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  • 2017
    • Feb 8, 2017 Nikon D500 autofocus Feb 8, 2017
    • Feb 11, 2017 Aerial feeding while foot-dragging Feb 11, 2017
    • Apr 18, 2017 Prairie Warblers at Ft. De Soto State Park Apr 18, 2017
    • Apr 21, 2017 Black and White Warblers - Ft. De Soto Park Apr 21, 2017
    • Apr 23, 2017 Least Bitterns Apr 23, 2017
    • Apr 24, 2017 Dare to Be Similar Apr 24, 2017
    • Apr 30, 2017 Stilt Sandpipers - High Island Texas Apr 30, 2017
    • May 2, 2017 Return Route to Pensacola (FL) from the Winnie (TX) Birding Trip May 2, 2017
    • May 4, 2017 Whimbrel - Frenchtown Road, Bolivar Peninsula, TX May 4, 2017
    • May 9, 2017 Clapper Rail with chicks - Bolivar Peninsula (TX) May 9, 2017
    • May 15, 2017 Collecting Nesting Material - The Innovative Cattle Egret Approach May 15, 2017
    • May 19, 2017 Red-breasted Merganser Surfacing - Favorites #1 May 19, 2017
    • May 22, 2017 Least Tern Hatching - Favorites #2 May 22, 2017
    • May 24, 2017 Least Terns and chicks coping with a thunderstorm May 24, 2017
    • May 27, 2017 Reddish Egret Preening in early morning light - Favorites #3 May 27, 2017
    • Jun 5, 2017 The Endangered Kirtland’s Warbler Jun 5, 2017
    • Jun 7, 2017 Arctic Tern feeding in glacial waters - Favorites #4 Jun 7, 2017
    • Jun 8, 2017 Elegant Trogon and Wildflowers on a 2010 Trip to California Jun 8, 2017
    • Jun 12, 2017 Papuan Frogmouth - Cairns Botanical Gardens, Australia - July 2012 Jun 12, 2017
    • Jun 16, 2017 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - Comparison of Breeding and Nonbreeding Plumage Jun 16, 2017
    • Jun 27, 2017 Western Meadowlark with Catch - Rhame Prairie, North Dakota - June 2017 Jun 27, 2017
    • Jun 29, 2017 Cedar Waxwing and Dicksissel - Dawson, North Dakota - June 2017 Jun 29, 2017
    • Jul 3, 2017 Eared Grebes - North Dakota - June 2017 Jul 3, 2017
    • Jul 8, 2017 North Dakota - June 2017 - More Photos Jul 8, 2017
    • Jul 11, 2017 Chestnut-sided Warbler - Michigan - 2017 Jul 11, 2017
    • Jul 14, 2017 Golden-winged Warbler - Michigan - 2017 Jul 14, 2017
    • Jul 19, 2017 Lesser Flamingo - Tanzania - 2011 Jul 19, 2017
    • Jul 23, 2017 Apparent Diplopia, one bird but two reflections - Favorites #5 Jul 23, 2017
    • Jul 30, 2017 Brewster's Warbler - Michigan - 2017 Jul 30, 2017
    • Aug 3, 2017 Small Bird - Long Shadow Aug 3, 2017
    • Aug 4, 2017 King Penguin Colonies - South Georgia - Feb. 2008 Aug 4, 2017
    • Aug 8, 2017 American Redstart - Michigan - May/June 2017 Aug 8, 2017
    • Aug 12, 2017 Birding Trip Report – SE Texas – April 2017 – Part 1 Aug 12, 2017
    • Aug 21, 2017 Three lionesses - Serengeti National Park (Tanzania) - Favorites #6 Aug 21, 2017
    • Oct 7, 2017 Birding during a Denver > Pensacola Trip - Sept. 2017 Oct 7, 2017
    • Oct 13, 2017 The Vertical Slit Pupil of Black Skimmers Oct 13, 2017
    • Oct 19, 2017 Pictorial Definition - Somnolent Oct 19, 2017
    • Oct 20, 2017 From the Archives Oct 20, 2017
    • Oct 21, 2017 Yellow Warblers - Frontera Audubon Center, TX - Sept. 2017 Oct 21, 2017
    • Oct 30, 2017 Chinese Pond Heron - Kunming, China - 2007 Oct 30, 2017
    • Oct 31, 2017 Pictorial Definition # 2 - Precarious Position Oct 31, 2017
    • Nov 2, 2017 Pictorial Definition #3 - Irreyolkable (Ir - re - yolk - able) Nov 2, 2017
    • Nov 6, 2017 Pictorial Definition #4 - Regurgitation Nov 6, 2017
    • Dec 4, 2017 Alaska Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve near Haines Alaska - Part 1 Dec 4, 2017
    • Dec 7, 2017 Pictorial Definition #5 - Delusions of Grandeur Dec 7, 2017
    • Dec 9, 2017 Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve - Part 2 Dec 9, 2017
    • Dec 17, 2017 Musical King Penguins - South Georgia, Feb. 2008 Dec 17, 2017
    • Dec 29, 2017 Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve - Part 3 Dec 29, 2017
  • 2018
    • Jan 2, 2018 Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve - Part 4 Jan 2, 2018
    • Jan 6, 2018 Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve - Part 5 Jan 6, 2018
    • Jan 23, 2018 Maria Mitchell (1818 – 1889) Jan 23, 2018
    • Jan 26, 2018 Crissal Thrasher - Bosque del Apache NWR - Jan. 2018 Jan 26, 2018
    • Jan 29, 2018 Wilson's Snipe Jan 29, 2018
    • Jan 30, 2018 Diagonals - First set of a series Jan 30, 2018
    • Feb 11, 2018 Ross's Snow Goose Feb 11, 2018
    • Feb 14, 2018 How my passion for nature photography began Feb 14, 2018
    • Feb 17, 2018 Greater Roadrunner - Bosque del Apache NWR, Nov. 2015 Feb 17, 2018
    • Feb 19, 2018 Grey-headed Kingfisher - Tanzania - Favorites #7 Feb 19, 2018
    • Feb 21, 2018 Snowy Egrets: Foot-dragging and Aerial Feeding Feb 21, 2018
    • Feb 25, 2018 A Few Fotos From Forlorn Folders Feb 25, 2018
    • Feb 28, 2018 Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve - Part 6 Feb 28, 2018
    • Mar 8, 2018 Assorted Images Mar 8, 2018
    • Mar 11, 2018 Serendipity - White morph Reddish Egret Mar 11, 2018
    • Apr 1, 2018 Avian Alchemy - A New Photoshop Plug-in Apr 1, 2018
    • Apr 12, 2018 Samples from a Meadowlark Show - One bird, multiple poses. Apr 12, 2018
    • Apr 26, 2018 Great Blue Heron photo op - Favorites #8 Apr 26, 2018
    • May 2, 2018 Close-up photo of Cooper's Hawk May 2, 2018
    • May 7, 2018 Red-necked Spurfowl, Serengeti National Park, Feb. 2011 May 7, 2018
    • Jun 3, 2018 Dave's New Toy Jun 3, 2018
    • Jun 13, 2018 Northern Flickers Performing the "Flicker Dance" Jun 13, 2018
    • Jun 17, 2018 Barred Owl, Lake Blue Cypress, FL - March 2012 Jun 17, 2018
    • Jun 24, 2018 House Wrens Perched and in Flight at Barr Lake State Park (CO) Jun 24, 2018
    • Jul 1, 2018 Bryce Canyon Sunrise - (Not A Bird) Favorites #1 Jul 1, 2018
    • Jul 5, 2018 Pawnee National Grassland - Grasshopper Sparrow (Ammodramus savannarum) Jul 5, 2018
    • Jul 15, 2018 Retarding Obsolescence: Examples from the Dakotas Jul 15, 2018
    • Jul 25, 2018 Addendum to Recent Grasshopper Sparrow post Jul 25, 2018
    • Jul 30, 2018 Grassland Birds - Bobolink (Dolichonyx oryzivorus) Jul 30, 2018
    • Aug 4, 2018 Grassland Birds - Upland Sandpiper (Bartramia longicauda) Aug 4, 2018
    • Aug 8, 2018 Assorted 2018 "Keepers" Aug 8, 2018
    • Aug 13, 2018 Grassland Birds - Lark Bunting (Calamospiza melanocorys) Aug 13, 2018
    • Aug 17, 2018 Recent "Not-a-Bird" Photos Aug 17, 2018
    • Sep 3, 2018 Musings - Travel associated with bird photography Sep 3, 2018
    • Sep 11, 2018 Mt. Evans - August 27, 2018 Sep 11, 2018
    • Sep 27, 2018 Monarch Caterpillars, Chrysalis, and Butterflies Sep 27, 2018
    • Oct 4, 2018 Pictorial Definition #6 - Protective Coloration Oct 4, 2018
    • Oct 19, 2018 Automatic Focus Stacking with the Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II Oct 19, 2018
    • Oct 20, 2018 Waterton Canyon hike - 10/18/2018 Oct 20, 2018
    • Oct 24, 2018 Wood Ducks - The 2018 Fall Colors Version Oct 24, 2018
    • Nov 12, 2018 Bighorn Sheep in Waterton Canyon Nov 12, 2018
    • Dec 6, 2018 South Georgia - Falklands Expedition Report - Part 1 Dec 6, 2018
    • Dec 13, 2018 South Georgia - Falklands Expedition Report - Part 2 - Antarctic Terns Dec 13, 2018
    • Dec 16, 2018 South Georgia-Falklands Expedition Report - Part 3 - Black-browed Albatross Dec 16, 2018
    • Dec 31, 2018 South Georgia - Falklands Expedition Report - Part 4 - Southern Elephant Seal Dec 31, 2018
  • 2019
    • Jan 4, 2019 South Georgia - Falklands Expedition Report - Part 5 Jan 4, 2019
    • Jan 5, 2019 South Georgia - Falklands Expedition Report - Part 6 Jan 5, 2019
    • Jan 12, 2019 Jan. 10 visit to Sterne Park in Littleton, CO Jan 12, 2019
    • Jan 17, 2019 South Georgia - Falklands Expedition Report - Part 7 Jan 17, 2019
    • Jan 24, 2019 Downy Woodpecker - zygodactyl feet Jan 24, 2019
    • Jan 28, 2019 Feathered Factlet - Flight Speed of Red-breasted Merganser Jan 28, 2019
    • Feb 7, 2019 Bosque del Apache NWR - Feb. 2019 Feb 7, 2019
    • Feb 9, 2019 Wings - Assorted Feb 9, 2019
    • Feb 11, 2019 Birds are Beautiful - Shapes Feb 11, 2019
    • Feb 14, 2019 Birds are Beautiful - Shapes (beaks) Feb 14, 2019
    • Apr 17, 2019 A "lifer" for birdwatchers Ben and Luke Apr 17, 2019
    • Jun 10, 2019 Testing the photographer, not the lens Jun 10, 2019
    • Jun 15, 2019 American White Pelicans at Barr Lake State Park Jun 15, 2019
    • Jun 19, 2019 South Georgia - Falklands Expedition Report - Part 8 - Rockhopper Penguins Jun 19, 2019
    • Jun 30, 2019 High Humidity Haunts Jun 30, 2019
    • Jul 3, 2019 Five photos from a rookery near Abbeville Louisiana Jul 3, 2019
    • Jul 21, 2019 The Loneliest Road in America Jul 21, 2019
    • Aug 4, 2019 Highlights from Above the Waterfall by Ron Rash Aug 4, 2019
    • Aug 24, 2019 Six Reasons to Follow the Blogs of Photographers Aug 24, 2019
    • Aug 29, 2019 Pictorial Definitions of Juxtaposition Aug 29, 2019
    • Sep 9, 2019 Images from Bolivar Peninsula (TX) - September 2019 Sep 9, 2019
    • Sep 14, 2019 American Oystercatcher - Bolivar Peninsula (TX) - September 2019 Sep 14, 2019
    • Sep 16, 2019 Meal Time - Immature Little Blue Heron - Anahuac NWR (TX) - Sept. 9, 2019 Sep 16, 2019
    • Oct 9, 2019 White morph Reddish Egret preening during sunrise Oct 9, 2019
    • Oct 12, 2019 Evasive Great Egret catches and keeps a nice meal. Oct 12, 2019
    • Oct 22, 2019 Updating Galleries - Piping Plover Oct 22, 2019
    • Oct 24, 2019 Black and White version of Great Egret Images Oct 24, 2019
    • Nov 7, 2019 Crested Caracara (continued) Nov 7, 2019
    • Nov 10, 2019 American Bitterns - Gulf coast of Texas - November 2019 Nov 10, 2019
    • Nov 12, 2019 Marbled Godwits - Bolivar Peninsula (TX) - November 2019 Nov 12, 2019
    • Nov 14, 2019 Forster's Tern Diving Sequence - Frenchtown Road (TX) - November 2019 Nov 14, 2019
    • Nov 15, 2019 Red-tailed Hawk & Crested Caracara Interaction - Bolivar Peninsula (TX) - Nov. 2019 Nov 15, 2019
    • Nov 20, 2019 17th Street Jetty -Bolivar Peninsula (TX) - Modified Blirding Strategy Nov 20, 2019
    • Nov 21, 2019 Not a Bird - Southeast Texas - November 2019 Nov 21, 2019
    • Nov 23, 2019 O Oystercatcher, Oystercatcher wherefore did thou get thine name? Nov 23, 2019
    • Nov 28, 2019 Nine images of birds seen on my visit to the Gulf Coast of Texas in Nov. 2019 Nov 28, 2019
    • Nov 30, 2019 White Ibis/Laughing Gulls competing for a Blue Crab (Callinectes sapidus) Nov 30, 2019
    • Dec 4, 2019 Snowy Egret "keepers" from my November 2019 trip to the Bolivar Peninsula (TX) Dec 4, 2019
    • Dec 14, 2019 Greater Roadrunner at Choke Canyon State Park (TX) Dec 14, 2019
    • Dec 27, 2019 Consider The Prey Dec 27, 2019
    • Dec 31, 2019 Updating Galleries - Canada Goose Dec 31, 2019
  • 2020
    • Jan 11, 2020 Consider the Prey (continued) Jan 11, 2020
    • Jan 16, 2020 Pictorial Antonym - Symmetrical Jan 16, 2020
    • Jan 17, 2020 Brown Pelicans Diving Jan 17, 2020
    • Jan 20, 2020 Brown Pelicans - Mustang Island State Park (TX) - November 1, 2019 Jan 20, 2020
    • Jan 25, 2020 South Georgia - Falklands Expedition Report - Part 9 - Assorted Jan 25, 2020
    • Jan 29, 2020 South Georgia - Falklands Expedition Report - Part 10 - More Penguins Jan 29, 2020
    • Jan 31, 2020 South Georgia - Falklands Expedition Report - Part 11 - Mostly Seals Jan 31, 2020
    • Feb 4, 2020 Bird Portraits - Part 1 Feb 4, 2020
    • Feb 5, 2020 Bird Portraits - Part 2 Feb 5, 2020
    • Feb 6, 2020 Bird Portraits - Part 3 Feb 6, 2020
    • Mar 2, 2020 Tanzania - 2020 - Part 1 Mar 2, 2020
    • Mar 5, 2020 Tanzania - 2020 - Part 2 Mar 5, 2020
    • Mar 6, 2020 Tanzania - 2020 - Part 3 - Featuring Fischer's Lovebirds Mar 6, 2020
    • Mar 8, 2020 Tanzania - 2020 - Part 4 - Featuring Southern Red Bishops Mar 8, 2020
    • Mar 12, 2020 Tanzania - 2020 - Part 5 Mar 12, 2020
    • Mar 15, 2020 Tanzania - 2020 - Part 6 - Featuring Eastern Chanting Goshawk Mar 15, 2020
    • Mar 17, 2020 Tanzania - 2020 - Part 7 - Featuring Martial Eagle Mar 17, 2020
    • Mar 19, 2020 Tanzania - 2020 - Part 8 - Featuring Martial Eagle in flight Mar 19, 2020
    • Mar 21, 2020 Tanzania - 2020 - Part 9 - Assorted images of birds photographed in Tanzania - Feb. 2020 Mar 21, 2020
    • Mar 30, 2020 Tanzania - 2020 - Part 10 - Assorted images from Tanzania - Feb. 2020 Mar 30, 2020
    • Apr 1, 2020 Tanzania - 2020 - Part 11 - Featuring Southern Masked Weaver Apr 1, 2020
    • Apr 3, 2020 Pictorial Antonym - Social Distancing Apr 3, 2020
    • Apr 7, 2020 Tanzania - 2020 - Part 12 - Featuring Kori Bustard Apr 7, 2020
    • Apr 9, 2020 Tanzania - 2020 - Part 13 - Featuring Cheetahs Apr 9, 2020
    • Apr 13, 2020 Foxtail Barley (Hordeum jubatum) Apr 13, 2020
    • Apr 16, 2020 Some of her favorite things Apr 16, 2020
    • Apr 18, 2020 Some of her favorite things - #2 - Daylily Apr 18, 2020
    • Apr 21, 2020 Some of her favorite things - #3 - Various Apr 21, 2020
    • Apr 25, 2020 Pictorial Antonym - Social Distancing #2 Apr 25, 2020
    • Apr 29, 2020 Some of her favorite things - #4 - Four O’Clocks (Mirabilis jalapa) Apr 29, 2020
    • May 1, 2020 Some of her favorite things - #5 - Day Lillies May 1, 2020
    • May 5, 2020 South Georgia - Falklands Expedition Report - Part 12 - Magellanic Cormorant May 5, 2020
    • May 8, 2020 South Georgia - Falklands Expedition Report - Part 13 - South Georgia Pintail & South Georgia Pipit May 8, 2020
    • May 10, 2020 Gentoo Penguin chick - Favorites #8 May 10, 2020
    • Aug 12, 2020 Follow-up of 3 boys introduced to the Apple II computer in 1978 Aug 12, 2020
    • Aug 15, 2020 Throwback 50+ years Aug 15, 2020
    • Oct 27, 2020 Mine Eyes Have Seen Oct 27, 2020
    • Oct 29, 2020 Mine Eyes Have Also Seen - Sunrises Oct 29, 2020
    • Nov 1, 2020 Today it is Frogs - Forget Fur, Fin, Feathers, and Fuzzies Nov 1, 2020
    • Nov 15, 2020 A Spoonbill Smorgasbord Nov 15, 2020
    • Nov 21, 2020 Juxtaposition Nov 21, 2020
  • 2021
    • Jan 4, 2021 Antidotes to Self-Pity Jan 4, 2021
    • Jan 14, 2021 On This Day in 2018 - Jan. 14, 2018 - Bosque del Apache NWR, NM Jan 14, 2021
    • Jan 30, 2021 The first and only limerick I ever composed Jan 30, 2021
    • Feb 21, 2021 Backgrounds - Part 1 Feb 21, 2021
    • Feb 23, 2021 Backgrounds (and/or Lighting) - Part 2 Feb 23, 2021
    • Feb 26, 2021 Pictorial Definition of Conspicuous Consumption Feb 26, 2021
    • Mar 15, 2021 Springtime Again! Mar 15, 2021
    • Mar 18, 2021 Golden Jackal Mar 18, 2021
    • Mar 29, 2021 Testing a new lens and new camera firmware Mar 29, 2021
    • Mar 31, 2021 Hooded Mergansers Mar 31, 2021
    • Apr 15, 2021 Recent Photos from Texas Apr 15, 2021
    • Apr 18, 2021 Anahuac NWR - Two of the Things I Had Forgotten Apr 18, 2021
    • Apr 21, 2021 Mostly Avocets - Galveston North Jetty - April 20, 2021 Apr 21, 2021
    • Apr 23, 2021 Aggressive territorial disputes by Lesser Yellowlegs at Bolivar Flats in Texas Apr 23, 2021
    • Apr 27, 2021 Baltimore Oriole - Smith Oaks Bird Sanctuary - High Island, TX - May 19, 2021 Apr 27, 2021
    • May 17, 2021 Great Egrets Displaying - Smith Oaks Rookery, High Island, TX - April 2021 May 17, 2021
    • May 18, 2021 Smallish Great Egrets - Smith Oaks Rookery, High Island, TX - April 2021 May 18, 2021
    • May 20, 2021 Snowy Egret Skirmish May 20, 2021
    • May 22, 2021 Great Egrets - Greeting May 22, 2021
    • May 24, 2021 Northern Harrier - Posing May 24, 2021
    • May 29, 2021 Red-headed Woodpecker and Red-winged Blackbird Interaction May 29, 2021
    • May 31, 2021 Red-winged Blackbird — Takeoff and in Flight May 31, 2021
    • Jun 13, 2021 American Avocet Takeoff Sequence Jun 13, 2021
    • Jun 26, 2021 Secretive Marsh Birds - Sora Jun 26, 2021
    • Jul 5, 2021 Trip Report - June/July 2021 Jul 5, 2021
    • Jul 14, 2021 Great Blue Heron and Reflection Jul 14, 2021
    • Aug 28, 2021 Greater Sage-Grouse photos Aug 28, 2021
    • Sep 3, 2021 Experimenting with a different way of displaying images on this blog site Sep 3, 2021
    • Sep 8, 2021 Objects obscuring bird photos Sep 8, 2021
    • Sep 27, 2021 Sailing from Anacortes WA to San Francisco CA in 2006 Sep 27, 2021
    • Oct 5, 2021 Pictorial Definition — Coming up empty Oct 5, 2021
    • Nov 23, 2021 Black-bellied Whistling Ducks landing sequence Nov 23, 2021
    • Nov 24, 2021 Photos showing sandpipers in flight as well as the reflections of the birds. Nov 24, 2021
    • Nov 26, 2021 Belted Kingfisher diving Nov 26, 2021
    • Dec 3, 2021 White Morph Reddish Egret Catching, but not releasing Dec 3, 2021
    • Dec 13, 2021 Northern Pintail Ducks in Flight Dec 13, 2021
    • Dec 14, 2021 American Kestrel - Bosque del Apache NWR - 12/11/2021 Dec 14, 2021
    • Dec 19, 2021 Sandhill Silhouettes Some Shall Savor Dec 19, 2021
    • Dec 25, 2021 Texas Sunrise - October 31, 2021 Dec 25, 2021
  • 2022
    • Jan 3, 2022 Sandhill Crane Takeoff Sequence - Bosque del Apache NWR Jan 3, 2022
    • Jan 11, 2022 Early Morning Blast-off of Snow Geese at Bosque del Apache NWR in New Mexico Jan 11, 2022
    • Jan 13, 2022 Snow Geese at Bosque del Apache NWR in New Mexico (continued) Jan 13, 2022
    • Jan 16, 2022 More about the Snow Geese at Bosque del Apache NWR in New Mexico Jan 16, 2022
    • Jan 22, 2022 Common Buckeye Butterflies Jan 22, 2022
    • Jan 29, 2022 Gulf Fritillary Butterflies Jan 29, 2022
    • Feb 3, 2022 Large Orange Sulphur Feb 3, 2022
    • Feb 14, 2022 The Queen Butterfly Feb 14, 2022
    • Mar 2, 2022 Theona Checkerspot, Doris Longwing, Emerald Swallowtail, & Green Jay Butterflies Mar 2, 2022
    • Jul 3, 2022 A Green Heron fulfills its putative fantasy Jul 3, 2022
    • Jul 11, 2022 Forgotten fotos found - Black Skimmer chase Jul 11, 2022
    • Aug 17, 2022 Long-billed Curlew capturing and consuming a mud crab Aug 17, 2022
    • Sep 6, 2022 Not A Bird #1 Sep 6, 2022
    • Sep 13, 2022 Yellow-crowned-Night-Heron capturing and consuming a crab Sep 13, 2022
    • Sep 20, 2022 Recent photos of Roxborough State Park - Colorado Sep 20, 2022
    • Sep 23, 2022 Pawnee National Grassland Sep 23, 2022
    • Oct 1, 2022 Fall colors in Colorado Oct 1, 2022
    • Oct 2, 2022 Fall colors in Colorado - part 2 Oct 2, 2022
    • Oct 9, 2022 The History of Neuroscience in Autobiography Oct 9, 2022
    • Dec 10, 2022 Merritt Island NWR (Titusville, FL) December 9, 2022 Dec 10, 2022
  • 2023
    • Jan 8, 2023 A foggy morning at the Black Point Wildlife Drive at Merritt Island NWR Jan 8, 2023
    • Jan 10, 2023 An Anhinga covets and captures the perch of a Belted Kingfisher Jan 10, 2023
    • Mar 25, 2023 Tanzania - 2020 - Part 15 - Images of birds photographed in Tanzania in February, 2020 Mar 25, 2023
    • Mar 26, 2023 Tanzania - 2020 - Part 16 - More images of Tanzania birds Mar 26, 2023
    • Mar 28, 2023 Tanzania - 2020 - Part 17 - Even more images of Tanzania birds Mar 28, 2023
    • Apr 25, 2023 A bird with a long tail (Scissor-tailed Flycatcher) makes a short flight. Apr 25, 2023
    • Apr 27, 2023 More photos from the Bolivar Peninsula (TX) - April 2023 Apr 27, 2023
    • May 3, 2023 Another batch from Bolivar - April 24 - May 2, 2023 May 3, 2023
    • Jun 3, 2023 Completion of a Recent Project Jun 3, 2023
    • Jul 17, 2023 Colorado Wildflowers - July 2023 Jul 17, 2023
    • Aug 8, 2023 Preen - The Merriam-Webster Word of the Day - August 8, 2023 Aug 8, 2023
    • Aug 15, 2023 Tanzania - 2020 - Part 18 - Assorted images of mammals Aug 15, 2023
    • Aug 24, 2023 The dining room in the Colorado Condo Aug 24, 2023
    • Aug 31, 2023 60 years ago Aug 31, 2023
    • Sep 8, 2023 Great Egrets at the High Island Smith Oaks Rookery, TX Sep 8, 2023
    • Oct 10, 2023 Colorado Fall Colors - October 2023 Oct 10, 2023
    • Oct 12, 2023 Colorado Fall Colors - October 2023, part 2 Oct 12, 2023
    • Oct 14, 2023 Durango to Silverton train photos Oct 14, 2023
    • Oct 15, 2023 Colorado Fall Colors - October 2023, part 3 Oct 15, 2023
    • Oct 16, 2023 2023 Colorado Fall Colors - Part 4 Oct 16, 2023
    • Oct 20, 2023 2023 Colorado Fall Colors - Part 5 Oct 20, 2023
    • Oct 25, 2023 2023 Colorado Fall Colors - Part 6 Oct 25, 2023
    • Nov 6, 2023 Wood Storks in Flight Nov 6, 2023
    • Nov 13, 2023 Ring-necked Pheasants Nov 13, 2023
    • Nov 18, 2023 Great-tailed Grackles Nov 18, 2023
    • Nov 21, 2023 Cattle Egrets - Jefferson Island, LA Nov 21, 2023
    • Nov 25, 2023 Pictorial Antonyms of Solitary Nov 25, 2023
    • Dec 26, 2023 Specialty birds in the Lower Rio Grande Valley , TX - Part 1 - Least Grebe and Green Jay Dec 26, 2023
    • Dec 27, 2023 Specialty birds in the Lower Rio Grande Valley, TX - Part 2 - Tropical Kingbird and Great Kiskadee Dec 27, 2023
    • Dec 29, 2023 Specialty birds in the Lower Rio Grande Valley, TX - Part 3 - Clay-colored Thrush and Black-crested Titmouse Dec 29, 2023
    • Dec 31, 2023 Specialty birds in the Lower Rio Grande Valley, TX - Part 4 - Common Pauraque & Plain Chachalaca Dec 31, 2023
  • 2024
    • Jan 11, 2024 Specialty birds in the Lower Rio Grande Valley, TX - Part 6 - Inca Dove and Golden-fronted Woodpecker Jan 11, 2024
    • Jan 27, 2024 Specialty birds in the Lower Rio Grande Valley, TX - Part 5 - White-tipped Dove & White-winged Dove Jan 27, 2024
    • Feb 1, 2024 The Bay Mudflats on South Pedro Island - Part 1 - Roseate Spoonbill & Tricolored Heron Feb 1, 2024
    • Feb 4, 2024 The Bay Mudflats on South Pedro Island - Part 2 - Roseate Spoonbill & Great Egret Feb 4, 2024
    • Feb 4, 2024 Forster's Tern successful dive Feb 4, 2024
    • Feb 4, 2024 Specialty birds in the Lower Rio Grande Valley, TX - Part 7 - Curve-billed and Long-Billed Thrashers Feb 4, 2024
    • Feb 11, 2024 Specialty birds in the Lower Rio Grande Valley, TX - Part 8 - Green Parakeet & Green Kingfisher Feb 11, 2024
    • Feb 15, 2024 Specialty birds in the Lower Rio Grande Valley, TX - Part 9 - Audubon's, Altamira, & Altamira-Audubon's hybrid Orioles Feb 15, 2024
    • Feb 23, 2024 Black-bellied Whistling Ducks - Flying left Feb 23, 2024
    • Feb 23, 2024 Black-bellied Whistling-Ducks - Flying Right Feb 23, 2024
    • Mar 24, 2024 March 24, 2024 - A Good Day Mar 24, 2024
    • Apr 2, 2024 Jumping Sandhill Cranes: Monte Vista NWR, CO - March 2024 Apr 2, 2024
    • Apr 2, 2024 Sandhill Cranes - Monte Vista NWR, CO - March 11-12, 2024 Apr 2, 2024
    • Apr 2, 2024 Two more photos of Sandhill Cranes - Monte Vista NWR, CO - March 11-12, 2024 Apr 2, 2024
    • Apr 10, 2024 Northern Gannets Apr 10, 2024
    • Apr 11, 2024 Orcas Apr 11, 2024
    • May 3, 2024 The North Jetty on Bolivar Peninsula, TX May 3, 2024
    • May 10, 2024 Photos of Reddish Egrets - Bolivar Peninsula, TX - April 18 - May 4, 2024 - Chasing, Part 1 May 10, 2024
    • May 11, 2024 Photos of Reddish Egrets - Bolivar Peninsula, TX - April 18 - May 4, 2024 - Chasing, Part 2 May 11, 2024
    • May 14, 2024 Photos of Reddish Egrets - Bolivar Peninsula, TX - April 26, 2024 - Capturing, Part 1 May 14, 2024
    • Jun 21, 2024 Aerial feeding of a Young Black Tern near Chase Lake NWR in North Dakota - June, 2024 Jun 21, 2024
    • Jul 14, 2024 Photos from a tour of Glacier National Park in Montana - July, 2024 Jul 14, 2024
    • Jul 20, 2024 Photos of Pied-billed Grebes, some taken recently in North Dakota Jul 20, 2024
    • Sep 18, 2024 Book: Compilation of Blog Entries V2 Sep 18, 2024
  • 2025
    • Jan 8, 2025 Who Gives A Hoot Jan 8, 2025
    • Jan 23, 2025 Snowy Egrets engaged in foot-dragging feeding behavior Jan 23, 2025
    • Jan 26, 2025 Green Heron & Reflection Compared Jan 26, 2025
    • Jan 27, 2025 The Wood Stork as a model for staying in sync with your mate Jan 27, 2025
    • Jan 30, 2025 Wilson's Snipe and their reflections Jan 30, 2025
    • Feb 10, 2025 Photos of Aerial Feeding by Tricolored Herons Feb 10, 2025
    • Feb 28, 2025 Reddish Egrets at sunrise Feb 28, 2025
    • Apr 22, 2025 Photos taken for Ben and Luke Apr 22, 2025
    • May 24, 2025 Black Terns May 24, 2025
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Glimpses of Our Natural World

     I am an amateur photographer with a specific interest in nature photography, especially bird photography. I live in Pensacola FL and specialize in photos taken in Central Florida, the panhandle of Florida, the Gulf Coast of Louisiana and Texas. 

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