Ruby-throated Hummingbird drinking from berry

Photo by Chris Bosak A female Ruby-throated Hummingbird sips juice from a berry in Norwalk, Conn., summer 2014.

Photo by Chris Bosak
A female Ruby-throated Hummingbird sips juice from a berry in Norwalk, Conn., summer 2014.

Here are some more photos to accompany my most recent column in The Hour (Norwalk, Conn.) and The Keene Sentinel (Keene, N.H.)

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Silver-spotted skipper, another meadow close-up

Photo by Chris Bosak A silver-spotted skipper at a meadow property of the Darien Land Trust, summer 2013.

Photo by Chris Bosak
A silver-spotted skipper at a meadow property of the Darien Land Trust, summer 2013.

Here is the latest in a series of close-up (macro) photographs I took last summer while tromping through the meadow properties of the Darien Land Trust. From July 24 to Aug. 31, I’ll post a different close-up meadow photograph on this site.

Here’s more background on the project.

Enjoying the garden visitors with my boy; latest For the Birds column

Photo by Chris Bosak An American Goldfinch perches on a sunflower and picks out seeds in a New England garden.

Photo by Chris Bosak
An American Goldfinch perches on a sunflower and picks out seeds in a New England garden.

Here’s a link to the latest For the Birds column in which I write about watching some garden visitors with my 11-year-old son Andrew.

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Locust borer, another meadow close-up

Photo by Chris Bosak A locust borer spreads its wings on goldenrod at a meadow property of the Darien Land Trust, summer 2013.

Photo by Chris Bosak
A locust borer spreads its wings on goldenrod at a meadow property of the Darien Land Trust, summer 2013.

Here is the latest in a series of close-up (macro) photographs I took last summer while tromping through the meadow properties of the Darien Land Trust. From July 24 to Aug. 31, I’ll post a different close-up meadow photograph on this site.

Here’s more background on the project.

Pink flower about to bloom, another meadow close-up

Photo by Chris Bosak Pink wildflower about to bloom in a meadow property of the Darien Land Trust.

Photo by Chris Bosak
Pink wildflower about to bloom in a meadow property of the Darien Land Trust.

Here is the latest in a series of close-up (macro) photographs I took last summer while tromping through the meadow properties of the Darien Land Trust. From July 24 to Aug. 31, I’ll post a different close-up meadow photograph on this site.

Here’s more background on the project.

Moth (underside of leaf), another meadow close-up

Photo by Chris Bosak A moth clings to the underside of a leaf in a meadow property of the Darien Land Trust, summer 2013.

Photo by Chris Bosak
A moth clings to the underside of a leaf in a meadow property of the Darien Land Trust, summer 2013.

Here is the latest in a series of close-up (macro) photographs I took last summer while tromping through the meadow properties of the Darien Land Trust. From July 24 to Aug. 31, I’ll post a different close-up meadow photograph on this site.

Here’s more background on the project.

Treehopper (weird bug), another meadow close-up

Photo by Chris Bosak Treehopper in meadow property of Darien Land Trust, summer 2013.

Photo by Chris Bosak
Treehopper in meadow property of Darien Land Trust, summer 2013.

Here is the latest in a series of close-up (macro) photographs I took last summer while tromping through the meadow properties of the Darien Land Trust. From July 24 to Aug. 31, I’ll post a different close-up meadow photograph on this site.

Here’s more background on the project.

Dayflower, another meadow close-up

Photo by Chris Bosak Dayflower in bloom at meadow property of Darien Land Trust.

Photo by Chris Bosak
Dayflower in bloom at meadow property of Darien Land Trust.

 

Here is the latest in a series of close-up (macro) photographs I took last summer while tromping through the meadow properties of the Darien Land Trust. From July 24 to Aug. 31, I’ll post a different close-up meadow photograph on this site.

Here’s more background on the project.

Monarch caterpillar, another meadow close-up

Photo by Chris Bosak A Monarch caterpillar climbs on a stalk in a meadow property of the Darien Land Trust in the summer of 2013.

Photo by Chris Bosak
A Monarch caterpillar climbs on a stalk in a meadow property of the Darien Land Trust in the summer of 2013.

Here is the latest in a series of close-up (macro) photographs I took last summer while tromping through the meadow properties of the Darien Land Trust. From July 24 to Aug. 31, I’ll post a different close-up meadow photograph on this site.

Here’s more background on the project.

Thistle in bloom, another meadow close-up

Piggy-backing on yesterday’s meadow close-up, here’s a thistle in bloom.

Photo By Chris Bosak Thistle plant in full bloom. Although considered a weed by many, thistle is an important source of food and nest material for many meadow birds and insects.

Photo By Chris Bosak
Thistle plant in full bloom. Although considered a weed by many, thistle is an important source of food and nest material for many meadow birds and insects.

Here is the latest in a series of close-up (macro) photographs I took last summer while tromping through the meadow properties of the Darien Land Trust. From July 24 to Aug. 31, I’ll post a different close-up meadow photograph on this site.

Here’s more background on the project.