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Humans preen to look attractive. Birds, like this White Ibis, preen to keep their feathers in the best condition. It’s a matter of health and survival. But we humans just see, and appreciate, the beauty.

Female Belted Kingfisher with its distinctive chestnut band. Males do not have one. Belted Kingfishers are one of the few bird species that has females that are more colorful than the males.

A White Ibis and a Tricolored Heron are peacefully sharing the marsh as they forage for lunch. A Northern Cardinal and a White-throated Sparrow taking advantage of our currently snow free winter to easily find food.

An Osprey flew almost directly over my head and I managed to capture this head on shot. It was flying slowly and my shutter speed was high so the focus turned out pretty well for a bird flying toward the camera. Not a shot I typically get.

The Tricolored Heron is a small heron, similar in size to Little Blue Herons and Reddish Egrets. It’s distinguished by the white band down the neck and white abdomen. The rest of the body is blue-gray with lavender to complete the “tricolor”. They are active hunters at times and run about using their wings toContinue reading “Tricolored Heron”

This is a Little Blue Heron coming in for a landing in a roost of Egrets, Ibis and Herons. The bird in the background is a White Ibis.

A male Red-breasted Merganser has surfaced with his catch. Photographed in cold rough waters on the coast of Maine.

These are a few of the photos I took of Brown Pelicans fishing near Naples, Florida in November. The bird in the middle photograph is hovering as it picks out the target. One is hitting the water in the bottom photograph.

A Tricolored Heron stalks small fish and invertebrates along the shore of a pond.

I found this photo from 2023 when I was cleaning up keywords in Lightroom. The dike system in the Parker River refuge is closed to humans except during special occasions. This Mockingbird sits on this sign almost every time we are in this area of the refuge, seemingly enforcing the message on the sign. IContinue reading “Found in the Clutter: Northern Mockingbird”