I often fall into the trap of not photographing the common birds found in this area, forgetting that what’s common here is likely to be interesting...
I spent some time yesterday evening out at Pedernales Falls State Park. The main aim was to do some astrophotography with Jason Flenniken but I took advantage...
A male Ladder-Backed Woodpecker (Dryobates scalaris) seen at Pedernales Falls State Park near Johnson City, Texas.
I bumped into a peacock during a visit to Austin Zoo in the spring of 2017 and had to take some pictures of it’s colourful plumage.
Continuing my wander through the archives, here’s a female Ladder-Backed Woodpecker (Dryobates scalaris) seen at the Pedernales Falls State Park...
Yesterday morning, as local social isolation took effect and church was off, we visited Charro Ranch Park in Dripping Springs and spent some time in the bird...
Lightroom tells me it has been exactly 1 year since I took this photo during a visit to the hummingbird garden at Selvatura Park on our Costa Rica vacation...
A group of juvenile barn swallows getting really close to leaving their nest in Madrid, New Mexico.
A male ladder-backed woodpecker (dryobates scalaris) seen in Pedernales Falls State Park near Johnson City, Texas.
This is another of my favourites from our trip to the Pedernales Falls State Park bird blind a couple of weekends ago. This is an adult male house finch...
Let’s finish this week of birds with one of the most commonly-seen (or, at least, most commonly noticed) central Texas birds. This is a male Northern...
A female ladder-backed woodpecked (Dryobates scalaris) seen at Pedernales Falls State Park, Texas on March 17th, 2018. I don’t know the mating habits...
A black-crested titmouse (baeolophus atricristatus) seen at Pedernales Falls State Park, Texas on March 17th, 2018.
A male house finch (Haemorhous mexicanus) seen at Pedernales Falls State Park near Johnson City, Texas on March 17th, 2018.
We spent some time this weekend visiting the bird blind at Pedernales Falls State Park. While we were there, a few interesting visitors arrived including...
A Purple-Throated Mountain Gem (lampornis calolaemu) hummingbird in flight at Selvatura Park near Monteverde, Costa Rica.
I had some fun playing with my macro lens in the hummingbird garden at Selvatura Park in Costa Rica. This Scaly-Breasted Hummingbird (phaeochroa cuvierii)...
The number and variety of hummingbirds in Costa Rica is quite staggering! I saw this green-crowned brilliant (Heliodoxa jacula) at the Monteverde Cloud...
In Texas, one sure sign that summer is on the way is your first sighting of a scissor-tailed flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus). These spectacular migrants...
Drew and I spent the morning at Austin Zoo with the 4-H photography group kids. I didn’t take too many pictures but was quite happy with a few I grabbed...
