JULY 13, 2012 10:00AM

FLYday- Canada Geese

FLYday - Canada Geese


FLYday - A Foursome of Canada Geese. These geese flew so low that I could hear their feathers whistling.

"Force-'em" is what they do to geese (and ducks) to make  foie gras. Foie gras is made from hypertrophied goose liver. Domestic geese are… Read full post »
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JUNE 9, 2012 4:12PM

Eagles Don't Always Come Home - Bird Nests


Bald eagle on the nest, Phippsburg, Maine spring 2010
Eagles make enormous nests spanning 4-5 feet across. They are messy, clumsy looking nests. They do hold these giant birds and the chicks, along with whatever food they bring home.


This next nest/… Read full post »
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MAY 31, 2012 7:22PM

Silence Of The Woods - Royal Ferns

A colony of
Royal ferns, Osmunda regalis on a streamside in the woods, Phippsburg, Maine

 

  

The Still Cover

I'm deep in green
where the blue newts move
between wet leaves,
smooth, so cool.
Only sounds of dripping,
circles… Read full post »
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MAY 29, 2012 12:32PM

Heady Day In Heaven - 777 Photos



Lady's Slipper orchids, the largest colony I have ever seen. May, coastal Maine 2012
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This is an iris without a name, but none the less for glory, in my coastal Maine garden. Years ago, I received it as a cull from a customer's garden. The name had long… Read full post »
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MAY 25, 2012 4:38PM

FLYDAY - Bald eagle, Osprey, Herring gulls, Double-crested Cormorants- Fishing & Fighting


Osprey, also known as a Fish Hawk with a freshly caught Alewife, which is a type of herring. Phippsburg Maine.
 These photos were all taken within five minutes of one another. I was sitting at the mouth of the Kennebec River where it empties into the Atlantic Ocean at… Read full post »
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MAY 13, 2012 5:31PM

SCENIC SUNDAY - Pond Island Lighthouse, Phippsburg Maine



Pond Island Lighthouse, Popham Beach, Phippsburg, Maine
spring horseback riding
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MAY 11, 2012 1:10AM

FLYday - Magnolia Warbler, Phippsburg, Maine


Magnolia Warbler in flight, Phippsburg, Maine May 2012

FLYday is an homage to what our feathered friends do best, fly! 

To see more of my photographs of birds in flight, click on this link:

http://www.robinrobinsonmaine.com/BIRDS/BIRDS-IN-FLIGHT/14827970_JBkfCq

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MAY 5, 2012 10:24AM

FLYday - Bald Eagle and Herring Gull Fight


Adult Bald eagle being harassed by Herring Gull, Phippsburg, Maine, May 2012

FLYday is an homage to what our feathered friends do best, fly. 

I took this shot on the end of our pier, 120 feet out into the ocean. I was wearing my bathrobe. 
On my
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APRIL 29, 2012 11:33AM

Stonington, Maine Scenic Sunday

SCENIC SUNDAY - Stonington, Maine


Stonington, Maine on the harbor. I'd live in that little house!
April, 2012
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APRIL 27, 2012 1:13AM

FLYDAY- Osprey Talons

Osprey, also known as a Fish Hawk, with talons extended. Brookville, Maine

FLYday is an homage to what our feathered friends do best, fly.
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APRIL 14, 2012 9:29PM

Scenic Sunday - Fort Popham on The Kennebec River, Phippsburg, Maine


   Fort Popham on the Kennebec River, Phippsburg, Maine in autumn. I took this aerial view in 2010. Hunnewell Beach is in the foreground. The view is looking north up the Kennebec River. Atkins Bay is to the left or west of the fort. Cox's Head is in the background to… Read full post »
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APRIL 13, 2012 10:29AM

FLYday - Crow With Nest Material


American Crow, Corvis brachyrhynchos in flight with nesting material. Everybody is mating and building nests now!
April, Phippsburg, Maine

FLYday is an homage to what our feathered friends do best, fly.
To see more of Robin R Robinson's Maine photographs, click this link: http://www.robin… Read full post »
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MARCH 30, 2012 11:57AM

FLYday - Great Blue Heron Food Battle

Great Blue Herons, Ardea herodias engaged in food battle. The heron on the left is biting the legs of the fleeing heron on the right!
Phippsburg, Maine

FLYday is an homage to what our feathered friends do best, fly.

For more wading birds, see this… Read full post »
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MARCH 30, 2012 7:59AM

FLYday - Great Blue Heron


Great Blue Heron, Ardea herodias in flight, Phippsburg Maine

FLYday is an homage to what our feathered friends do best, fly.  

To see more photos of birds in flight in Maine, click HERE.
To see more photos of wading birds in Maine, click HERE.
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MARCH 28, 2012 1:00PM

Hot And Cold, Spring Snow

Andromeda japonica in spring snow.
March 28, 2012
    After a week of record breaking, summer like temperatures, it was a surprise to wake up to snow cover this morning. My first thought was, "Flowers! Flowers in snow!" I leaped out of bed and ran out to/… Read full post »
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MARCH 24, 2012 9:04AM

FLYday - Ruby Thoated Hummingbird


Ruby-throated hummingbird, female at impatiens. Phippsburg, Maine 2011

Flyday is an homage to what our feathered friends do best, fly.
If you want to see more hummingbird photos taken by me, check out this link.  
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MARCH 16, 2012 1:20AM

FLYday - Bald eagle

Bald eagle, adult, Phippsburg Maine

FYday is an homage to what our feathered friends do best, fly.
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MARCH 13, 2012 1:19PM

Bank Of America And Nature's Imponderables

 
Bald eagle, adult perched on snow. European Starlings, Great Black-backed an Herring gull in flight, Maine, February 2009
Bald eagle impassively perched on snow while European starlings fly by. There is a Great Black-backed gull in flight. If you look under its left wing, a starling can be seen… Read full post »
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MARCH 11, 2012 10:36AM

SCENIC SUNDAY - Pond Island Lighthouse


Pond Island Lighthouse from Popham Beach, Phippsburg Maine. March, 2012
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MARCH 9, 2012 11:38AM

FLYday- Red-tailed Hawk


Red-tailed hawk, Buteo jamaicenis in flight, Phippsburg Maine

FLYday is an homage to what our feathered friends do best, fly.
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MARCH 3, 2012 6:46PM

My Grand Compulsion - Common, Red-breasted and Hooded Mergansers

Common merganser drakes on the Kennebec River, Bath Maine February 2012
Common mergansers, Kennebec River, Bath Maine, February 2012
Common merganser hens or juveniles on the Kennebec River, Bath Maine 2012
Common Merganser close up, Kennebec River Bath Maine
Common merganser, hen, Maine
Common mergansers/… Read full post »
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MARCH 3, 2012 9:45AM

FLYday- Red-breasted Merganser in flight

RED-BREASTED MERGANSER DRAKE IN FLIGHT, PHIPPSBURG, MAINE FEBRUARY 2012

FLY-day is an homage to what our feathered friends do best, fly.
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FEBRUARY 21, 2012 2:36PM

Mocker Muddle - Northern Shrike or Northern Mockingbird?

 
Northern Mockingbird, Mimus polyglottos Brunswick, Maine February 2012
Lest there be doubt about where I saw this bird!
The Mocker flew to a nearby tree.
                Northern Shrike,… Read full post »
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FEBRUARY 16, 2012 4:09PM

Northern Pintail - Northern Pinhead


Northern Pintail drake with American Black ducks, as seen across the marsh on Hermit Island, Phippsburg Maine, February 2012
Marsh grass frozen under tide water, Hermit Island, February 2012
Do you see any car keys here?

Northern Pintail drake with American Black Duck drake, Phipps/… Read full post »
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FEBRUARY 11, 2012 2:45PM

SNOWY NO SHOWY – FULL HUNGER MOON

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''        The rising, Full Snow or Full Hunger Moon, February, 2012 Phippsburg, Maine
Corona around the February full moon with reflection across Totman Cove, 2012

This is how the corona is created by moonlight. 

 
Bubo scandiacus
The Snowy owl is als… Read full post »
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