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A frame from the winter when I caught this Common Goldeneye drake with his wingtips grazing the river surface along the snowy banks in Colorado. ...

Hi folks ... a sweet close up of the species . Subject was resting on fence post and the green backdrop is just distant grass plain Hope you like...

Canon R6 f/4 400mm DO Mk2 f/4 1/2500 ISO 3200 This is from a set up and a feral pigeon was used as bait. The BG is a wooded area from where...

Honestly, I don't know how you friends overseas shoot in drab conditions often. We're blessed to have 300 days of sunshine here and I just couldn't...

Hi folks .. back to the southern hemisphere :bg3: Image of the Caracara captured on a misty day on Steeple Jason Island , the island is part of the...

Hi All, By popular demand, here is the front view of a Red Kite! This one was flying directly towards the early morning sun. Image was made in...

I had my first outing with my beloved loons this weekend. There is a nesting pair that I have followed for years, and they are on the nest. Expect...

Loonapaloosa 2024. I am up north for a two week period to follow the hatching of the loon chicks on the several different lakes I watch. The...

Shot this Ruddy duck in North Dakota from my floating blind.When out shooting we usually pick up a bird behavior. As this Ruddy duck is in breeding...

Hi folks ... back to recent work :bg3: Image captured at the same location as the Godwit images , the birds over there preferring the fence posts to...

Canon R6 f/4 400mm DO Mk2 f/6.3 1/4000 ISO 640 One from the Isle of Lunga last week. HH ACR and PS. Will

Canon R6 f/4 400mm DO Mk2 at 560mm f/5.6 1/3200 ISO 1000 One from the Isle of Mull last week. HH. ACR and PS. Hope the greens look better on...

A little backyard birding a couple of weeks ago in flat light. Spotted Towhee, pretty common but not so much like a Robin. Had fun with a little...

Shot this pair of mergansers in a slough in North Dakota from my floating blind. Processed with Dpp 4, Photoshop. Comments and critiques appreciated....

It has been too long since I have been able to post, so I thought I would share this image of two Red Kites captured in January in sunny central...

Hi folks ... a newbie for me and my collection . Same location as previous species I have captured and posted . Canon EOS R 6 II EF 500 IS L...

A bit of a flurry going on here, this is in our newly aquired meadow at the side of the house, there wasn't much boxing - just a very determined...

This Black-bellied Whistling Duck image was created down by the lake near my home in central FL with the Sony 600mm f/4 lens, the FE 1.4X TC, and the...

Hi folks .. another image of this species from my second , less successful, visit to the " Ochsenmoor " . Less birds in closer range and light was...

Hi folks a second image of this species , taken on a different Island of the Falklands . Most animals are not that shy on the archipelago ... If...

Female Merganser shot in North Dakota from my floating blind. This was shot on a different day than the previous merganser. I have lots of the female...

Browsing through my old files looking for Giant Petrels, I also came across several images of the Salvin's Mollymawk aka Salvin's Albatross,...

This image confirms the well known scientific fact that New Zealand Fur Seals are built upside down to compensate for the antipodean reversal effect....

This very impressive Spanish Imperial Eagle was early to come to the bait in front of the hide in Central Spain on a winter's morning. So, early...

Hi folks ... went for a shorter visit to the same location , where I captured the Godwits . Early morning was not as good as previous time , sun...

Even the "drab" birds look great in these flowering trees. These flowers only last a couple of weeks, so one has to make it a point to go there...

Enjoyed seeing this little guy as they don't make it this far north to Minnesota where I live. Z9, 600mm f/4 TC VR S, 1/800, 840mm, ISO 5600.

Hi folks ... again a newbie for me , same location as previous postings . Image taken from car , so sighting was brief .... a couple of shots .......

Canon R6 f/4 400mm DO Mk2 at 800mm f/8 1/1600 ISO 1250 One from my trip to the Isle of Mull last month. I was driving along a trackway when I...

Strutting Avocet shot in North Dakota from my floating blind. I was pushed all the way up to the shore on this shot. Thanks to Brian Sump to get me...