Birds
Capturing birds in their natural habitat, from the backyard to the coastline to the mountains, requires patience and a close study of their behaviors and patterns. Sometimes you just have to watch them for a while without taking a shot, and then, like magic, you get that perfect view. Capturing birds in flight is the ultimate challenge. It helps to have a fast lens, but ultimately the most important skill is patience and just being out there, watching the birds!
Mute Swan
Black-necked Stilt
American White Pelican
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Great Egret
Green Heron
Osprey
Osprey
Pileated Woodpecker
Great Blue Heron
Northern Pintail
Great Egret
Cedar Waxwing
Brown Pelican
Osprey
Osprey
Osprey
Bald Eagle
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Dusky Grouse
Steller's Jay
Bald Eagle
Cedar Waxwing
Red-shouldered Hawk
Great Blue Heron
Common Merganser
Bald Eagle
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-headed Woodpecker
Baltimore Oriole
Osprey
Eastern Bluebird
Eastern Bluebird
Indigo Bunting
Orchard Oriole
Red-shouldered Hawk
Double-crested Cormorant
Red-winged Blackbird
Green Heron
Common Merganser
A shorebird flock lifts off
Loggerhead Shrike
Horned Lark
Long-billed Curlew
A downy shorebird chick
Burrowing Owl
American Kestrel
American Kestrel
American White Pelican
Sandhill Crane
Sandhill Crane
Broad-tailed Hummingbird
Ruddy Duck
Western Grebe
Laughing Gull
Songbird taking flight
Dark-eyed Junco
Great Blue Heron
Osprey
Osprey
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Yellow-breasted Chat