White Pelicans, up close and personal

White Pelicans are such group-oriented birds They do the same things at the same time, preening and then going out to feed. Sending you some...

Hunting

Green Heron, imm. waiting in the mangroves, to strike at a passing fish. While other birds, like this Double-crested Cormorant, actively cha...

hippie Anhinga

"She looks like something we wore in the '60's" said the lady next to me as I stood photographing this lovely female, adul...

The Stokes Field Guide to the Birds of North America, current favorite..

Fun fact: This Pileated Woodpecker photo on the back of The Stokes Field Guide to the Birds of North America was taken by Lillian Stokes, at...

Pied-billed Grebe ballerina

Pied-billed Grebe, photographed in soft light, taking off, looking like a ballerina, so ungrebe-like. I love experimenting with unusual ligh...

Lesser Black-backed Gull

Lesser Black-backed Gull, adult winter Here's another of the same bird. Here's a 3rd winter Lesser Black-backed Gull. Note the black...

Yellow-throated Warbler, Yum spider!

Yellow-throated Warbler, Dendroica dominica We're down in Sanibel Island, FL where the birding and bird photography is just great. I pho...