So as some of you know, I’ve been sick as of late (some details here for anyone interested). It’s slowed me down a bit, but it’s also pushed me to experiment and focus more on birds and bugs not far from home. Most of these photos were taken in my yard, and all within a few miles. As usual, clicking on them leads to larger versions with more details (shutter speed, ISO, etc.).
Great Blue Heron:
Yellow Warbler, spotted from my porch:
Eastern Kingbird. I have better photos with more detail of the kingbird itself than this, but I love the composition and overall scene of this shot.
Dragonflies:
Baby Downy Woodpecker, doing funny wing things I’d never seen one do before:
Juvenile Green Heron– I almost missed this bird. It was very well concealed and I just found it by accident. Again, I have much clearer and crisper photos of green herons, but I’ve never captured one hiding in a tree before, so that’s kind of cool:
Just Wow!
And thanks for posting these, Julie.
NanuqFC
While there is perhaps a province in which the photograph can tell us nothing more than we can see with our own eyes, there is another in which it proves to us how little our eyes permit us to see. ~ Dorothea Lange
…some of your best yet!
Truly inspiring.
sorry to hear you’re under the weather
but these photos have delighted my senses and and lifted my spirits
I hope you feel better soon
thanks
than a baby woodpecker. Even as older juveniles they are a delight to watch!
Thanks for the lovely photos Julie. ‘Missed you at the BBQ!