WILDLIFE AT THE TYLERS
Beverly C. Tyler snapped this photo of a groundhog at his home in Setauket on Aug. 1. He writes, ‘A visitor to our backyard who did not see his shadow.’ In addition to this cutie, the Tylers have had many wildlife visitors this year including quail, fox, turkey, red-tailed hawks, snakes and deer
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STRIKE A POSE
Rick Sullivan of Miller Place was taking a walk at Cedar Beach in Mount Sinai at sunrise on July 27 when he came upon this beautiful doe. He writes, ‘Once in a lifetime stroke of luck! It was as if she was posing for me.
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CATCH OF THE DAY
Tom Caruso was at Arthur Kunz County Park in his hometown of Smithtown on July 17 when he saw this osprey flying with a fish in its talons and captured the perfect shot. He writes, ‘It flew around for several minutes before vanishing into the woods with its prize.
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POSING IN POQUOTT
Daniel Dunaief discovered this frog friend on an evening walk with the dog in Poquott last week. He writes, ‘The frog, and the dog, stayed still long enough to allow us to get a close up using a phone light on one side and a camera on the other. After the photo, the dog ambled home and the frog hopped away.
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ART IN THE PARK
Visitors to the Port Jefferson Village Center and Harborfront Park this summer will be treated to a unique art installation by Holtsville artist Michael R. Zotos. The exhibit is currently on view on the front lawn of the Village Center.
“I call my free standing characters ‘Spontaneous Entities’ because the initial figure is made spontaneously as a free stroke of the hand,” said Zotos. “Those I like I redraw onto a piece of thin plywood. I cut it, sand it, prime it and paint it. Then I usually add eyes and other facial characteristics and I embellish the piece.”
Zotos, whose curious creatures have been popping up all over Suffolk County lately, says his artwork is influenced by his experiences as a child growing up in the Catskills’ Blue Mountain near Saugerties.
“There I played in the pond by my house, reaching into the water to pull up various aquatic living creatures. There were minnows and fish, frogs and lots of pollywogs. And then all around the landscape were all kinds of bugs and insects, toads and rodents [along with] lots of plant life of all variations. Somehow all of this seems to work its way into my art pieces.
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BLAZE OF GLORY
Tom Caruso of Smithtown snapped this beautiful photo during a walk in Stony Brook Village on June 16. He writes, ‘My wife and I were walking down the road leading to the water when I saw these Orange Daylilies blazing in the light of the setting sun. I shot this image with my cell phone and was amazed at the contrast between the flowers and their surroundings.
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COLORS OF TWILIGHT
Helen O’Rourke of Centereach captured this tranquil scene at Cedar Beach in Mount Sinai on May 27. She writes, ‘Beautiful North Shore sunset, never gets old.’
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THE WAITING GAME
Gerard Romano of Port Jefferson Station snapped this photo at Satterly Landing Park in Mount Sinai on May 20. He writes, ‘This image struck me as interesting in the fact that I have never observed a pair of mute swans nesting.
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CALM WATERS
Patricia Conway captured this peaceful scene at Centennial Park in her hometown of Port Jefferson. She writes, ‘It was a gorgeous morning in Port Jeff! Just had to share!
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HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY!
Gerard Romano of Port Jefferson Station took a photo of these pretty tulips just in time for Mother’s Day. He writes, ‘One of the things enjoyable to photograph are spring flowers after the long cold winter. After my daily walk I was surprised to find the nicest arrangement planted by our own landscapers.’
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