Category Archives: Central Massachusetts

09.16.2022 Wet and Wild Beetle Beauty

Posted on September 16, 2022 by Steve Gingold

I’ve seen these several times but this was the first one dew coated. I was looking for dragonflies and damselflies but since I am easily distracted, a good thing for a photographer to avoid tunnel vision, I spent some time … Continue reading →

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09.06.2022 Autumn Orchid

Posted on September 6, 2022 by Steve Gingold

Nodding Ladies’ Tresses-Spiranthes cernua Technically it is still summer, but there is a bit of Autumn in the air, a few leaves are changing color, not many but a few, and late season flowers are in bloom, like goldenrod and … Continue reading →

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08.21.2022 Sunday Night Leaf Beetle

Posted on August 21, 2022 by Steve Gingold

The dew all over this beetle is something we need in much larger amounts and tomorrow may be the day…we hope.  I know other parts of the country need rain even more than we do but I can tell you … Continue reading →

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08.07.2022 Silent Sunday

Posted on August 7, 2022 by Steve Gingold

Closed or Meadow Bottle Gentian-Gentiana clausa

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08.06.2022 More or Lestes

Posted on August 6, 2022 by Steve Gingold

I posted a Swamp Spreadwing a few weeks ago or so.  I try to share different subjects, with the exception of bullfrogs, but like how this one came out so adding it to my WordPress media library. Swamp Spreadwing-Lestes vigilax-male.  … Continue reading →

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07.22.2022 Frog Friday

Posted on July 22, 2022 by Steve Gingold

For a change a non-green frog…well just a slight hint of green here and there. Pickerel Frog-Lithobates palustris in the grass and mud the way one usually finds them. I  know they are around when I see the grass wiggle … Continue reading →

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07.14.2022 Pondhawk!

Posted on July 14, 2022 by Steve Gingold

I shot this image back on July 3rd at Gauco Pond.  It was a good day and I found several nice odonata. Eastern Pondhawk-Erythemis simplicicollis –  Dragonflies are fantastic fliers and among the most successful predators in the world.  One reason … Continue reading →

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07.03.2022 Silent Sunday-Raindrops at North Common Meadow

Posted on July 3, 2022 by Steve Gingold
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06.16.2022 Two Ponds, Two Firsts…well four really

Posted on June 16, 2022 by Steve Gingold

On Monday I shot the damselfly, which was a first of that species for me.  But just before that I made an image of a Large Cranberry-Vaccinium macrocarpon flower for the first time. I had seen some of the berries … Continue reading →

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11.13.2021 Shhh/Peaceful

Posted on November 13, 2021 by Steve Gingold

A favorite Miles Davis track.

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