One of my favorite things about photographing birds is that I almost always have to look up what they are, because I can’t just title it “Pretty Yellow Bird,” for example, and carry on. That would be ridiculously lazy. They’re also a challenge to shoot well, so each one is a basket of lessons.
Cover image: Barred owl, Honey Island Swamp, Louisiana.
Barred owl 1, Honey Island Swamp, Slidell, LA
Barred owl 2, Honey Island Swamp, Slidell, LA
White ibises begging for bite of po' boy, City Park, New Orleans, LA
Cattle egret, Chalmette, LA
Black-bellied whistling ducks, Sidney D Torres Memorial Park, Chalmette, LA
"Park bench," black-bellied whistling duck and friend, Sidney D Torres Memorial Park, Chalmette, LA
White ibises, Bayou Metairie, City Park, New Orleans, LA
Ruffed grouse hen assessing (vert), Port Wing, WI
Ruffed grouse hen assessing (horiz), Port Wing, WI
Ruffed grouse hen considering, Port Wing, WI
Ruffed grouse hen reaching, Port Wing, WI
Ruffed grouse hen munching, Port Wing, WI
Ruffed grouse hen snatching, Port Wing, WI
Ruffed grouse hen snipping, Port Wing, WI
Ruffed grouse hen overestimating, Port Wing, WI
Ruffed grouse hen departing, Port Wing, WI
American goldfinch at dusk, Durand, WI
Red-bellied woodpecker, Durand, WI
White-breasted nuthatch in evening light, Durand, WI
Ruby-throated hummingbird in tree
Chipping sparrow in maple tree
Ruby-throated hummingbird coming to feeder (grass and fence beyond blurred by very wide aperture)
"Ironic Placidity" - Ruby-throated hummingbird
Golden hour house sparrow, Durand, WI
Double Eagle, Hwy 25, Pepin County, WI
Ruby-throated hummingbird coming in hot, Durand, WI
Ducks in flight, Monte Vista Wildlife Refuge, Monte Vista, CO (4 images in 13x19 format)
Pelican fly-by, Pacific Grove, CA
Pelican fly-by, Pacific Grove, CA
Mallard drake, Des Lacs Nat'l Wildlife Refuge, June 2022
Northern Pintail, Des Lacs Nat'l Wildlife Refuge, June 2022
Black-bellied whistling ducks, Sidney D Torres Memorial Park, Chalmette, LA
Black-bellied whistling ducks, Sidney D Torres Memorial Park, Chalmette, LA