birds

Today was bird day. I went for a run by my house and I have these ponds close by. There are a lot of geese, and Osprey's etc... I went running around them to see if the baby geese were out yet. Sure enough they were so when I finished my run I got ready and went back. I have to say this is...

So I have been trying to get out and about more close to home. I really do live in a a great area. There are some ponds close to my home about 2mi walk..or run. I used to go for the baby geese but saw these Osprey homing in this area so I kept going back to see them fish. On this day I saw 3...

Hi, It's been quite some time since I have been on here. Hope you all are well! I been out and about photographing birds while I wait for snow melt in the high country although it's going to be quite some time as some places got more snow this last weekend. CC welcome!

I was traveling down a dirt road with not a whole lot to look at on either side. As I approached a "intersection" there were about 50 black birds having a block party up on the powerline.

A family of Black-crowned Night Herons: (my favorite of the Heron family) Hard to believe "ugly duckling" turns into such a beautiful bird:

We recently had a life giving rain. It was extremely dry and over two days we had over 2 inches of rain that came down in a drizzle. Perfect for the gardeners and farming community. I took my Olympus Omd EM1X and the 300mm lens out for over two hours, believing the extreme water resistant...

I saw a blue heron posted and remembered that I photographed one a couple weekends ago. The story behind this is well they were teasing me. The walk or run I take by my house runs along Big Thompson River sometimes I can see them in the river other times they are at the ponds but they always...

I went for a walk today to a local birding area. It is a sure sign that spring is here when the Red-winged Blackbirds are out.

Bald Eagle

Belted Kingfisher

Bald Eagle

I know I am totally stealing Dave's title, but it was so cool and the moment I saw his photo, it reminded me of one I took 2 weeks ago but hadn't processed. The same night as I was coming back from Sequoia and chasing the moon rise, one of the places I stopped was a small town that had birds on...

My wife and I got up early on my birthday to be on little Lake Casidy at sunrise. I was worried we'd missed the best of it, but It all worked out great. Lots of birds, and even a beaver was spotted. I very carefully brought my little Sony RX 100 IV in the chest pocket of my wind shirt. I thought...

My wife and I got a couple of inflatable paddle boards last summer. Living close to Lake Stevens made it a no brainer for casual stress free exercise. We are never going to be extreme (we don't go when there's much wind or waves). A few more miles from our house is little Lake Casidy which...

I had a lot of fun shooting today. I have only been venturing out for the past month a couple miles from my house to shoot only drove a couple times... We have these ponds about 2 miles from the house if you walk the Big Thompson Trail. I run this trail a lot but I have been now also walking it...