Purple Martin, male, Audrey Carroll Audubon Sanctuary, Frederick County, Maryland, 5-20-2025.

Purple Martin, female, Audrey Carroll Audubon Sanctuary, Frederick County, Maryland, 5-20-2025.

Purple Martins, Audrey Carroll Audubon Sanctuary, Frederick County, Maryland, 5-20-2025.

Purple Martin, male, Audrey Carroll Audubon Sanctuary, Frederick County, Maryland, 5-20-2025.

Purple Martins, Audrey Carroll Audubon Sanctuary, Frederick County, Maryland, 5-20-2025.

Great Crested Flycatcher, Shannondale Springs WMA, Jefferson Co, West Virginia, 5-18-25.

Great Crested Flycatcher, Shannondale Springs WMA, Jefferson Co, West Virginia, 5-18-25.

Great Crested Flycatcher, Shannondale Springs WMA, Jefferson Co, West Virginia, 5-18-25.

Great Crested Flycatcher, Shannondale Springs WMA, Jefferson Co, West Virginia, 5-18-25.

Great Crested Flycatcher, Shannondale Springs WMA, Jefferson Co, West Virginia, 5-18-25.

Yellow-billed Loon, Bodega Bay, Sonoma Co, CA, 4-20-25. It looks like it's been in some oil? This bird has been hanging around Porto Bodega for quite some time.
#birds
#birdphotography
#loons
#yellowbilledloon
#bodegabay
#portobodega
#oilonabird
#oilspill

Anna's Hummingbird, Mather Regional Park, Sacramento Co, CA, 4-27-25.
#birds
#birding
#photography
#birdphotography
#hummingbirds
#annashummingbird

Red-winged Blackbird, Mather Regional Park, Sacramento Co, CA, 4-9-25.

A whole lot of people at the California state capital in Sacramento this morning!

Great Frigatebird, Kanaha Pond Wildlife Sanctuary, Maui County, Hawaii, 2-24-25
#frigatebird
#greatfrigatebird
#hawaii
#hawaiianbirds
#mauibirds
#kanahapondwildlifesanctuary
#birds
#birdphotography
#birdsinflight
#wildlifephotography

Warbling White-eye, (Japanese White-eye), Kihei, Maui Co, Hawaii, 2-21-25.
#wanderingwhiteeye
#whiteeye
#japanesewhiteeye
#hawaiibirds
#hawaiiintroducedbirds
#mauibirds
#kiheibirds

Sunset, Kihei, Maui County, Hawaii, 2-23-25
#sunset
#mauisunset
#hawaiisunset
#kiheisunset
#sun
#scenicsunset
#scenic

What a bill! I'wii, Hosmer Grove campground, Maui County, Hawaii, 2-23-25.

I'wii were fairly common at the Hosmer Grove campground, Maui County, Hawaii, 2-23-25. Shown feeding on mamane (Sophora chrysophylla).

Boreal Owl, Two Harbors, Lake County, Minnesota, 2-8-2025.

Boreal Owl, Two Harbors, Lake County, Minnesota, 2-8-2025.

Boreal Owl, Two Harbors, Lake County, Minnesota, 2-8-2025.

Boreal Owl, Sax-Zim Bog, St. Louis County, Minnesota, 2-9-2025.

In February I took a trip to Minnesota with the hopes of seeing a Boreal Owl, the last of the 19 owl species in North America. This was during an "owl irruption". Success!
#owls
#minnesotaowls
#borealowls
#birds
#birdphotography
#saxzimowls
#naturephotography
#wildlifephotography
#twoharborowls

Great Gray Owl, Two Harbors, Minnesota, 2-2025.

Great Gray Owl, Two Harbors, Minnesota, 2-2025.

Great Gray Owl, Two Harbors, Minnesota, 2-2025.

Great Gray Owl, Two Harbors, Minnesota, 2-2025.

Here's a few Great Gray Owl portraits from my trip to Minnesota in February.
#owls
#minnesotaowls
#greatgrayowls
#birds
#birdphotography
#photography
#naturephotography
#wildlifephotography
#twoharborowls

Rosy-faced Lovebird, near Kihei, Maui Co, CA. 2-2025.

Rosy-faced Lovebird, near Kihei, Maui Co, CA. 2-2025.

Rosy-faced Lovebird, near Kihei, Maui Co, CA. 2-2025.

Rosy-faced Lovebird, near Kihei, Maui Co, CA. 2-2025.

The Rosy-faced Lovebirds (introduced) were common and variable in color near our hotel on Maui last month. Still pretty to see! 2-2025.
#birds
#parrots
#wildbirds
#introducedmauibirds
#lovebirds
#birdphotography
#mauibirds
#hawaiibirds
#rosyfacedlovebirds

Java Sparrow, Kihei, Maui County, Hawaii, 2-21-25. According to the "Birds of Hawaii" website, this species was introduced from Indonesia to Hawaii in the 1960s.
#birds
#birdphotography
#ornithology
#wildlifephotography
#birdsinflight
#BIF
#sparrows
#javasparrow

Yellow-billed Loon, Porto-Bodega, Bodega Bay, Sonoma Co, CA, 3-7-25,

Common Myna, maybe the most common introduced bird on Maui! Kihei, Maui County, Hawaii, 2-24-25.

Northern Hawk Owl, Aitkin County, Minnesota, 2-9-2025.

Great Gray Owl, Two Harbors, Lake County, Minnesota, 2-7-25.

Red-naped Sapsucker, Effie Yeaw, Nature Area, American River Parkway, Sacramento Co, CA, 1-29-2025

Quite an impressive rack on this Black-tailed Deer! Effie Yeaw, Nature Area, American River Parkway, Sacramento Co, CA, 1-29-2025

A Ring-billed Gull with a nice meal, I guess? Sailor Bar, Sacramento Co, CA, 1-25-2025. Nikon Z50ii, Nikon 28-400mm.

Birds in my yard the other day, Anna's Hummingbird and Phainopepla, Rosemont area, Sacramento Co, CA, 1-21-2025, Nikon Z50ii, Nikon 28-400mm.

A male Belted Kingfisher, pausing for a shot in nice morning light. He wasn't close but the image held up well under a large crop job! American River Parkway, Sacramento Co, CA, 11-28-24.

This American Bittern was dining well on pollywogs and small fish this day along the American River! Nikon Z9, Nikon 180-600mm, 11-28-24, Sacramento Co, CA.

A male Phainopepla from my neighbor's yard today! Sacramento Co, CA, 1-21-25. Nikon Z50ii, Nikon 28-400mm.

Sunrise over the Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area, Yolo Co, CA, 1-15-25.

Here's a recent watercolor that I painted from a Tom Shepherd tutorial. On Baohong cold press 140lb paper, 22x30. Large paintings are a challenge!

"leucistic" Red-winged Blackbird that I found the other day at the Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area, Yolo Co, CA.

"leucistic" Red-winged Blackbird that I found the other day at the Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area, Yolo Co, CA.

"leucistic" Red-winged Blackbird that I found the other day at the Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area, Yolo Co, CA.

"leucistic" Red-winged Blackbird that I found the other day at the Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area, Yolo Co, CA.

Here's a cool "leucistic" Red-winged Blackbird that I found the other day at the Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area, Yolo Co, CA. Nikon 180-600mm.

Sweet!