Greg Burt Photography

I was on a hike this morning and stumbled upon this water snake who was sitting on the shore of a pond. It's back end was sticking out onto the path I was walking on and it didn't take off, so I took some snake portraits.

It's a Northern Water Snake and is fairly common in Massachusetts. They are not poisonous, but they will bite repeatedly if cornered or threatened. Knowing that, I didn't corner or threaten it. This is the biggest snake I can remember seeing in the wild and is much bigger than any garter snake you'd run across. I didn't break out the tape measure to get an accurate length, but it looked to be about 2 or 2 1/2 feet long.

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About 15 minutes ago I saw a couple of rabbits eating the grass just outside my door. They put up with me taking photos for a few minutes, then they decided to make a run for it.

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The animals were out in force today. When I walked into my parents' back yard this morning to do some yard work for them, there were two woodchucks and a rabbit who all scattered when they saw me coming. The birds and butterflies weren't as scared of me as these photos show...

Hungry butterfly, stuffing it's face into a flower...

The same butterfly posing on top of a flower...

And a grey catbird...

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The daylilies have started to bloom. They'll go for another month or so.

This one was an outside flower, and has much more spectacular color than the ones I have sitting in a jar in my apartment. Of course, the ones sitting inside my apartment produced five flowers today. None of them looked as good as the one in the photo.

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Podcast, June 24, 2007

Old rockers.

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I found this guy on a hike this morning.

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After it finished raining this afternoon, there were a lot of animals outside eating and drying off. The bird in the first picture here was shaking itself dry on a tree branch and didn't seem to mind me getting close to it. Click it to zoom in.

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This rabbit was sitting in the grass eating a snack...

And I was lucky enough to catch this robin just as it took off from the branch it was sitting on...

It was a fine afternoon for wildlife photography.

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I'm camping in New Hampshire for the weekend and while out on my father's boat got to see a loon fairly close up... about 50 feet away at the closest. They're neat looking birds.

This is just a quick picture for now, and I'll be pulling out and posting a few of the best shots I got today once I get back home and have some time to sit at my desk.

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I've been taking a tour of the conservation areas in Wrentham, and I found my favorite one so far... the Birchwold Farm conservation area in West Wrentham. It's 129 acres with plenty of trails and a pretty good variety of terrain and wildlife.

In the open field near the parking area there are a bunch of bird boxes and there were a few tree swallows gathering food and bringing it back to their babies. Of course I didn't see the babies, because they're inside the box, but I did hear them. The odd thing about this was that there were three birds that seemed to all be bringing food to the box I was taking pictures of. There was a small scuffle between two of the birds, so maybe the third bird wasn't welcome.

Here's a link to a brochure that has maps and a brief description and history of all the conservation areas in Wrentham. Wrentham Guide to Open Spaces and Conservation Lands

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As a fun and short project, I decided to do some time lapse work with a blooming flower.

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Podcast, June 3, 2007

I've got Aerosmith rumors, A-Rod commentary, and a congrats to the grads in this one.

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