"The Year of the Snowy Owl"

"The Year of the Snowy Owl"

Local photographer Greg Lessard will present his exhibit “The Year of the Snowy Owl” at the Massachusetts Audubon Society’s North River Sanctuary on November 3, from 2-4PM.The exhibit will include twenty of Mr. Lessard’s favorite images of snowy owls and writings about his experiences photographing them.

Mr. Lessard, a Middleboro native, is a professional photographer. Currently, he leads local and national photography tours for the Massachusetts Audubon Society. Mr. Lessard is also a band director in the Scituate Public Schools.

Greg spent the winter of 2011-2012 photographing snowy owls and their behavior.His exhibit will include many beautiful portraits as well as some very exciting moments including an action sequence of a peregrine falcon attacking a snowy owl on the beach.

Here is a copy of the Mass Audubon press release for this event:

“Published: September 24, 2012

In 1978, Bob Lessard introduced his son Greg to the world of birding. At three, Greg learned the differences between cardinals, chickadees and blue jays. A love for nature and its creatures had been instilled in his young soul, a love that grew as he aged.

Years later, Bob and Greg attended a presentation on snowy owls by photographer Mark Wilson, images captured by the artist in the Arctic, the owl’s native nesting grounds. “I was fascinated,” Greg said, “with the idea of making my own snowy owl images.”

For years, Greg practiced his craft, honing his photography skills, tailoring his expertise to the outdoors and nature, birds in particular. Bob traveled with him, from Florida to Maine, to the great National Parks of the west. Finally, in November 2011, his chance struck. A massive, wide-scale irruptive flight of Snowy Owls brought the birds to the South Shore. Greg sought them out, and photographed his first one; two weeks later, in a chance encounter, he ran into Mark Wilson, and spent Thanksgiving Day photographing the owls with him. Those owls are again on display, a year later, at the North River Wildlife Sanctuary in Marshfield.

Join the photographer for an opening reception on Saturday, November 3, from 2-4 p.m.at the North River Wildlife Sanctuary. The exhibit will remain until November 21”

This is a link to the Mass Audubon press release for this event:http://www.massaudubon.org/news/regionalnews2.php?id=2098&region=se_cape_islands&panel=4

For any inquiries, please contact Greg Lessard at greglessardphoto@aol.com or (508) 946 5680

 Join me

 at the opening of my exhibit "The Year of the Snowy Owl" at the Massachusetts Audubon North River Sanctuary in Marshfield, MA on November 3, from 2-4PM.