So thrilled to get my first close-up photos of an osprey! They return to the same nests year after year. This pair were making some finishing touches to their abode. Taken at Edith G. Read Wildlife Sanctuary, Rye NY on 3.30.2021 Some less sharp shots that document the twig-nest addition […]
This is a photo of an Eastern Meadowlark that I took in February 2021 at Croton Point Park. I’ve seen these birds from a distance before, usually as a flash of yellow and white flying, but they are quite skittish around humans so I was never able to get a […]
This is a hairy woodpecker, which I see almost daily in my backyard. This is a great example of how I like to capture a bit of a bird’s personality in my photos, especially when I am photographing the more common species. This was taken in February 2021, when we […]
This is a male cardinal. I took this in December 2020, during our first big snowfall this winter. I always get a lot of activity at my bird feeders on snowy days. I would say that the cardinal in snow is one of my most sought-after images – probably the […]
This is a grackle on my deck railing. I took this in October 2020. One of my favorite things about photographing is capturing the appeal of even the most ordinary or familiar bird. Grackles are fairly universally regarded as bully birds at the feeder, but when the light catches them […]
Another red-tailed hawk photo one from my backyard, taken in June 2020. I think this is one of the most amusing photos I have ever taken. I am used to seeing red-tailed hawks, as they are the most common bird of prey in my area. But usually they are either […]
In May 2020, I spent a long time photographing a whole family of geese next to Swan Lake at Rockefeller State Park Preserve, NY. These three goslings curled up under their mom’s wing for a nap, and I caught them just waking up and starting to peer out. This was […]
This is a pair of male tree swallows. This is another photo from Rockefeller State Park in May 2020. They were getting quite territorial over this nesting box. This is a good example of how the right cropping can make or break a picture. Originally I kept it quite distant […]
Rockefeller State Park Preserve is very close to my house and probably the place I most often take photographs. The Canada goose goslings there are probably one my favorite photo subjects. Every year in May they are reliably on the banks of Swan Lake. I took these pictures in May […]
This is a hairy woodpecker and a downy woodpecker. I took this in my backyard in Briarcliff in May 2018. This is one of the pictures I’m most happy about from an educational perspective. As you can see this birds have very similar black and white coloring and patterns. When […]