Author: Sandy

Sandeep Somasekharan (or Sandy as friends call him) took his headlong plunge into photography with a three-megapixel Nikon point-and-shoot he purchased in 2003. The avid reader and an occasional scribbler started enjoying travel and nature more as he spent more time photographing. Meeting Beej in 2008 helped him channel his creative energies in the form of essays and nature photographs that he started publishing on the Green Ogre. Sandy loves to photograph birds and landscapes, and considers photography and writing as his meditation. He is an engineer by education, IT professional by vocation, and a hopeless dreamer since creation.

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Birding at Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge – A Photographer’s Diary

April 2, 2017 Sandy

The ebb of winter is a fine time for birders. At Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge, a nature photographer has a field day. Here’s a page from his diary Continue reading Birding at Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge – A Photographer’s Diary

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Winter birding at the doorstep

January 24, 2017January 24, 2017 Sandy

Winter storm Helena was supposed to hit us harder. Six inches of snow, failed power, and freezing pipes. The storm came and went, and the dull morning made way for a bright and sunny afternoon. Then the birds began to come out Continue reading Winter birding at the doorstep

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Can the koel find another tree?

June 5, 2016 Sandy

Trees are an inconvenience. Leaves falling, light being blocked, snakes showing up, tree roots destabilizing the walls, the need to widen the approach road – we have so many excuses to cut down our trees, and none for planting one. Continue reading Can the koel find another tree?

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Northern Mockingbird – the many-tongued mimic

February 9, 2016February 20, 2016 Sandy

To shoot a mockingbird was the ultimate quest. After a year of waiting, it finally happened. Meet the many-tongued mimic – the Northern Mockingbird Continue reading Northern Mockingbird – the many-tongued mimic

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Cary Glen – Images of a lovely North Carolina lake

January 27, 2016January 26, 2016 Sandy

Cary Glen in North Carolina has little cosmic significance. It is a little lake in a little town. But nature thrives here, and it provides a much-needed escape from life’s machinations Continue reading Cary Glen – Images of a lovely North Carolina lake

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Balcony Safari – The idle joy of birding

September 17, 2015September 13, 2015 Sandy

Why go on an expensive safari to watch birds when your backyard is just as well endowed as any forest? Continue reading Balcony Safari – The idle joy of birding

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Chasing a Sunset

September 16, 2015September 13, 2015 Sandy

When a sunset that seemed improbable only a moment ago bloodies the sky, it becomes the fulcrum balancing idle desolation and mad euphoria. A photographic meditation Continue reading Chasing a Sunset

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July is for the ladies of the house

July 3, 2015 Sandy

This female House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus) is The Green Ogre July wallpaper. Download and share the love Continue reading July is for the ladies of the house

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Encounter with a picky eater – Carolina Anole

June 23, 2015 Sandy

One thing is clear after watching this Carolina Anole wrestle a stick-fast caterpillar off its leafy perch – this picky eater really loves its greens Continue reading Encounter with a picky eater – Carolina Anole

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Slumbering Giants – Northern Elephant Seals of Point Reyes

June 15, 2015June 16, 2015 Sandy

Epiphany on wandering into a gentlemen’s club of sexually exhausted Northern Elephant Seals on a beach in Point Reyes Continue reading Slumbering Giants – Northern Elephant Seals of Point Reyes