SHARON AUDUBON CENTER, Sharon CT

The Sharon Audubon Center is a nature center owned and operated by the National Audubon Society.  There are over 11 miles of hiking trails and includes 1147 acres of mixed forest, meadows, wetlands, ponds and streams.  There are also Raptor Aviaries with live birds of prey.  

 Baxter the Great-horned Owl

NECCC Conference, MA

This past weekend, we went to the New England Camera Club Council (NECCC) conference held in UMass in Amherst, MA.  This is a 3-day conference that features workshops in photography -- there were just under 1000 attendees. Canon was a major sponsor and they had a loaner program where attendees could borrow camera equipment, free of charge, for 90-minutes.  I borrowed a 400mm lens. There was a lot of construction around the campus so photo opportunities were limited but I did get some time around the pond where the ducks were not afraid of humans.