Dennis Goulet

Backyard Birds

Dennis — Fri, 07 Mar 2025 15:38:48 +0000

These images were captured in my backyard at a wide range of times since 2005. In addition to the birds I have photographed, we also have resident hairy woodpeckers, fox sparrow, pine warbler, rock dove, eastern phoebe; I’m sure there are some I haven’t mentioned. We occasionally get some out-of-the-ordinary birds such as ruby-crowned kinglet, rose-breasted grosbeak, and in 2023 had four sightings of a pileated woodpecker. No photos yet.

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Backyard Insects

Dennis — Fri, 07 Mar 2025 15:36:24 +0000

The number of insects and spider species in my yard has dwindled over the years. This may be due to the number of turkeys that pass through. The number varies from four males traveling together to nearly 50 on one visit. The number of birds visiting our yard likely contributes to that decline.

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Backyard Plants

Dennis — Fri, 07 Mar 2025 15:35:27 +0000

Some of these plants are reliably found in parts of my “yard” every year, others I’ve seen once or perhaps 2-3 years in a row, only to disappear. The random depositing of seeds by the birds that visit my yard likely accounts for these occasional visitors.

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Backyard Mushrooms

Dennis — Fri, 07 Mar 2025 15:34:02 +0000

I have photographed hundreds of mushrooms in my yard over the years, and they are the most difficult to identify by image comparison on the internet and in nature books. The images here are all from my yard in southeaast Massachusetts. If you can identify any of the species shown here, please let me know.

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Backyard Reptiles and Amphibians

Dennis — Fri, 07 Mar 2025 15:33:26 +0000

There are abundant sightings of American toad, Fowler’s toad, and wood frog. I do hear the spring peepers but rarely see them.

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Backyard Mammals

Dennis — Fri, 07 Mar 2025 15:31:18 +0000

These images were captured in my backyard at a wide range of times since 2005. Living in a rural community and leaving 2/3 of my lot as forest, I expected some mammal traffic. In addition to those images images below, we have racoons, chipmunks in abundance as well as moles and mice.

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Backyard Winter

Dennis — Thu, 06 Mar 2025 18:40:56 +0000

Hungry birds come to our feeders all day long when it’s snowing. Photographing is relatively easy as the birds ignore me sitting on the back steps or photographing through an open, or closed, window.

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