Photos: Newark, Delaware Photos

Photos taken in and around Newark, Delaware, a town where I lived four years of my life, and attended grad school for two, at the University of Delaware.

Two rusty blackbirdss on an ice-covered grassy area

Rusty Blackbirds in Phillips Park, Newark, Delaware

Photo of a deciduous forest in May, showing straight gray treetrunks, bright green leaves, and leaf litter and some dead wood on the forest floor

Forest in Rittenhouse Park, Newark, DE

A wide path going uphill through a forest, with sunlight filtering through the leaves

Forested Path, Rittenhouse Park, Newark, DE

A narrow footbridge across a creek, in a forested park, showing greenish-painted metal railings, with a tree trunk in the foreground

Footbridge in Rittenhouse Park, Newark, DE

A creek showing brownish green water, trees around the edge, and a cut stump on a grassy bank in the foreground

Rittenhouse Park, the Christiana Creek, and a Tree Stump, in Newark, Delaware

A beech tree, planted as a street tree, that fell towards a house; tree shows most branches cut off, and orange cones are placed around the base of the tree

Fallen Beech Tree, Newark, Delaware

A one-story brick building showing a large tree branch fallen onto the apartment, blocking the front door

Fallen Tree on My Apartment, Newark, DE

Photo of a hermit thrush perched on a branch, from behind, showing brown upper back and reddish rump and tail

Hermit Thrush - Reddish Tail and Rump

Red sidewalk bricks laid out in a circular pattern, radiating from a spot off the photo to the upper right

Brick Sidewalk Pattern, Mentor's Circle, University of Delaware

Two UPS trucks, facing opposite directions, parked on opposite sides of a street, with a metal railing in the foreground and a building in the background

Two UPS Trucks, Newark, Delaware

Male American Robin, chubby, with vibrant red breast, in grass, with scattered dead leaves

American Robin (Male) on Lawn

White-breasted nuthatch, climbing down a tree trunk, upside down

White-Breasted Nuthatch, Upside Down

A three-story steel frame building under construction, with exposed steel on the main side and a side showing yellow paper covering two walls, and a bit of machinery and a man carying some equipment

University of Delaware, New Bookstore Under Construction

Leaves in a shallow pool of water, in a grassy lawn

Leaves in Water in a Grassy Lawn

Shaggy tree trunks, in front of a reedy wetland, with more trees in the background, all bare and brown and gray

Trees in Wetlands of Phillips Park, in Winter

Grassy, reedy area of wetlands, with trees visible in background, railroad tracks far in distance

Wetlands in Phillips Park, Winter

paved path and flat wooden bridge over wetlands, with forest in background

Phillips Park, Walkway Through Wetlands in Winter

Dark tree trunks in a forest, bright white snow, on a sunny day in winter

Woods in Phillips Park, Newark, DE, with Light Snow

Shadows of trees casting horizontal lines on the snow, perpendicular to straight trees in the background

Tree Shadows: Lines on the Snow

Snow in foreground, barren trees in background, with a lone green pine, and a shadow of me with a hat and winter gear on

Snow in Phillips Park, and a Shadow of My Hat

Two Egpyptian geese landing in a wetland in winter, showing bold white and black on wings and a black ring around the eye, with three ducks in the wetland too

Egyptian Geese Landing, Newark, Delaware

A freight train with boxy, brown cars, with two minivans, a bicyclist, and a couple students all waiting at the gates of the railroad crossing

Freight Train Stopping Traffic, Newark, Delaware

A brick sidewalk, wooden bench with metal arms, and some pretty brick buildings in the background, on a college campus, at night

University of Delaware Campus at Night

View looking straight down a very long pedestrian bridge with brick and gray concrete blocks, illuminated by bright white lampposts, with trees on the left

Laird Campus Bridge, University of Delaware

A great egret, large white heron-like bird with a yellow bill and long, gray legs, walking on a muddy island in a small pond, with a dead tree on the right and reeds along the pond's edge in the background

Great Egret, Delaware Technology Park

A pond surrounded by forest, with dark gray water, trees overhanging the pond, with brightly-illuminated leaves in the sunlight

Iron Pits, Iron Hill Park, Newark, Delaware

A historic train, painted red, reading: NORFOLK SOUTHERN, behind a chain-link fence on a bright, cloudy day

Norfolk Southern Historic Passenger Train

Photo of an American Robin nest in a cedar (Juniper) bush, showing characteristic round shape, with one blue egg visible, and a few nestlings

American Robin Nest with Egg and Nestlings

A juvenile mockingbird in a tree, looking like a mockingbird but with a more delicate bill, with a brick wall in the background

Juvenile Mockingbird in a Tree

A robin nest, with small blue eggs, showing round, neat construction of sticks, mud, and a few pieces of trash, in a cedar (juniper) bush

Robin Nest with Eggs

A chipping sparrow singing on the ground next to the base of a pine tree trunk, with pine needle litter, grass, a few other plants, and a utility hole cover on the right

Chipping Sparrow, University of Delaware, Laird Campus

A rainbow arcing from the lower right up and to the left, against dark gray clouds, with lush, dark green trees in the foreground

Rainbow in Sky, Newark, Delaware

A view looking through some venetian blinds, showing a grassy lawn, tree, and street

Venetian Blinds, Ewing Hall, University of Delaware

A male house finch, showing bright red wash on head, stubby gray bill, and streaked breast, in a black walnut tree, with sturdy gray limbs and young foliage yellow-green in bright sunlight

Male House Finch in Black Walnut Tree

Two female red-winged blackbirds on reeds, showing mostly camoflaged patterning, streaked breasts and striped face, and dark tail, with some green visible in the background

Female Red-winged Blackbirds on Reeds, Newark, Delaware

Photo showing fallen pink cherry blossoms, and a few clumps of green grassy plants above the blossoms, two cherry tree trunks, and a red brick building in the background

Fallen Pink Cherry Blossoms Covering the Ground

A street intersection with numerous trees leafing out in early spring, in the middle of a college campus, with brick buildings, sidewalks, and a brick terrace

University of Delaware Campus, Viewed from Kirkbride Lecture Hall

University of Delaware Campus, a terrace with red brick, and buildings in an old style with brick and white trim, and slate roofs, and an overpass over a street, with trees leafing out in the spring

University of Delaware, Gore Hall, Viewed from Kirkbride Hall

A man spraying herbicides into a flower bed, on a college campus

Man Spraying Herbicides, University of Delaware