A pair of Sandhill Cranes (an adult and a colt in the background) stalking the northern fields at Burrage Pond, looking very dinosaur-y. #photography #birds #wildlife #massachusetts

Headed over to Fall River tonight to see the fireworks over Big Mamie at Battleship Cove. #photography #boats #ship #fallriver #ussmassachusetts

Ruby-throated Hummingbird perched on a wire fence out at DNRT's Ocean View Farm #photography #birds #wildlife #massachusetts

An Eastern Kingbird out at Burrage Pond WMA. #photography #birds #wildlife #massachusetts

Grey Catbird at Mass Audubon Stony Brook. #photography #birds #wildlife #massachusetts

Pressed play on "Master and Commander" tonight to be greeted with a "Contains tobacco depictions" warning. Disney, I grew up in the 1970s, when the entire world smelled of smoke. I can handle it.

Great Blue Heron below the spillway out at Mass Audubon Stony Brook. #photography #birds #wildlife #massachusetts

"The Chain" is a pretty big swing. Not too shabby.

Ruby-throated Hummingbird out at Mass Audubon Stony Brook on the way home tonight. #photography #birds #wildlife #massachusetts

A brief moment from last night's fantastic show by They Might Be Giants at the House of Blues in Boston. And they have another one tonight. Don't know how they do it. They're older than I am and my dogs were tired this morning. #concert #photography #boston #houseofblues

My take on AI is, essentially, everybody who’s against is too against it and everybody who’s for it is too for it.

Is Donovan’s “Sunshine Superman” written from the point of view of a resentful Aquaman?

Outstanding show by The Mountain Goats at the House of Blues in Boston tonight. I've lost count of how many times I've listened to "This Year" over the course of the last bunch of years.

Finished John Williams' "Augustus" tonight. I was not prepared for the last line to be that chilling.

So, this is 56.

Headed out to Destruction Brook today looking for wildflowers; still a bit early, I guess. But some of the ferns are starting to unfurl. Plus, bonus critter hiding in plain sight. #photography #plants #dartmouth #massachusetts

Happy Mother's Day

One of the resident beavers out at Mass Audubon Stony Brook in Norfolk, MA. #photography #mammals #beaver #nature #norfolk #massachusetts #massachusettswildlife

Stopped out at Mass Audubon Stony Brook on the way home tonight for my daily walk instead of hitting the rail trail near my office. Haven't gone through all the photos, but I knew this one would finish up nicely as soon as I shot it. #photography #birds #wildlife #massachusetts

Well, this was the final number when I turned it in as the trade-in for a 2026 Accord Hybrid today. 296,132 miles over the last 12 years, which I would have hit a lot faster without 2 years of work-from-home in there. New one started at 8 miles.

Convenient for the NYTimes Spelling Bee that I was eating one of the pangrams when I started the game at lunch.

An Osprey flying with its catch near the Wareham fish ladder today. #photography #birds #wildlife #massachusetts

I find your word list… lacking.

Made a caramel-apple layer cake for my father-in-law's 90th today. Caramel application was a bit messy for me, and I only had the phone to grab a shot of the interior when it came time to serve it, but this was well-received. Very tasty. #photography #cooking #food #foodphotography

New AncestryDNA result just dropped. Ha. Ha ha. Ha ha HA HA ha! HAHAHAHAHA!

Well, that settles the ride home playlist question. Rest well.

An Osprey flying with its catch near the Wareham fish ladder. #photography #birds #wildlife #massachusetts

Eastern Bluebird out at Burrage Pond today #photography #birds #wildlife #massachusetts

Giving the closing benediction at the Patriots Vigil at Minute Man National Historical Park on Friday night. #photography #vigil #patriotsday

Comin' right at'cha. #photography #birds #wildlife #massachusetts

IDKHOW at the ‘dise tonight. Great show. Don’t remember the last time I watched from the balcony here, but that's where the kiddo wanted to watch from. I was a strong contender for oldest guy in the room. Sigh. (For the record, I intro'd the kid to the band, not the other way 'round.)

"Ugh, this guy again." #photography #birds #wildlife

8 years ago today. Ticker still ticking.

The herring are running, which means that the Osprey are back and hunting at the Wareham herring run. They were mostly fishing away from the accessible part of the river, but a few ventured into camera range, like this bird with its successful catch. #photography #birds #wildlife

Outstanding show by Kishi Bashi (with guest appearances by Honeybody and Mr. Steak) at the Royale tonight. #concert #photography #royale

Great show by The Wedding Present at the Sinclair, bracketing a run through of all of Seamonsters (marking its 35th anniversary) with old and new tracks and a cover of Pavement's "Box Elder". #concert #photography

I think I hit weather bingo on my commute this morning: overcast, bright sun, rain, snow, hail, and "wintry mix".

What a difference a decade makes. Yikes. To be fair, this has been a *really* long decade.

The reason Moby Dick is the most American novel ever written is because it is about a violent white man enacting a confusing revenge fantasy against a cheap source of oil.

Throwing Muses tonight at the 'dise. They could have turned the vocals up in the mix a skosh, but a great set. #concert #photography

Spring shearing complete. Busy weekend so I spared my wife from the usual day of weird facial hair as I step down from the winter beard.

Great show by Chris Thile tonight at Groton Hill Music Center. That I expected; but this was my first time at the venue, and man does that room *sing*. #concert #photography #grotonhill

The Red-winged Blackbirds moved back into the neighborhood a few weeks ago. #photography #birds #wildlife #birdphotography #nature #masswildlife #massachusetts #wildmassachusetts #massachusettswildlife

Had a brief fly-by from this juvenile Bald Eagle at Burrage Pond on Sunday. #photography #birds #wildlife #birdphotography #nature #masswildlife #massachusetts #wildmassachusetts #massachusettswildlife

A Great Egret taking flight at Burrage Pond. #photography #birds #wildlife #birdphotography #nature #masswildlife #massachusetts #wildmassachusetts #massachusettswildlife

A Northern Harrier checking out its surroundings out at Burrage Pond WMA today. #photography #birds #wildlife #birdphotography #nature #masswildlife #massachusetts #wildmassachusetts #massachusettswildlife

Tried out the solar filter that came with the SeeStar today. Decent enough, but what it really makes me want to do is finally buy a solar filter for my long lens. #photography #sun #astrophotography

Mashup Bands: I Don't Know How But They Found Meatloaf Aimee Mann's Earth Band Crosby, Stills, Nash, Young, Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman, Howe, Hagar, Schon, Aaronson, Shrieve, Mike, and the Mechanics

M51 (the "Whirlpool Galaxy") and its companion NGC 5195/M51B. Roughly 75 minutes of data out of 90 minutes of capture time, from my light-polluted back yard last night, using a SeeStar S30 Pro and processed in SiRIL (which I am still a n00b at using). #photography #nightsky #astrophotography

Here's one of my odd hobbies. When I buy a used book that has the prior owner's name in it, and there are enough breadcrumbs, I exercise my research chops and put together a mini-bio of that owner to leave in the book for perpetuity. #photography #books #research