Tag Archives: Quabbin

08.09.2020-2 A slight change in plans

Posted on August 9, 2020 by Steve Gingold

My trip to Moosehorn Pond was intentional and my plans there also although I was thinking of dragonflies which were not terribly abundant. The change is that I was going to do this as a “Silent Sunday” post but decided … Continue reading →

Posted in Closeup Photography, Flora, Intimate Landscape, Nature Photography, Quabbin, Western Massachusetts | Tagged flora, intimate landscape, Massachusetts, native flowers, native plant, native wildflower, New England, New Salem, North Quabbin, Nymphaea odorata, Quabbin, western massachusetts, white water-lily | 15 Comments

07.31.2020 T.G.I.F.F.

Posted on July 31, 2020 by Steve Gingold

I’ve been waiting all week for Frog Friday to return. Started the week on Monday with bullfrogs. Thought about bullfrogs all week. Ended the week on Friday with bullfrogs. Hope to spend the weekend with bullfrogs. 🙂

Posted in Animal Behavior, Closeup Photography, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts | Tagged American Bullfrog, amphibian, bubbles, bullfrog, bullfrog on lily pad, frog, Lithobates catesbeianus, Massachusetts, Moosehorn Road Pond, New England, New Salem, North Quabbin, Quabbin, Rana catesbeiana, reflection, western massachusetts | 49 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

07.27.2020 Saturday’s Continued Good Morning

Posted on July 27, 2020 by Steve Gingold

Saturday morning was just full of surprises. As the fog settled into the valley looking east over North Quabbin, the sun rose and this stratus clouded sky happened. After the two previous images I shared from New Salem I thought … Continue reading →

Posted in Landscape, Nature Photography, Quabbin, Sunrise, Western Massachusetts | Tagged colorful sky, landscape, Massachusetts, New England, New Salem, North Quabbin, Quabbin, Quabbin Landscape, sunrise, western massachusetts | 33 Comments

07.09.2020 GBH on a Duck Box

Posted on July 9, 2020 by Steve Gingold

Before I went to the meadow on July 5 (Strangalepta Flower Longhorn Beetle and Grass Pink), I took a look at North Quabbin but in the dim light and not very inspiring fog (it’s not always great) left and drove … Continue reading →

Posted in Animal Behavior, Nature Photography, Quabbin, Western Massachusetts | Tagged Ardea herodias, bird, bird on a perch, Great Blue Heron, Massachusetts, New England, Quabbin, Quabbin Park, Route 9 Beaver Pond, wadig bird, western massachusetts | 28 Comments

07.04.2020 Hemlock Varnish Conk-Ganoderma tsugae

Posted on July 4, 2020 by Steve Gingold

Although the same species, this is not the same mushroom I posted as an abstract a while back. I went looking for woodland flowers this morning and not much was happening. They must be spent from their glory last year … Continue reading →

Posted in Closeup Photography, Fungi, Nature Photography, Quabbin | Tagged Federated Women's Clubs State Forest, fungus, Ganoderma tsugae, Gate 36, hemlock varnish conk, hemlock varnish shelf, Massachusetts, mushroom, New England, North Quabbin, Petersham, polypore, Quabbin, State Forest Road | 10 Comments

06.18.2020 It’s Mountain Laurel Season Again!

Posted on June 18, 2020 by Steve Gingold

Image | Posted on June 18, 2020 by Steve Gingold | Tagged flora, intimate landscape, Kalmia latifolia, Massachusetts, mountain laurel, native flowers, native plant, native wildflower, North Quabbin, Petersham, Quabbin, white flowers, Wildflowers | 23 Comments

06.13.2020 Fungal Fire

Posted on June 13, 2020 by Steve Gingold

A little abstract fungus something on a warm sunny day in New England. Ganoderma tsugae, along with G. lucidum, are herbal mushrooms used for a variety of applications. I am not an herbalist or a mycologist so that’s all I … Continue reading →

Posted in Abstract, Closeup Photography, Fungi, macro photography, Nature Photography, Patterns in Nature, Quabbin | Tagged conk, fungus, Ganoderma tsugae, hemlock varnish conk, hemlock varnish shelf, herbal fungus, Massachusetts, mushroom, New England, Petersham, polypore, Quabbin, reishi, shelf mushroom, western massachusetts | 25 Comments

05.30.2020-2 Saturday Morning Fog Hangover

Posted on May 30, 2020 by Steve Gingold

Here is one more image from foggy Quabbin Hill this past Wednesday morning. After the two trees shot and the violets, I thought I’d walk a bit further up the road and see if there were any more compositions that … Continue reading →

Posted in Intimate Landscape, Landscape, Nature Photography, Quabbin, Western Massachusetts | Tagged fog, foggy landscape, foggy Quabbin Hill, foggy trees, intimate landscape, landscape, Massachusetts, New England, Quabbin, Quabbin Hill, Quabbin Landscape, Quabbin Park, western massachusetts | 27 Comments

05.30.2020 Spilling through the Spillway

Posted on May 30, 2020 by Steve Gingold

I didn’t expect there to be much flow through the spillway after so many days of no rain but the water levels in the reservoir and watershed are high enough that there was an overflow. The reservoir was created by … Continue reading →

Posted in Landscape, Quabbin, Western Massachusetts | Tagged cascades, landscape, Massachusetts, New England, New England Waterfalls, Quabbin, Quabbin Landscape, Quabbin Park, Quabbin Spillway, water in motion, waterscape, western massachusetts | 11 Comments