Tag Archives: Moosehorn POnd

10.02.2020 Frog Friday

Posted on October 2, 2020 by Steve Gingold

Well, I have no idea how this format got here, but hopefully this post will come out looking right. The editor is not at all how it looked yesterday. Last Saturday I went to North Quabbin and photographed the foliage … Continue reading →

Posted in Animal Behavior, Fauna, Nature Photography, Quabbin, Western Massachusetts | Tagged American Bullfrog, Lithobates catesbeianus, Massachusetts, Moosehorn POnd, New England, New Salem, Rana catesbeiana, western massachusetts | 26 Comments

07.28.2020 A Couple of Odes

Posted on July 28, 2020 by Steve Gingold

Not much of a sunrise but Sunday was another good day at the pond on Moosehorn Road. More frogs, waterlilies and a few dragonflies and damselflies. I posted an Autumn Meadowhawk-Sympetrum vicinum a few days ago, but had a chance … Continue reading →

Posted in Animal Behavior, Closeup Photography, Insect Behavior, Insects, macro photography, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts | Tagged Autumn Meadowhawk, damselfly, dragonfly, Lestes vigilax, Massachusetts, Moosehorn POnd, New England, New Salem, North Quabbin, odonata, Quabbin, Swamp Spreadwing, Sympetrum vicinum, western massachusetts | 37 Comments

07.21.2020 Moosehorn Pond Dragonfly

Posted on July 21, 2020 by Steve Gingold

I haven’t seen many dragonflies this year but admittedly I haven’t looked very hard either. Shame on me. Even this past Sunday morning, after the pink water-lily, I was looking for bullfrogs,which I found, and saw the motion of this … Continue reading →

Posted in Animal Behavior, Closeup Photography, Insect Behavior, Insects, Nature Photography | Tagged Autumn Meadowhawk, dragonfly, insect, Massachusetts, Moosehorn POnd, New England, New Salem, North Quabbin, odonata, Sympetrum vicinum, western massachusetts | 18 Comments

07.20.2020-2 Pink Reflection on Moosehorn Pond

Posted on July 20, 2020 by Steve Gingold

Sunday morning I set out on a mission. I don’t always leave with a preconceived notion of what I am looking for but sometimes I do and this time I did. I’ve had pretty good luck over the years with … Continue reading →

Posted in Flora, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts, Wildflowers | Tagged flora, fragrant water lily, intimate landscape, Massachusetts, Moosehorn POnd, Moosehorn Road, native flowers, native plant, native wildflower, New England, New Salem, North Quabbin, Nymphaea odorata, western massachusetts, wetland plants, Wildflowers | 24 Comments

07.03.2020 Frog Friday-Hey Bullfrog!

Posted on July 3, 2020 by Steve Gingold

Female Bullfrog two ways. I started a bit farther away and slowly crawled closer until I filled the frame with the 180. Females have tympanums (the round ear drum behind the eye) smaller or about the same size as the … Continue reading →

Posted in Animal Behavior, Closeup Photography, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts | Tagged American Bullfrog, bullfrog, frog reflection, Lithobates catesbeianus, Massachusetts, Moosehorn POnd, Moosehorn Road, New England, New Salem, North Quabbin, Rana catesbeiana, western massachusetts | 44 Comments

06.12.2020-2 It’s also Frog Friday

Posted on June 12, 2020 by Steve Gingold

Fergus was in a reflective mood this morning. Click me! 🙂

Posted in Animal Behavior, Closeup Photography, Fauna, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts | Tagged American Bullfrog, bullfrog, Lithobates catesbeianus, Massachusetts, Moosehorn POnd, New England, New Salem, Rana catesbeiana, western massachusetts | 16 Comments

08.23.2019 Frog Friday II

Posted on August 23, 2019 by Steve Gingold

Another subject I can’t stop shooting. I’ve only been seeing bullfrogs and green frogs this year, but I am happy with them. There’s just something about their calm expression that makes me just a bit giddy. 🙂 Again with the … Continue reading →

Posted in Closeup Photography, Fauna, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts | Tagged American Bullfrog, amphibian, bullfrog, Lithobates catesbeianus, Massachusetts, Moosehorn POnd, New England, New Salem, Rana catesbeiana, western massachusetts | 24 Comments

08.10.2019 Must be scratchy on the way down

Posted on August 10, 2019 by Steve Gingold

I wouldn’t imagine a bird would swallow one of these twice…if at all. Virginian Tiger Moth caterpillar-Spilosoma virginica-aka Yellow Bear. There’s more to Moosehorn Pond than frogs. 🙂

Posted in Closeup Photography, Fauna, Insect Behavior, Insects, Lepidoptera, macro photography, Nature Photography | Tagged caterpillar, lepidoptera, Moosehorn POnd, moth, moth caterpillar, moth larva, Spilosoma virginica, Virginian Tiger Moth caterpillar, Yellow bear | 14 Comments

08.04.2019 Hooded Skullcap at Moosehorn Pond

Posted on August 4, 2019 by Steve Gingold

Last year I mistook these for a monkey flower. This year I know better. I guess from a distance they look the same, but close up there is an obvious difference. The pink water-lilies are still going strong as well … Continue reading →

Posted in Closeup Photography, Flora, macro photography, Western Massachusetts, wildflower portrait, Wildflowers | Tagged flora, hooded skullcap, Massachusetts, Moosehorn POnd, native flowers, native plant, native wildflower, New England, New Salem, Scutellaria galericulata, western massachusetts, Wildflowers | 10 Comments