Here’s a mixed bag of shorebirds taken along Bird Shoal: Osprey… aka Sea Hawk or Sea Eagle… Black Skimmer, Willet. The Osprey is a migratory bird in the Carolinas. They will soon be heading south […]
Category Archives: Avian Photography
Short Billed Dowitchers
It’s much easiser to approach shore birds from the water than from on land. They’re much more tolerant of a man in a kayak than one on foot. Wednesday morning’s exceptionally high-tide allowed me to […]
Yellow Crowned Night Heron Juveniles
I’ve been blessed the last year or two with several opportunities to view and photograph Black Crowned Night Herons. These little herons tend to be quite elusive and a lot of very successful nature photographers […]
Another Win in the One Shot Daily Photo Contest!
The black & white image feature in this post is the winning photo on One Daily Shot this morning. That’s always a great discovery to wake-up to.
Napping Least Sandpipers
During a recent visit to bird shoal I found several Least Sandpipers napping in shallow water. An almost windless day, their reflection was nearly perfect in the smooth, flat water. Conventional wisdom dictates that the […]
An Artistic Presentation of a Shortbilled Dowitcher
There are some definate advantages to digital photography, though less work for the photographer isn’t one of them. However, the ability to easily switch from color to black & white and to do artistic renderings […]
Birds in Flight
While visiting Bird Shoal recently I made several shots of birds flying over and landing on the shoal. Birds fly so what better activity is there to photograph them doing?
Black Crowned Night Heron
Lately I’ve gotten lucky a couple times with photographing Black Crowned Night Herons. Lucky because these birds tend to be quite skittish and, as their name implies, they’re largely nocturnal feeders. Here’s a shot from […]
Tricolored Heron
I had the pleasure of photographing a fine Tricolored Heron the other morning. Usually these handsome birds are a bit skittish but this specimen was quite cooperative. A slow approach by kayak, more drifing than […]
Black Skimmers in Flight
Most of us that photograph birds are a little bit jealous of these creatures. Unlike us they are not bound to the ground but have the ability to soar, seemingly effortlessly, through the air. (Of […]