Tag: bird

Little Bird, Big Fish
Birds, Blog

Black Skimmers

It has been awhile since I posted any shots of the Black Skimmers and I have not been able to get out and take any more pictures recently so I figured I would post a few of these. They are fun to watch. It can be quite funny to watch […]

Male Snail Kite
Birds, Blog

Snail Kites

This morning I took another trip back to Edward Medard Park and Reservoir for another shot at the Snail Kites. I had a little better luck today. I probably stayed for about 1 1/2 hours and they flew over maybe 5-6 times. These are definitely the best shots I have […]

Boardwalk Sunrise
Birds, Blog, Travel

Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary part 2

Tonight I am posting a couple more of the shots from my trip to Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary near Naples, Florida. I love the boardwalk there and always try to capture it and the environment. Often this is difficult because it can be very contrasty but is easier to capture near […]

Florida Prairie Sunrise
Blog, Travel

Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary

One of my favorite places in Florida which I spent a few hours at last week is Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary near Naples. Now as I stated yesterday the wildlife overall was pretty uncooperative, but at least here there were a few good things to shoot. I timed my drive to […]

Barred Owl Fluffed Up
Birds, Blog

Barred Owl Poses

Here are a couple of unusual poses by some Barred Owls. The first shot he is fluffed up, posing and getting ready to take off. In the second he is flat on the ground with the wings spread and head tilted back. I am not sure of the purpose of […]

White Stork Nesting Pair
Birds, Blog, Travel

Birds in Africa

The two shots tonight go back a few years when I was on a trip in Africa with my sister who had just finished her two year stint in the Peace Corps. The first shot is a pair of White Storks that were nesting on a wall in Marrakesh, Morocco. […]

Sandhill Crane Baby
Birds, Blog, Wildlife

F8 and be there

One of the most famous sayings in photography is F8 and be there. F8 is a camera setting that I won’t go into right now because the point of this statement is to get the shot you have to be in the right place at the right time. This is […]

Great Blue Heron with Pinfish
Birds, Blog

Sushi, It’s whats for dinner.

One of the nice things about living in Florida for a photographer is the abundance of birds. If you spend the time watching them it is amazing the number of different ways that they catch their prey. Great Blue Herons are patient hunters. They usually enter a body of water […]