I came across this gorgeous tiny male Allen's Hummingbird (Selasphorus sasin) while walking the coast…
adminJanuary 20, 2022
Wikipedia describes the origins of wind surfing in the 1940s and 1950s. It couldn't be…
adminFebruary 16, 2015
Once in a while I will photograph seagulls. I really should spend more time on…
adminFebruary 6, 2015
This Royal Tern (Sterna maxima) manages a Exorcist-worthy head twist as it reaches for a…
adminFebruary 4, 2015
The Heermann's Gull (Larus heermanni), photographed when I am out and about in La Jolla…
adminFebruary 1, 2015
A cormorant speeds home to its nest in the La Jolla seacliffs, flying just above…
adminJanuary 1, 2014
Sandhill cranes (Grus canadensis) arrive at the "crane pools" at Bosque del Apache National Wildlife…
adminMarch 19, 2011
I photographed this Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata) Sunday morning at Santee Lakes. The coast near…
adminOctober 20, 2009
Northern cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis). This was the other small songbird that I hoped to see…
adminJune 13, 2009
Pyrrhuloxia (Cardinalis sinuatus). This was one of the two birds I was hoping to see…
adminJune 12, 2009
Greater roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus). Greater roadrunner.Image ID: 22902Species: Greater roadrunner, Geococcyx californianusLocation: Amado, Arizona, USA…
adminJune 11, 2009
A Gila woodpecker (Melanerpes uropygialis). Gila woodpecker, female.Image ID: 22928Species: Gila woodpecker, Melanerpes uropygialisLocation: Amado,…
adminJune 10, 2009
A Gambel's quail (Callipepla gambelii). Bill told me to expect a quail family, complete with…
adminJune 9, 2009
A white-winged dove (Zenaida asiatica). There were lots of these birds around Bill Forbes' pond,…
adminJune 4, 2009
Curve-billed thrasher (Toxostoma curvirostre). Wow, this guy is a THRASHER! Sounds like one serious kick-ass…
adminJune 3, 2009
You might guess, given its name, that the house finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) is a common…
adminJune 2, 2009
A little house sparrow (Passer domesticus), male in breeding coloration. House sparrow, breeding male.Image ID:…
adminJune 1, 2009
I'm posting one last photo from Upper Madera Canyon, this time a photo of a…
adminMay 26, 2009
Another photo from Upper Madera Canyon, this time a photo of a male Acorn woodpecker…
adminMay 25, 2009
This male Black-headed grosbeak (Pheucticus melanocephalus) is one of many that flitted among the trees…
adminMay 23, 2009
The Brown-headed cowbird (Molothrus ater) is rather plain, but I really liked this image of…
adminMay 21, 2009
I recently spent a couple days photographing southern Arizona critters at the Pond at Elephant…
adminMay 20, 2009
The last light of the day caught the underside of this black skimmer (Rynchops niger):…
adminSeptember 23, 2006
Don Hill recommended a few spots in San Diego for me to see fall seabirds.…
adminSeptember 17, 2006
This black skimmer (Rynchops niger) was photographed in the San Diego Bay. Black skimmer forages…
adminSeptember 16, 2006
The Western gull, Larus occidentalis, is a large white-headed gull common along the western coast…
adminApril 18, 2006
For some reason many visitors to this web site have been searching for boobie photos.…
adminMarch 2, 2005
Machias Seal Island is one of the best places in the world to observe Atlantic…
adminFebruary 27, 2005
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