In Forest and Field

The observations and opinions of a life-long naturalist.

Wednesday, April 1, 2026

The Gray Ghost

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Over sixty years ago I spent most of a summer on a lake in New York’s Adirondack Mountains. The place we stayed was six miles from the neare...
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Wednesday, March 25, 2026

A Few from a Fallen Maple

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A red maple tree died and began to decay, after some time the dead tree snapped about 10-12 feet from the ground. The upper portion fell to ...
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Wednesday, March 18, 2026

On the Hunt

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Although there may be more snowy days and there’s still a bit of snow on the ground, winter’s over and spring's begun. Skunk cabbage is ...
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Wednesday, March 11, 2026

Turkeys in the Snow

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In a valley to the south much of the land that had been dairy farms is now devoted to raising cash crops, primarily soybeans and corn. Some ...
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Wednesday, March 4, 2026

Each and Every Day of Winter …

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… my camera is used to make photographs of the natural world. Once again I’ve undertaken to get at least one good photo each and every day...
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Woody Meristem
Land manager in various capacities for 52 years – now retired. A life-long naturalist, managing natural and human impacted ecosystems was my vocation for more than 50 years and I've been photographing those ecosystems even longer. I've been taking photographs since the late 1950s, first with a camera that took roll film, then 35mm slides with a rangefinder camera; my first SLR was purchased in the early 1970s. In the early 2000s I bought a digital camera, the beginning of a succession of Canon bridge superzoom cameras, one of which still gets occasional use. Currently the vast majority of my photographs are taken with Olympus OM-1 or E-M1ii cameras and a variety of Olympus and Panasonic zoom lenses from wide angle to telephoto and a 60mm macro lens.
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