nature photography / videography from Maine and near-Maine by Eric Swanzey

JustYourNature.com celebrates the sheer beauty of the nature and wildlife that surrounds us. Whether it's images from the growing portfolio of migrant and native birds and wildlife of Maine and New England, or imagery captured from a location of your choosing, the results will be unique and exceptional.
Eric Swanzey

ERIC SWANZEY

Over the years I've hiked and climbed the New Hampshire 48 (48 mountains above 4000'), kayaked many of the coastal and inland waterways of New England, and traversed thousands of miles of trails, carriage roads, herd paths and bushwhacks in the northeastern United States. Then I invested in some professional super telephoto gear and started going back to some of my favorite places.
You might see me kayaking an estuary along the coast during a falling high tide; or traversing a freshwater lake heading for a spruce bog; or snowshoeing fresh powder in the still of dawn. Extreme weather in any season is always a big draw, and forgotten paths that haven't been used in years still lead somewhere! These are just a sample of the things that lead to those special New England landscapes that form the backdrop for the birds and the wildlife that inspire me, and that I hope will inspire you.
Hey, did you hear? I won Top 100 in one of the annual National Audubon Photography Awards. Audubon chose from a pool of 7,000 images that came in from photographers in every state in the USA and 6 provinces of Canada.

National Audubon Photography Awards: Top 100 Winner

With the first of two Least Tern chicks newly hatched, the male quickly gathers the shell fragments and disperses them far away from the nest. What's interesting is that the scattering of shells isn't for the protection of the parents or chick, but for the intact egg remaining on the nest. Niko Tinbergen, who studied the shell-disposal behavior of Black-headed Gulls, proved that the farther from an intact egg an eggshell was placed, the safer the intact egg.
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