Growing up in Vermont, the only winter visitors we really got were tourists heading for the ski slopes.  Nobody was overly fond of them, as they weren’t very interesting, just something of a nuisance.

It’s a different story in northeastern Pennsylvania, where the winter residents are bald eagles!  I’d hazard a guess that outside of [...]

I never presume to think that I’ve “seen it all,” no matter how frequently I visit a place. But in truth, once I get a good feel for a place, most surprises are fairly small. Which makes the big ones all the more incredible.
Saturday was cold – 28 degrees cold – at sunrise, [...]

My father-in-law belongs to a hunting club that maintains a cabin halfway between Morris and this place in Tioga County. For the past few years, my family has been traveling “up county” for weekend getaways at the cabin. It’s like camping, but with running water, a fully-stocked kitchen, a poker table, beer on tap and—since [...]

It only takes a one-hour drive to see some of PA’s finest animals, as long as that drive is in the Pocono Mountains.  Our wildlife is out and about and hunters in this 4-county region are salivating.  Take, for example, my drive to The Black Walnut Inn last week. After only about 20 minutes of [...]

I love photographing wildlife, and more than that, showing others wild animals in their natural habitats.  A week ago, I had the thrill of showing six children a mother bobcat with her kitten feeding on a deer carcass.  My daughter photographed them, and I videotaped them.  For the complete story, more photos, and video footage, [...]