Cooperstown: Interior of Houdenosaunee Longhouse

Cooperstown: Otesaga Lake and Haudenosaunee Longhouse

Columbus NY: Cow in Tin Ceiling Tiles

...on the lawn at Golden Artist Colors artists' residency farm.

Baldwinsville: Thanks for the Beautiful Baskets!

Canoe Dock at Beaver Lake Nature Center

Stone Quarry Hill Art Park: David Harper, Stacks, 2006

Quarter-Sized Brockway Truck: Perfect!

Wild Walk at Wild Center in Tupper Lake

Boarding the Charlotte-Essex Ferry

Osprey at Charlotte VT

Bridge over Lewis Creek in North Ferrisburg VT

Town Hall of Monkton VT

The State Capitol in Montpelier VT

Montpelier VT: Ceres, Goddess of Agriculture

Lichens in Carter Notch

Carter Notch Hut

Three Toads in the White Mountains, NH

Looking North-east From Wildcat A, NH

Cirque Headwall on Mt. Washington, NH

Cumulus Over the White Mountains, NH

Addition at Brooklyn Pickle on West Genesee

Old and New in Syracuse

Cascade Lake near Eagle Bay and Brenner

Cedar Waxwings at Adirondack Museum

This female tried unsuccessfully for a long time to remove the string. The male watched nearby.

Loon at Stillwater

We've observed that there are no loon chicks this year on Stillwater.

The water level was unseasonably low during nest building and egg laying in early June and then it rained long and hard, bringing the level far above usual, destroying nests and their eggs, we think.

By then it was too late to start again.

As is is, in a normal season it takes all summer and well into the fall for new loons to develop strength and ability enough to fly out to the sea, and they are the last to leave, weeks after their parents.

Hen of the Woods

Fishing Loons at Stillwater

Brenner Inserts Himself Into the Picnic

Damselfly of Extraordinary Color

Characteristic	Dragonfly	Damselfly
Eyes	most have eyes that touch, or nearly touch, at the top of the head	eyes are clearly separated, usually appearing to each side of the head
Body	usually stocky	usually long and slender
Wing Shape	dissimilar wing pairs, with hind wings broader at the base	all wings similar in shape
Position at Rest	wings held open, horizontally or downwards	wings held closed, usually over abdomen
Discal Cell	divided into triangles	undivided, quadrilateral
Male Appendages	pair of superior anal appendages, single inferior appendage	two pairs of anal appendages
Female Appendages	most have vestigial ovipositors	functional ovipositors
Larvae	breathe through rectal tracheal gills; stocky bodies	breathe through caudal gills; slender bodies

View of Stillwater from Stillwater's Bald Mountain

This Way to Bald Mountain: Where You Land Your Boat