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  • American Pipit

    American Pipit

    Anthus Rubescens

  • Red-Shouldered Hawk

    Red-Shouldered Hawk

    Buteo Lineatus "Some things happen only once, twice in a lifetime. The world is full of signs and wonders that come, and go, and if you are lucky you might be alive to see them. I thought the world was ending, but my hawk had saved me again, and the terror was gone." Helen MacDonald, H is for Hawk

  • Red-Shouldered Hawk

    Red-Shouldered Hawk

    Buteo Lineatus

  • Great Egret

    Great Egret

    Ardea Alba From Mary Oliver's poem, "Egrets," these closing lines echo my own sentiments about great egrets: Even half-asleep they had such faith in the world that made them --- tilting through the water, unruffled, sure by the laws of their faith, not logic, they opened their wings softly and stepped over every dark thing.

  • Guarding the Nest

    Guarding the Nest

    Red-shouldered Hawk
    Buteo Lineatus

    This red-shouldered hawk and its mate have built a nest fairly close to the front of my home. This is an image of the hawk sending the alarm signal as I walked closer to the tree in which holds the nest.

  • Red-Headed Woodpecker

    Red-Headed Woodpecker

    Melanerpes Chrythrocephalus This species has significantly declined in North America because of habitat loss and changing food sources. The red-headed woodpecker has sometimes been described as the "flying checkerboard" or the "flag bird."

  • The Simple Life

    The Simple Life

    Savannah Sparrow Passerculus Sandwichensis This image is full of symbols for me: The barriers of barbed wire, the single, hanging hair of a confined cow, the life-giving water drop on the hair, a small, glistening spider web on the wire, and a beautiful, young sparrow which is confined by nothing but its imagination. And for some reason, all of this reminds me of something one writer said about the simple life: "To find the universal elements enough; to find the air and the water exhilarating; to be refreshed by a morning walk or an evening saunter . . . to be thrilled by the stars at night; to be elated over a bird's nest or a wildflower in spring — these are some of the rewards of the simple life." ~~~ John Burroughs, Leaf and Tendril

  • Preparing for Take-off

    Preparing for Take-off

    Red-shouldered Hawk
    Buteo Lineatus

  • European Starling

    European Starling

    Sturnus Vulgaris European Starlings were first brought to North America by Shakespeare enthusiasts in the nineteenth century. While they're often resented for their abundance and aggressiveness, the highly respected Cornell Lab of Ornithology reminds us that "they're still dazzling birds when you get a good look." With this image, I hope to offer a good look at the bird in its winter plumage.

  • The Golden Hour

    The Golden Hour

    Great Blue Heron
    Ardea Herodias

  • Northern Cardinal (female)

    Northern Cardinal (female)

    Cardinalis Cardinalis

  • Savannah Sparrow

    Savannah Sparrow

    Passerculus Sandwichensis

  • Dark-eyed Junco

    Dark-eyed Junco

    Junco Hyemailis

  • House Finch

    House Finch

    Haemorhous Mexicanus

  • Uncommon Beauty of a Common Bird

    Uncommon Beauty of a Common Bird

    Northern Cardinal

  • Pine Warbler

    Pine Warbler

    Setophaga Pinus

  • Cowbird Negotiations

    Cowbird Negotiations

    Brown-headed Cowbirds
    Molothrus Aten

  • Chipping Sparrow

    Chipping Sparrow

    Spizella Passerina

  • Return of an Old Friend

    Return of an Old Friend

    Common Yellowthroat
    Geothylpis Trichas

    It's always a bit sad to say goodbye to so many beautiful warblers at the end of summer, but lovely to welcome them back like old friends at the beginning of the following spring.

  • Sweet Moment of Solitude

    Sweet Moment of Solitude

    Savannah Sparrow
    Passerculus Sandwichensis

  • Morning Song

    Morning Song

    Common Yellowthroat
    Geothylpis Trichas
    Beaverdam Wildlife Management Area
    Townville, South Carolina

  • "Hope is the thing with feathers." ~ Emily Dickinson

    "Hope is the thing with feathers." ~ Emily Dickinson

    Song Sparrow
    Melospiza Melodia

  • Pileated Woodpecker

    Pileated Woodpecker

    Hylatomus Pileatus

  • Anhinga Portrait

    Anhinga Portrait

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