Great Brook in Late Summer
Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge
Morris County NJ
August 2023
The Purple Loosestrife was in full bloom today near Long Hill Road.
Canon M5 + 18-150mm
Great Brook in Late Summer
Category Archives: 2023
Eastern Fence Lizard in New Jersey
Eastern Fence Lizard
Brendan T Byrne State Forest
New Jersey
July 2023
A closeup view of a common Fence Lizard at rest in the New Jersey Pinelands.
Canon 77D + Tamron 100-400mm
Eastern Kingsnake in NJ
Eastern Kingsnake
Pinelands National Reserve
New Jersey
July 2023
This Kingsnake was basking on a sand road and then scampered into the dense pinelands understory when it noticed me.
Canon 77D + Tamron 100-400mm
Delaware Skipper on Thistle
Delaware Skipper on Thistle
Troy Meadows
Parsippany NJ
July 2023
A Delaware Skipper feeds on the nectar of a Thistle bloom in Morris County New Jersey.
Canon M5 + 28mm EFM macro lens
Martha’s Pennants at Brendan T Byrne State Forest
Martha’s Pennants (dragonflies)
Brendan T Byrne State Forest NJ
July 2023
A pair of Martha’s Pennants in a mating wheel alongside a former cranberry bog.
Canon 77D + Tamron 100-400
Eastern Fence Lizard at Brendan T Byrne State Forest
Eastern Fence Lizard
Brendan T Byrne State Forest
Burlington County NJ
July 2023
A New Jersey Pinelands denizen is juxtaposed by its native oak and pitch pine habitat.
Canon M5 + 18-150mm EFM lens
Delaware Skipper on Thistle
Delaware Skipper on Thistle
Troy Meadows
Parsippany NJ
July 2023
I am working on taking more wide angle macro shots lately to show insects within their habitats.
Yay or Nay?
Canon M5 + 28mm EFM macro lens
Banded Pennant dragonfly
Banded Pennant dragonfly
Double Trouble State Park
Ocean County New Jersey
July 2023
One of a handful of Banded Pennants seen near Mill Pond Reservoir.
Canon M5 + EFM 28mm macro
Five-lined Skink at Ramapo Reservation
Five-lined Skink
Ramapo Valley County Reservation
Bergen County NJ
June 2023
The blue coloration on immature skinks is always very striking! Five-lined Skinks are the only wild lizard found in North Jersey. Adult males have large orange heads while females are more of a bronze coloration. Adult skinks do not have blue tails.
Never seen a Skink? You’d need to be hiking near a natural body of water w/o pesticides or perhaps near rocky cliffs in New Jersey.
Canon 77D +Tamron 100-400mm
Red Milkweed Beetle at Greendell Marsh
Red Milkweed Beetle
Greendell Marsh Ecological Preserve
North Jersey
June 2023
A bugs-eye view of an agricultural section of the preserve.
Canon M5 + 28mm macro
Dave Blinder Nature Photography 