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You typically hear the loud rattling call before you see a Kingfisher. And when you do see them, they are zipping along the water after their aquatic prey. The big bill and ragged crest makes them look a little top heavy. This is a female Belted Kingfisher. Males don’t have the chestnut band.

A young Eastern Bluebird with its catch.

A male American Goldfinch in his summer colors of black and gold.

This is another shot taken near my hummingbird feeder. Amazing little creatures.

An Osprey brings home a nice catch.

I was taking some pictures of a Great Egret and a much larger Great Blue Heron wading towards each other. I was hoping to capture some interaction between them. Then a Tree Swallow photobombed this shot and it made for a nice group photo. The waders are looking for small fish, amphibians, invertebrates and anythingContinue reading “Snapshot: Group Photograph”

Two falcons swooped in to attack the large number of foraging shorebirds. They also seemed to go after each other a few times as if they didn’t want to share the hunting grounds. They were juveniles based on the pattern of the striping on their breasts. They didn’t catch anything so their inexperience may haveContinue reading “Snapshots: Peregrine Falcon”

This is one of some nice action shots I took at my hummingbird feeder.

It is shorebird migration time here. This is part of a flock of Dowitchers leaving an inland pool for the river/ocean flats that were opening up as the tide was ebbing.

Wood Ducks are very wary and easily startled. I was able to take these photos of a mother and her six mostly grown ducklings by shooting through an opening in the bushes along the opposite shore of the pond. Some of the greenery frames the pictures. Mom is the one with the large teardrop-shaped eyeContinue reading “Snapshot: Wood Ducks”