Buck on Old Troy Road
Troy Meadows
Parsippany NJ
December 2025
A White-tailed Deer cautiously surveys the photographer. Likely a smart move for a species that has long been a top prey item!
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Canon 77D + Tamron 150-600mm
Buck on Old Troy Road
Tag Archives: 2025
River Otter in Morris County NJ
Morris County NJ
December 27, 2025
This aquatic mammal was foraging in a local waterway with a 2nd otter, perhaps its sibling. It seemed like crayfish was on this morning’s menu
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Great Blue Heron in Winter along Troy Brook
- Great Blue Heron on snowy bank of Troy Brook (img_0135)
- Great Blue Heron in Flight (img_0108)
Troy Meadows
Parsippany NJ
December 2025
Tamron 150-600mm G2 + Canon 77D
On a recent wintery morning walk I came across this Great Blue Heron adjacent to open water at Troy Brook whereas other sections had frozen over. Though I tried to walk by quietly, the distrusting bird took to the air.
Female Purple at Great Swamp NWR
This “winter finch” joined in on foraging for Juniper berries along flock of American Robins on Pleasant Plains Road.
October 2025
Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge
Morris County NJ
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Tamron 150-600mm + Canon 77D
Tree Swallows and Verrazzano Bridge from Sandy Hook NJ
Tree Swallows and Verrazzano Bridge
Sandy Hook, New Jersey
September 2025
The spectacle of large flocks of Tree Swallows staging means that another Summer is drawing to an end.
Canon 77D + Tamron 150-600mm G2
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Eastern Forktail on Fern
Eastern Forktail on Fern
Mount Olive NJ
July 2025
For this damsel-scape I hoped to include a vignette into a lush wetlands habitat.
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Canon ef-m 28mm macro + M5
Northern Copperhead – Morris County NJ
Morris County NJ
June 2025
On a rocky outcropping a stunning Northern Copperhead thermoregulates and lays in wait for its next toad meal.
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Tamron 100-400mm + Canon 77D
Ovenbird – Wildcat Ridge NJ
Ovenbird
Wildcat Ridge WMA
Rockaway Township NJ
April 2025
These migratory woodland warblers can be confused for thrushes or sparrows until viewed through decent magnification. Ovenbirds are also a challenging photography subject for me as they are often lurking in the shadows of the forest floor.
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Pine Rockland Sunrise
Long Pine Key
Everglades National Park, Florida
February 2025
We had a beautiful morning as the mysterious fog cover slowly burned off at Long Pine Key.
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Tamron 28-200mm + Sony A7r3
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Splitrock Sunrise
Morris County, New Jersey
February 2025
It was just myself and a small handful of ice fishermen around the reservoir on this brisk but vivid winter’s day.
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Canon eos M5 + EF-M 11-22mm
Dave Blinder Nature Photography 