White Ibis feeding.

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Our photos are supposed to tell a story. The photo below tells a story about a White Ibis feeding in early morning light.

The remaining photos tell a story about the competition for the available food the White Ibis often encounters.

The first photo was taken in February 2014 with a Nikon D300S camera and a 500mm f/4 lens with a 1.4x tc at the Bolivar Peninsula north jetty in Texas. The remaining photos were taken at the same location in November 2019 with an Olympus E-M1X camera and a 300mm f/4 lens with a 1.4x teleconverter.

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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.