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Wonderful Riverboat trip on the Maranon, Ucayali and Amazon Rivers a few weeks ago. Lots of birds. Here are some. Hoatzin birds Hoatzin bird White-eared Jacamar Wattled Jacana Riparian Parrotlets Long-billed Woodcreeper Great Black Hawk Black-collared Hawk Amazon...

Spend about a week on a river cruise on the Maranon, Ucayali and Amazon rivers in Peru. Quite a treat with both avian and non-avian subjects. Squirrel Monkey (Knitting??) ) Three-toed Sloth Squirrel Monkey Caiman Lizard Wolley Monkey Young Owl Monkeys. Nocturnal and essentially...

So common but so photogenic!

Captured at Tucson Botanical Garden

Not sure that these shots measure up to Astrophotography but here goes. Taken last night, got a break from the rain, hail and clouds pounding the Tacoma, WA area yesterday. And not sure I waited until totality but I was getting cold and it was late!

While attending an "art" tour in Tucson I did a bit of bird photography. Costa's Hummingbird Cactus Wren Broad-billed Hummingbird Curve-billed Thrasher Gila Woodpecker Broad-billed Hummingbird Curve-billed Thrasher

4 mi long bridge connecting NW Oregon and SW Washington. (Color shots of Astoria in the LANDSCAPE Forum.

We spent New Years Eve in the wonderful town of Astoria, OR. According one Art Wolfe, the oldest city on the West coast. Not going to argue with Art! Anyway, the scenery, eating and hiking was delicious. The bridge is several miles long, spanning the Columbia River and connection NW Oregon...

Had the pleasure to spend 2+ weeks in southern Baja California. Good variety of birds. Belding's Yellowthroat (Endemic) Turkey Vulture Cactus Wren Semipalmated Plover Black-necked Stilt Grany Thrasher Turkey Vulture Cactu Wren Semi-palmated Plover Black-bellied Plover...

Considering purchasing this camera for my partner. She uses her iPhone with skill but is frustrated trying to capture birds, for example. I know that she doesn't want to deal with an interchangeable lens system and prefers lightweight. Like me, she is in her mid 70's. Anyone out there have...

Has anyone used the OM-1 Mk II ? If so, a comparison to the Mk I would be appreciated, especially as relative higher ISO noise levels are concerned. Thanks!!

Has anyone used the OM-1 Mk II ? If so, a comparison to the Mk I would be appreciated, especially as relative higher ISO noise levels are concerned. Thanks!!

This guy was "captured" at Titlow Park in Tacoma, WA the other day. The bird flew over us and then back to the distant branch. It was quite stealthy.... as we didn't realize it had caught prey until I cropped the image significantly!

Not really wildlife but was gratifying to see this largish Amaryllis explode from its bulb!

I am spending a considerable amount of time with a new "friend" here is Tacoma, not too far from my normal stomping ground in Portland, OR. Lots of cool birds nearby. Eared Grebe Double-Crested Cormorant Pelagic Cormorant Surf Scoter Surf Scoters Barrow's Goldeneye Killdeer

Here are a few final Ecuador birds that caught my attention and that seemed worth sharing. Rufous-fronted Woodquail Carunculated Caracara Black-cheeked Woodpecker Black-headed Saltator Plumbeous Sierra Finch Stout-billed Cinclodes Rufous-breasted Chat-Tyrrant...

Besides the Tanagers, Hummingbirds and Antpittas, the mountain areas to both the east and west of Quito offer delightful collections of other birds. Golden-faced Tyrannulet Masked Dacnis Cock-of-the-Rock Masked Trogon, female Masked Trogon, male Masked Flowerpiercer...

Visited several islands in the Galapagos. Here are a few of the bird highlights. Great Frigate Bird Little Vermillion Flycatcher Yellow Warbler Magnificent Frigate Bird Magnificent Frigate Bird Galapagos Penguin Galapagos Flycatcher Galapagos Mockingbird Medium...

Thanks to some good fortune and a "Pitta whisperer", we saw these generally elusive birds. Yellow-breasted Antpitta Tawny Antpitta Giant Antpitta Chestnut-crowned Antpitta Ochre-breasted Antpitta Oh... and see at the same location as one of the Antpittas: Rufous-breasted Antthrush

These birds were seen mostly west of Quito in the cloud forest regions, although some seen higher in the Andes east of Quito. Glistening Green Tanager Blue & Yellow Tanager (immature??) Rufous-throated Tanager Golden-napped Tanager Flame-faced Mountain Tanager Golden...