Not a Bird - Southeast Texas - November 2019

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Assorted images taken during this trip that are not shots of birds.

Wildflower spotted when I got out of the car to take photos of diving Forster's Terns.

Pleasure Pier off Seawall Boulevard in Galveston.

Red fish caught from the 17th Street Jetty, Bolivar Peninsula (TX). Not a person I know. He just agreed to let me take a photo of his fish.

Cloud formation of the redfish seen this morning. Do you see it?

Redfish clouds transformed.

Looking northwest along Seawall Boulevard in Galveston this morning.

Looking south along Seawall Boulevard this morning.

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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.