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Garry Kessler

Local nature enthusiast and photographer
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In Our Backyard: A Visit with a King (in Westborough Patch)

Imagine a quarter mile of gregarious ducks streaming by continuously making a never-ending circuit in the swirling current.

In Our Backyard: Now Showing at the Airport

If you enjoy winter birds, consider the Worcester Airport. It has a few treats to offer.

In Our Backyard: Blown Off Course

Like another perfect storm, the winds of the high pressure system joined forces with Sandy creating a single force that drove everything before it. It was probably this that trapped our Lapwings.

In Our Backyard: Nomads of the North

The merlin, a large falcon, came out of nowhere like a high speed finch-seeking missile. It zigged and zagged wildly, chasing the smaller agile finches and vanishing as suddenly as it appeared.

In Our Backyard: Mushroom with a Bad Hair Day (in Westborough Patch)

Leaf peeping season isn't just for looking at foliage. It's also high season for mushrooms.

In Our Backyard: A Show Stealing Bug (in Westborough Patch)

The bird was a mere, once in lifetime sighting. However the bug was the real star.

In Our Backyard: Capturing a Giant in 86 Seconds (in Westborough Patch)

Such are vagaries of wildlife photography. If you're lucky enough to find a cooperative subject there's still the weather to confound you.

In Our Backyard: Butterflies on the Great Blue Hill

These butterflies are pretty smart, taking advantage of the extended milkweed season that the hill provides.

Environment

In Our Backyard: A Tale of Three Coppers (in Westborough Patch)

Then not only does the little copper go spinning off on a fool's chase, but so too does the photographer chasing after it.

Environment

In Our Backyard: Hummingbirds and Bog Orchids

The nest was all but invisible, sheltered from the sun under a canopy of leaves and far out on a limb where heavier animals can't reach it.

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