Boston Public Garden

Last month, I spent a morning in the Boston Public Garden photographing this amazing family.















We had fun with the ducklings...















... visited the swan boats...,









...walked all around, and captured some wonderful images!

Three Generations in the studio

Last week, I had the pleasure of photographing a lovely family in my studio.

From a 7 week old adorable baby girl, to her almost-2-year old beautiful big sister...


























...to her mom, aunt and grandmother, we had a wide range of ages and lots and lots of fun!















I'm pretty sure everyone slept well that night!

More birds fledge the nest!

This must be the week for fledglings around here and I must have the perfect spot outside my office window for flight practice! While editing some beautiful portraits of an adorable 1 year old girl, I heard frantic twittering from outside my window.

There were four baby Tufted Titmice practicing their flying (and flying into the house, clutching for branches of the shrubs, and crash-landing on the ground). At one point, all four were spread-eagle on the ground, resting. Their Mom and Dad flew from fledgling to fledgling, feeding them and encouraging them.
















Check out these images, once again, shot through a dirty window.
Note to self (or husband : ) ): clean windows next weekend!!!!

Happy Father's Day - for the birds!!!

Well, the baby Carolina Wrens from the second brood fledged the nest in time for Father's Day.

What a devoted Mom and Dad those fledglings have.

Last month, the parent wrens chased away a hungry blue jay (who was able to pluck some feathers from one of the babies but didn't do enough damage to kill it, fortunately), and now I see them in the yard teaching the babies how to fly and forage for food.

With their nest in direct view of one of our windows, we saw the most diverse and amazing selection of insects that they found for their babies. From fat caterpillars to squirmy centipedes and other creepy crawlies, these baby wrens were well fed and well taken care of!














In honor of Father's Day, here are some photos of one of the fledglings being fed his dinner by Dad.


Thanks to all the doting and wonderful Dads out there. Your kids and your families appreciate all you do!!!!