Massachusetts. Dave knew this field was loaded with butterflies although this late in summer it would be a lot less loaded. We saw a few nice specimens and I got this shot of a monarch [...]

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Warren, Connecticut. This was my submission to The New York Times’ A Moment in Time project this morning. We have a pair of mallards that come to our pond to mate each year. This year they’re sharing the pond with a pair of wood ducks as well but today the mallards were here. Just after [...]

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Warren, Connecticut. Last month this young possum started coming to our bird feeder every day to dig around for seed. Very cute guy and I have a new found appreciation for how enjoyable possums are to watch. This guy was a real character. This was shot through a rather dirty double-paned kitchen window last month [...]

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