Loggerhead Shrike – IUCN Conservation Status: Near Threatened A tomial tooth is not actually a tooth, but a sharp tooth-like projection located on the end of the bill You would never guess that this bird is nicknamed the “butcherbird”. Looks can be deceiving. The loggerhead shrike is a small bird measuring between eight and nine inches long […]
Common Eider – IUCN Conservation Status: Near Threatened Mature male common eiders have an orangish-yellow wedge-shaped bill The common eider is not as common as the name suggests. Common eider are considered a large sea duck, occupying Arctic coastline in North America, Greenland, Northern Europe, and parts of Russia. Their breeding areas are farther north than their […]
White Mountain National Forest Matt and I were intending to do the Triple Bond hike, where we would end up doing five summits in one day This photo comes from one of my favorite hiking trips of all time. Matt and I were intending to do the Triple Bond hike, where we would end up […]
Spined Micrathena – iNaturalist Their webs are tightly woven with a diameter up to about eight inches This spooky spider is called a spined micrathena. Although it produces venom, this venom is harmless to humans. These spiders are in the orb-weaver family of spiders (Araneidae). Wild Boyz Photography has featured a variety of orb weaver spiders over the years. Below […]
Green Sweat Bee – IUCN Conservation Status: Insufficient Data Green sweat bees will lick the sweat from human skin Check out this metallic green pollinator. As the name suggests, this green colored bee is attracted to human sweat, primarily for its salt content. Male and female green sweat bees will lick the sweat from human skin. These bees are […]
Laughing Gull – IUCN Conservation Status: Least Concern One flew by that had obviously caught something Every October, Wild Boyz Photography celebrates the weird and wild side of nature. This is a series of photographs of a laughing gull capturing and eating a starfish. I had walked out on the rocks at a jetty near where I […]
Snowy Owl – Conservation Status: Vulnerable Back in 2022, I wrote about a snowy owl at sunset This photo was taken at Hampton Beach State Park in New Hampshire, a few minutes from where I live. I was lucky to have spotted a group of photographers as I was driving by. I pulled over and got to […]
Spotted Touch-Me-Not – IUCN Conservation Status: Least Concern This beautiful flowering plant is native to North America and is commonly found around creeks This is a hoverfly standing on the flower of a touch-me-not plant. This plant is also knowns as orange jewelweed, orange balsam, or common jewelweed. This beautiful flowering plant is native to North America […]
Blue-fronted Dancer – IUCN Conservation Status: Least Concern Blue-fronted dancers are a type of damselfly This wild winged creature is called a blue-fronted dancer. It is called a “dancer” because of how it flies. Notice the thin transparent wings. The blue-fronted dancer is a type of damselfly. Damselflies are smaller than dragonflies. The male blue-fronted dancers have a blue thorax […]
White Mountain National Forest Mount Madison is the northernmost peak in the Presidential Range. This photograph was taken in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. The cloud cover is right at the summit altitude, roughly 5000 feet. Mount Madison is the northernmost peak in the Presidential Range. Like other summits in the Presidential Range, Mount Madison has a […]