To those of us making our homes along the coast gulls are a very common sight. You see them almost everywhere. To many they’re little more than pests. Locals call them names like “Sky Rats,” […]
Category Archives: Avian Photography
Sanderlings
These little birds are in a state of constant motion. It’s really quite entertaining to watch them dart in and out of the surf as they search for food. Sanderlings are always a hit with […]
Shorebird Variety
I encountered a variety of different shorebirds on my morning paddle several days ago. Some of them I was able to get a nice variety of shots, allowing a post about each. Others, however, I […]
Great Blue Heron
Great Blue Herons are the big birds of the salt marshes. In spite of being the largest bird in the marsh I find these beautiful creatures to be some of the most skittish as well. […]
Killdeer: A Shorebird That’s Not Always a Shorebird
To be honest I’m more used to seeing Killdeer in fields and meadows miles away from the beach than strolling along the shore with sand between their toes. They were a fairly common sight when […]
Juvenile Little Blue Heron
I went for a paddle this morning. Near the end of the trip I came upon a very cooperative juvenile Little Blue Heron. I was surprised at how close he allowed me to drift in […]
A Couple of Herons
The other morning I was encountering birds that were a bit more skittish than usual. I was able to get a few shots of a Great Blue Heron and its smaller cousin, the Tricolor Heron. […]
Cormorant
They’re not exactly pretty, not even cute, but they do make interesting photographic subjects.
Common Mergansers
The morning sky was awash with golds, pinks, purples and blues as I unlashed my kayak from the top of the van. The brisk wind blowing from the north was cold and much faster than […]
Little Blue Heron Juvenile
A lot of folks would mistake this lovely white bird for a Snowy Egret. They’d all be wrong! This is an immature Little Blue Heron. As he matures he will don blue-grey feathers on his […]