(c) Greg Saulmon 2014
After hearing a report of Cedar Waxwings in Heritage State Park from friend and photographer Stephanie Pierce, I took a walk this morning and found a flock of about 80 feasting on berries. These are the first waxwings I’ve seen in the park since early January.
I’ll post a gallery of images in the next day or so.
One of the city’s resident Red-tailed Hawks takes flight from a tree at the Dwight Street entrance to Heritage State Park Saturday afternoon.
The annual winter influx of Cooper’s Hawks in downtown Holyoke continues to offer some interesting sightings and encounters.
There are some days when you feel like there are just no birds in the city at all, and that everything you’ve observed before has been an extended fluke.
Thursday’s storm forced us to postpone the scheduled evening reception for my photo exhibit at the Taber Gallery.
The new date is Wednesday, Feb. 19, 5:30 – 7:30 p.m.
Hope to see you there!
A quiet, snowy afternoon in the park: no House Finches, no Red-tailed or Cooper’s Hawks. Just three American Robins, feasting on berries.
I currently have 41 prints of Holyoke birds installed at the Taber Art Gallery at Holyoke Community College; they’re on view through Feb. 27. Two dates this week to note: 1. Wednesday, Feb. 12, 11 a.m.-1 p.m.: The gallery is holding a daytime reception. I’ll deliver a slideshow talk at noon. 2. Thursday, Feb. 13, 5:30-7:30 p.m.: Evening reception. Light…
I found this hawk in Heritage State Park this afternoon, right outside the Merry-Go-Round.
I ran into a crew of about a half-dozen Golden-crowned Kinglets behind the Gill paper mill this afternoon. The one above landed right in front of me as I was trying to get a closer look at a Brown Creeper — which has the honor of being the seventy-fifth species I’ve logged downtown since 2011.
