Fish Guy Photos

09/02/2026

Beautiful, but destructive.

This is the lionfish from the video I posted last week. When I found it, the tiny fish was only about 2 inches long and had a juvenile black sea bass in its mouth. Luckily for the sea bass, the lionfish spit it out when I collected it, and I was able to release it alive. That little sea bass has quite the story to tell!

Even at this small size, invasive lionfish can have a negative impact on our local marine life.

Volitan Lionfish collected from Shinnecock Bay, Hampton Bays, NY

09/02/2026

400 feet above a school of menhaden. How many sharks do you see??? 🤯
Southampton, NY

09/01/2026

Just another Long Island bull shark. Definitely a lot of them around this summer!
Southampton, NY

09/01/2026

What's worse? Squirrels or spiders??? Look at the size of that thing!!! 😱
Barred Owl
Lebanon, CT

08/31/2026

Do you like sea turtles? Do you like beer? If you answered yes to both, then you won’t want to miss the 5th Annual Turtle Crawl Fundraiser!

We’ll kick things off at Twin Fork Beer Co, then make our way to übergeek Brewing Co., then North Fork Brewing Co, and finish the day at Digger's Ales N' Eats.

Best of all, all proceeds benefit NY Marine Rescue Center helping support the rescue, rehabilitation, and release of stranded sea turtles.

Interested in joining us? Click the link in the comment below ⬇️

Hope to see you there!

08/29/2026

If you build it, they will come!

Inspired by Switch Gear home hummingbird garden, I started building one of my own a couple of years ago. Each year, it gets a little bigger and attracts more hummingbirds! Today, I had at least four different birds visiting at the same time.

Lately, I’ve only been seeing females and immature males. It’s been a couple of weeks since I’ve seen a mature male, so it appears they’re already beginning their migration south. The males always seem to be the first ones to leave.

It has been a crazy summer, and I’ve had very little time to sit down with a camera and a “soda pop” to simply enjoy the garden. But that’s one of the great things about having it right in your backyard. You can take a quick break from the chaos and enjoy these speedy little birds without falling too far behind on chores and all of life’s other priorities.
Calverton, NY

08/29/2026

Watch out for baby turtles!!!

I found these two newly hatched snapping turtles trying to cross the road on their way to the lake. Female turtles can travel surprisingly long distances from their watery homes to lay their eggs, which means that once the hatchlings emerge, they have to make the journey to a body of water they’ve never actually seen before!

Please slow down and keep an eye out for these tiny travelers.

08/29/2026

Look whooo showed up tonight!

We are still many months away from nesting, but its nice to see Mr and Mrs Barred Owl showing interest in the nest box during the off season. Let's hope we have better luck next year!
Lebanon, CT

08/28/2026

Normally, I'm not a big fan of backlighting, but I think it really worked this time.

What do you think?

Ruby-throated hummingbird
Calverton, NY

08/28/2026

Congratulations to Em Strife, a School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences undergraduate student that took SUS 332 - Nature Writing & Photography last semester at Southampton co-taught by Fish Guy Photos and Outdoor Tom. She was able to get her final class assignment "Meet Ral and Mary: The Shinnecock Bay Ospreys Honoring a Legacy of Marine Conservation," published in 27east, Express Magazine as her first published work! Ral and Mary have become Stony Brook University's unofficial mascots at its Stony Brook Southampton campus.

As summer fades, Long Island's East End awakens with life, highlighted by the return of osprey pair Ral and Mary who nest near Stony Brook University's marine research center, symbolizing the region's commitment to environmental conservation and the legacy of marine ecologist Dr. John Ralvan Welker.