MAY 29, 2012 12:32PM

Heady Day In Heaven - 777 Photos



Lady's Slipper orchids, the largest colony I have ever seen. May, coastal Maine 2012
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This is an iris without a name, but none the less for glory, in my coastal Maine garden. Years ago, I received it as a cull from a customer's garden. The name had long… Read full post »

Osprey, also known as a Fish Hawk with a freshly caught Alewife, which is a type of herring. Phippsburg Maine.
 These photos were all taken within five minutes of one another. I was sitting at the mouth of the Kennebec River where it empties into the Atlantic Ocean at… Read full post »


Pond Island Lighthouse, Popham Beach, Phippsburg, Maine
spring horseback riding

Magnolia Warbler in flight, Phippsburg, Maine May 2012

FLYday is an homage to what our feathered friends do best, fly! 

To see more of my photographs of birds in flight, click on this link:

http://www.robinrobinsonmaine.com/BIRDS/BIRDS-IN-FLIGHT/14827970_JBkfCq


Adult Bald eagle being harassed by Herring Gull, Phippsburg, Maine, May 2012

FLYday is an homage to what our feathered friends do best, fly. 

I took this shot on the end of our pier, 120 feet out into the ocean. I was wearing my bathrobe. 
On my
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APRIL 29, 2012 11:33AM

Stonington, Maine Scenic Sunday

SCENIC SUNDAY - Stonington, Maine


Stonington, Maine on the harbor. I'd live in that little house!
April, 2012
APRIL 27, 2012 1:13AM

FLYDAY- Osprey Talons

Osprey, also known as a Fish Hawk, with talons extended. Brookville, Maine

FLYday is an homage to what our feathered friends do best, fly.

   Fort Popham on the Kennebec River, Phippsburg, Maine in autumn. I took this aerial view in 2010. Hunnewell Beach is in the foreground. The view is looking north up the Kennebec River. Atkins Bay is to the left or west of the fort. Cox's Head is in the background to… Read full post »
APRIL 13, 2012 10:29AM

FLYday - Crow With Nest Material


American Crow, Corvis brachyrhynchos in flight with nesting material. Everybody is mating and building nests now!
April, Phippsburg, Maine

FLYday is an homage to what our feathered friends do best, fly.
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MARCH 30, 2012 11:57AM

FLYday - Great Blue Heron Food Battle

Great Blue Herons, Ardea herodias engaged in food battle. The heron on the left is biting the legs of the fleeing heron on the right!
Phippsburg, Maine

FLYday is an homage to what our feathered friends do best, fly.

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MARCH 30, 2012 7:59AM

FLYday - Great Blue Heron


Great Blue Heron, Ardea herodias in flight, Phippsburg Maine

FLYday is an homage to what our feathered friends do best, fly.  

To see more photos of birds in flight in Maine, click HERE.
To see more photos of wading birds in Maine, click HERE.
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MARCH 28, 2012 1:00PM

Hot And Cold, Spring Snow

Andromeda japonica in spring snow.
March 28, 2012
    After a week of record breaking, summer like temperatures, it was a surprise to wake up to snow cover this morning. My first thought was, "Flowers! Flowers in snow!" I leaped out of bed and ran out to/… Read full post »
MARCH 24, 2012 9:04AM

FLYday - Ruby Thoated Hummingbird


Ruby-throated hummingbird, female at impatiens. Phippsburg, Maine 2011

Flyday is an homage to what our feathered friends do best, fly.
If you want to see more hummingbird photos taken by me, check out this link.  
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MARCH 16, 2012 1:20AM

FLYday - Bald eagle

Bald eagle, adult, Phippsburg Maine

FYday is an homage to what our feathered friends do best, fly.
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MARCH 13, 2012 1:19PM

Bank Of America And Nature's Imponderables

 
Bald eagle, adult perched on snow. European Starlings, Great Black-backed an Herring gull in flight, Maine, February 2009
Bald eagle impassively perched on snow while European starlings fly by. There is a Great Black-backed gull in flight. If you look under its left wing, a starling can be seenRead full post »

Pond Island Lighthouse from Popham Beach, Phippsburg Maine. March, 2012
MARCH 9, 2012 11:38AM

FLYday- Red-tailed Hawk


Red-tailed hawk, Buteo jamaicenis in flight, Phippsburg Maine

FLYday is an homage to what our feathered friends do best, fly.
Common merganser drakes on the Kennebec River, Bath Maine February 2012
Common mergansers, Kennebec River, Bath Maine, February 2012
Common merganser hens or juveniles on the Kennebec River, Bath Maine 2012
Common Merganser close up, Kennebec River Bath Maine
Common merganser, hen, Maine
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RED-BREASTED MERGANSER DRAKE IN FLIGHT, PHIPPSBURG, MAINE FEBRUARY 2012

FLY-day is an homage to what our feathered friends do best, fly.
 
Northern Mockingbird, Mimus polyglottos Brunswick, Maine February 2012
Lest there be doubt about where I saw this bird!
The Mocker flew to a nearby tree.
                Northern Shrike,… Read full post »
FEBRUARY 16, 2012 4:09PM

Northern Pintail - Northern Pinhead


Northern Pintail drake with American Black ducks, as seen across the marsh on Hermit Island, Phippsburg Maine, February 2012
Marsh grass frozen under tide water, Hermit Island, February 2012
Do you see any car keys here?

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FEBRUARY 11, 2012 2:45PM

SNOWY NO SHOWY – FULL HUNGER MOON

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''        The rising, Full Snow or Full Hunger Moon, February, 2012 Phippsburg, Maine
Corona around the February full moon with reflection across Totman Cove, 2012

This is how the corona is created by moonlight. 

 
Bubo scandiacus
The Snowy owl is alsRead full post »
FEBRUARY 6, 2012 1:25AM

FLYday - American Black Ducks in snow


American Black Ducks in snow, Phippsburg Maine January 2012

FLYday is an homage to what our feathered friends do best, fly.
Mallard drake (Anas platyrhynchos) , Phippsburg Maine
  
Mallard hen, Phippsburg Maine Note her mottled breast feathers and orange and black bill
American Black Ducks (Anas rubripes), hens and drakes, Phippsburg Maine - Totman Cove in front of our house. Note that the males have yellow billsRead full post »
DECEMBER 9, 2011 10:18AM

FLYday- American Black Ducks


American Black ducks take flight in snow, Phippsburg Maine

FLYday is an homage to what our feathered friends do best, fly.