The New Hampshire Audubon Society is sponsoring a wildlife photo contest and fundraising auction this fall.
I entered five photos in the contest. My prize? I had to mat and frame those (the first three shown below) that were selected for the auction! Oh well… all for a good cause!
If you happen to be in the Manchester, NH area between 1 October and 7 December stop in at NH Audubon’s Massabesic Center to see all of the photographs and maybe to bid on one or two if you can.
As I said, all for a good cause!
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Great shots. Of course I am biased to the Harlequin Darner and the Loon. Great Loon shot. Did you get this one from a kayak? Where did you do the darner photo.
Well done
Cheers
K
Comment by Kevin — 22 September 2014 @ 3:14 PM
I photographed the darner at the Loveren’s Mill Cedar Swamp in the summer of 2013. I don’t usually attempt to shoot flying odes, but this fellow kept hovering in the same spot over and over tempting my to try and get a good photo.
The loon was one of the pair that nested unsuccessfully at Willard Pond early this summer. It was taken from the shore in alight rain… I was staked out in the lake-side brush near a spot they had to pass by coming or going to the nest as they switched positions.
You did not ask about the other photos, but here is a bit of detail on them.
The sandpiper photo was made at the public beach on Gregg Lake early this spring. Joan had gone down to the beach to rake up the winters debris and called me on her cell phone when she spotted this bird. I, of course, heeded her call and headed down to the beach. It took me almost an hour of stalking to get close enough for this photo. The prey is a dragonfly nymph.
The white and black warbler was made on Star Island during our trip this past spring and the meadowhawk mating wheel was made “down back” at our house in the summer of 2012.
Comment by Frank — 23 September 2014 @ 9:08 PM