Nine images of birds seen on my visit to the Gulf Coast of Texas in Nov. 2019

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Assorted images taken between Nov. 1 and Nov. 17, 2019

Eastern Phoebe - Aransas Pass, TX
E-M1X camera, 300mm + 1.4x teleconverter
1/2500 sec at f/5.6, ISO 1000

Great Blue Heron - North Jetty, Bolivar Peninsula (TX)
E-M1X camera, 300mm + 1.4x teleconverter
1/1000 sec at f/5.6, ISO 200

Lesser Yellowlegs - North Jetty, Bolivar Peninsula (TX)
E-M1X camera, 300mm + 1.4x teleconverter
1/2500 sec at f/6.3, ISO 400

Marbled Godwit - North Jetty, Bolivar Peninsula (TX)
E-M1X camera, 300mm + 1.4x teleconverter
1/1600 sec at f//5.6, ISO 200

Great Blue Heron - North Jetty, Bolivar Peninsula (TX)
E-M1X camera, 300mm + 1.4x teleconverter
1/1600 sec at f/5.6, ISO 200

White Ibis - - North Jetty, Bolivar Peninsula (TX)
E-M1X camera, 300mm + 1.4x teleconverter
1/3200 sec at f/5.6, ISO 500

Marbled Godwit - North Jetty, Bolivar Peninsula (TX)
E-M1X camera, 300mm + 1.4x teleconverter
1/3200 sec at f/5.6, ISO 500

White-tailed Kite - Bolivar Peninsula (TX)
E-M1X camera, 300mm + 1.4x teleconverter
1/2000 sec at f/5.6, ISO 200

Crested Caracara Portrait - Anahuac NWR (TX)
E-M1X camera, 300mm + 2x teleconverter
1/2000 sec at f/8, ISO 640

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David Sparks

I retired in 2005 after 40 years of research and teaching at the University of Alabama in Birmingham (24 years), the University of Pennsylvania (8 years) and the Baylor College of Medicine (8 years). Photography is my retirement hobby.

Nature photography, especially bird photography, combines a number of things that I really enjoy: bird-watching, being outdoors, photography, travel, messing about with computers, and learning new skills and concepts.  I now spend much of my time engaged in these activities.

David Sibley in the preface to The Sibley Guide to Birds wrote "Birds are beautiful, in spectacular as well as subtle ways; their colors, shapes, actions, and sounds are among the most aesthetically pleasing in nature."  My goal is to acquire images that capture the beauty and uniqueness of selected species as well as images that highlight the engaging behaviors the birds exhibit.