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Category Archives: Birds
Poetry in Motion
Today’s post features one of the magical moments of being in the field, photographing the Trumpeter Swans. During last week’s 2-day trip to Loess Bluffs NWR, I had the fortune of having several groups of Trumpeter Swans flying very close by as I photographed from the tour route road. Here are some of my favorite […]
Also posted in 2018, Bird Photography, Blog, Nature Photography, Travel Photography
Tagged 2018, behavior, bird photography, birding, birds, birdwatching, Blog, fall, Loess Bluffs NWR, Missouri, nature, nature photography, photography, Squaw Creek NWR, swans, travel
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A Wonderful, Musical Bird
Today’s post features some of the graceful, Trumpeter Swans that have started to fly into the Loess Bluffs NWR (formerly called Squaw Creek NWR). As their name implies, when they communicate, it sounds like a chorus of trumpets being sounded! I particularly love watching these large birds as they take off from the water, and […]
Also posted in 2018, Bird Photography, Blog, Nature Photography, Travel Photography
Tagged 2018, behavior, bird photography, birding, birds, birdwatching, Blog, fall, Loess Bluffs NWR, Missouri, nature, nature photography, photography, Squaw Creek NWR, swans, travel
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Fun Friday: ‘Bottoms Up!’
Hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving Day yesterday! I spent the last couple of days at one of my favorite locations in Missouri to photograph nature … the Loess Bluffs NWR (formerly called Squaw Creek NWR) … most of the time I still refer to this wonderful location as Squaw Creek. Today’s “Fun Friday” post […]
Also posted in 2018, Bird Photography, Blog, Fun Friday post, Nature Photography, Travel Photography
Tagged 2018, behavior, bird photography, birding, birds, birdwatching, Blog, fall, Loess Bluffs NWR, Missouri, nature, nature photography, photography, Squaw Creek NWR, travel, Trumpeter Swans
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Wood Duck Drakes from the Kayak
While looking for a specific image in my large collection of nature images, I ran across a few from a few years ago, that I never published. The Wood Duck drake (male) is such a colorful duck and always fun to photograph. Although they are typically quite skittish, wearing camo clothing in a kayak often […]
Also posted in 2018, Bird Photography, Blog, Nature Photography, Photography from a kayak
Tagged 2007, Amarugia CA, behavior, bird photography, birding, birds, birdwatching, Blog, Cass County, kayaking, Missouri, nature, nature photography, photography, spring, Wood duck
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Hungry Hummers!
Today’s post was captured a month ago, on September 01, on the covered, front porch of my rural Missouri home. About this time every year, the Ruby-throated Hummingbirds begin a “feeding frenzy” as they take in more calories to begin their annual, fall migration southward. The male hummers were mostly gone when I made this […]
Also posted in 2018, Bird Photography, Blog, Nature Photography
Tagged 2018, behavior, bird photography, birding, birds, birdwatching, Blog, Cass County, hummingbird, Missouri, nature, nature photography, photography, summer
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Fun Friday: Dazed & Confused
Today’s post features a couple of images I captured this morning as I was preparing some other images for today’s blog post. As I worked at the computer, I looked up and noticed that this “new butterfly species” (a male American Goldfinch … does he think he is a butterfly???) was busy feeding on purple […]
Also posted in 2018, Bird Photography, Blog, Fun Friday post, Photography Tips, Wildflowers
Tagged 2018, behavior, bird photography, birding, birds, birdwatching, Blog, Cass County, coneflower, goldfinch, Missouri, Monarda, nature, nature photography, photography, summer, wildflower
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Cattle Egret Dispute
Today’s post comes from my recent (February 2018) photo trip to Florida. While kayaking around Bird Island (a rookery near St. Petersburg), I captured a series of images of a couple of Cattle Egrets that were busy in a nesting territorial dispute on the island: During nesting season, you must always be ready for the […]
Also posted in 2018, Bird Photography, Blog, Nature Photography, Photography from a kayak, Travel Photography
Tagged 2018, behavior, Bird Island, bird photography, birding, birds, birdwatching, Blog, Egrets, Florida, kayaking, nature, nature photography, nesting, photography, travel, winter
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2018 FOY Roseatte Spoonbill
Today’s post features some new photos I captured of a Roseatte Spoonbill, my targeted species of my February trip to Florida. The Roseatte Spoonbill is one of my favorite birds to photograph. I just love the beautiful pinks/reds of this magnificent bird. I only wish we had some in Missouri! While photographing at the Venice […]
Also posted in 2018, Bird Photography, Blog, Nature Photography, Travel Photography
Tagged 2018, behavior, Bird, bird photography, birding, birds, birdwatching, Blog, Florida, nature, nature photography, photography, travel, Venice Rookery, winter
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Fun Fri: Ready or Not, Here I Am
Today’s Fun Friday post comes from the Venice Rookery (Florida), where I captured this beautiful male (in fantastic breeding plumage) calling out loudly as he approaches the rookery nesting site: Coming up: more Florida travel images and some woodland wildflowers. Photographic Equipment Used: Canon 7D Mark II body Canon 500mm, f/4 IS lens Bogen 3021 […]
Also posted in 2018, Bird Photography, Blog, Fun Friday post, Nature Photography, Travel Photography
Tagged 2018, anhinga, behavior, bird photography, birding, birds, birdwatching, Blog, Florida, nature, nature photography, photography, travel, Venice Rookery, winter
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A Regal Bird
Following up to yesterday’s post on the regal Great Egrets carrying nesting materials back to their nest in the Venice Rookery, today’s post features some of the birds returning to the rookery without nest materials. I love photographing these white beauties, especially in their colorful and frilly breeding plumage: Coming up … more images from […]
Also posted in 2018, Bird Photography, Blog, Nature Photography, Travel Photography
Tagged 2018, bird photography, birding, birds, birdwatching, Blog, Florida, nature, nature photography, photography, travel, Venice Rookery, winter
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