Tag Archives: Gauco Pond

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 →

08.07.2022 Dewy Damsel

Posted on August 7, 2022 by Steve Gingold

Yesterday morning’s visit that found the gentians also offered a nice colorful damselfly. Eastern Forktail- Ischnura verticalis -female I was surprised that she could fly around, I watched her fly until she landed on the grass stalk, and not lose those … Continue reading →

Posted in Closeup Photography, Insects, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts | Tagged damselfly, Eastern Forktail, Gauco Pond, insect, Ischnura verticalis, Massachusetts, Narrow-winged damselfly, New England, North Quabbin, odonata, Petersham, western massachusetts, Zygoptera | 21 Comments

08.07.2022 Silent Sunday

Posted on August 7, 2022 by Steve Gingold

Closed or Meadow Bottle Gentian-Gentiana clausa

Posted in Central Massachusetts, Closeup Photography, Flora, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts, Wildflowers | Tagged Closed Gentian, flora, Gauco Pond, Gentiana clausa, Massachusetts, Meadow Bottle Gentian, native flowers, native plant, New England, Petersham, western massachusetts, Wildflowers | 14 Comments

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 →

Posted in Central Massachusetts, Closeup Photography, Insects, Western Massachusetts | Tagged Gauco Pond, insect, Lestes vigilax, Massachusetts, New England, North Quabbin, odonata, Petersham, Swamp Spreadwing, western massachusetts, Zygoptera | 17 Comments

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 →

Posted in Central Massachusetts, Closeup Photography, Fauna, Nature Photography | Tagged amphibian, Gauco Pond, Lithobates palustris, Massachusetts, New England, Petersham, Pickerel Frog | 21 Comments

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 →

Posted in Central Massachusetts, Closeup Photography, Insects, macro photography, Nature Photography | Tagged Anisoptera, dragonfly insect, Eastern Pondhawk, Erythemis simplicicollis, Gauco Pond, Libellulidae, odonata, Petersham, Skimmer | 22 Comments

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 →

Posted in Central Massachusetts, Closeup Photography, Flora, Insects, macro photography, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts | Tagged Dot-tailed Whiteface, flora; dragonfly, Gauco Pond, Large Cranberry, Leucorrhinia intacta, Massachusetts, Moosehorn POnd, native flowers, native plant, native wildflower, New England, New Salem, North Quabbin, odonata, Petersham, Vaccinium macrocarpon, western massachusetts, Wildflowers | 21 Comments

06.13.2022 Macro Monday-A happy encounter

Posted on June 13, 2022 by Steve Gingold

I went to Gauco Pond in Petersham, MA this morning looking for whatever flowers I might find. I did find one that I hadn’t seen before but am showing you what I happened upon on the way back to the … Continue reading →

Posted in Closeup Photography, Insect Behavior, Insects, macro photography, Nature Photography | Tagged Enallagma laterale, Gauco Pond, Massachusetts, Narrow-winged damselfly, New England, New England Bluet, North Quabbin, odonata, Petersham, Zygoptera | 32 Comments

09.06.2020 Quiet Forest Nature

Posted on September 6, 2020 by Steve Gingold

Common Puffballs aka Gem-Studded Puffballs aka Warted Puffballs aka Wolf Farts aka Devil’s Snuff-box-Lycoperdon perlatum. I went to the pond I visit for sundews yesterday but the buds are still closed tight. There is another flower there I want to … Continue reading →

Posted in Black and White, Closeup Photography, Mushrooms, Nature Photography, Quabbin, Western Massachusetts | Tagged Common Puffballs, Devil's Snuff-box, fungus, Gauco Pond, Gem-Studded Puffballs, Lycoperdon perlatum, Massachusetts, mushroom, New England, North Quabbin, Petersham, puffballs, Quabbin, State Forest Road, Triadenum virginicum, Warted Puffballs, Wolf Farts | 26 Comments

08.31.2020 Round-leaved Sundew

Posted on August 31, 2020 by Steve Gingold

Round-leaved Sundew-Drosera rotundifolia is a small carnivorous plant found in wetlands. They were not flowering quite yet on Sunday but hopefully will be this weekend as many had buds though they were still tight. All those “dew” drops are sticky … Continue reading →

Posted in Central Massachusetts, Closeup Photography, Intimate Landscape, macro photography, Nature Photography, Quabbin, Wildflowers | Tagged Drosera rotundifolia, flora, Gauco Pond, intimate landscape, Massachusetts, native plant, native wildflower, New England, North Quabbin, Petersham, Quabbin, Round-leaved Sundew, Wildflowers | 35 Comments