Joan U. Smeltzer
Administrative Coordinator
Department of Psychology

A cormorant flying downward, wings wide-spread, to join a fellow cormorant already perched upon a fallen tree limb at the edge of a pond. Their shadows reflect a mirror-image below in the water.

“Mind if I drop in?”

Digital photography

A flock of six cormorants were making a stopover in Arlington’s Spy Pond for a couple of weeks as they migrated south for the winter. They were quite social and seemed to favor perches near shore – but not too near…

Artist Statement

Nature keeps me grounded and also sends my spirits soaring. It’s exhilarating to capture a moment I will see just once, and then save for a lifetime. I haunt Spy Pond for these images and moments…

School / Unit

Faculty of Arts and Sciences