The Air Line was once a railroad renowned for its relatively straight course from Boston to New York - "as if by a line drawn through the air." You can still find ties, lumps of coal, and boiler slag left over from the steam era. Today the rail bed has been converted to a Connecticut linear park and hiking trail.

At this web site you'll find over 43,000 photos and video clips of the natural environment - plants, animals, and landscapes - taken on the Air Line Trail in eastern Connecticut, from the Fall of 2001 until the present. Unless otherwise noted, most pictures were taken in Amston near Raymond Brook Marsh.

Recent Additions:
eBird's listings - for Raymond Brook Marsh
Ride the East CT 2024 - Cycling event (not a race)
Ghost Run 2025 - Half Marathon runners at Raymond Brook Marsh
Ghost Run 2024 - Half Marathon runners at Raymond Brook Marsh
Ghost Run 2023 - Half Marathon runners at Raymond Brook Marsh Ghost Run 2022 - Half Marathon runners at Raymond Brook Marsh

2026 INDEX - All the pages of 2026 pictures
2025 INDEX - All the pages of 2025 pictures
2024 INDEX - All the pages of 2024 pictures
2023 INDEX - All the pages of 2023 pictures
2022 INDEX - All the pages of 2022 pictures
2021 INDEX - All the pages of 2021 pictures
DIY Darwin - Add Darwin to any image
CT Woodlands Winter 2020 - Featured Photos, pages 2 and 12
Nature Photography 101 - Photo Basics PLUS! (PDF)
Paul Colburn, MWC - CT Wildlife Presentations
Digital Kaleidoscope Captures - Fun to view
The Air Line Trail - DEEP page for the entire trail in CT
Rapid Bioassessment by Volunteers Guide to Stream Insects

Trail - Recently completed...	Trail - In progress...
Winter 2025-6 Part 1	Winter 2025-6 Part2

Trail Maps and Directions - Video Tour - Trail History
2018 Hunting Seasons - Hunting Seasons and Precautions
About the Photos - About Stan - Contact Stan
Stan's FlickR Albums

"Mates" - First Prize, Connecticut Audubon Society Photo Contest, 2009.

You don't need to leave your room.
Remain sitting at your table and listen.
Don't even listen, simply wait.
Don't even wait.
Be quite still and solitary.
The world will freely offer itself to you.
To be unmasked, it has no choice.
It will roll in ecstasy at your feet.

-Franz Kafka

It's simple, really;
Becoming one with nature.
Look, listen, let go.