Birder/photographer skill vs. instant gratification

I just read a post on the Florida birding listserve that I thought encapsulated the issue of frequent use of bird rcordings quite well. Th...

Red-naped Sapsucker-wintering in Canon City,CO

I found this Red-naped Sapsucker on December 12 and it continues to winter here in Canon City, CO. Though Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers winter ...

Red-napedSapsucker: video clips

These are two short video clips that show the Red-naped Sapsucker perched high on a deciduous tree engaging in grooming and some loafing. I...

Greater White-fronted Geese

Another species not commonly found in Colorado that is found regularly in Canon City in the winter is the Greater White-fronted Goose. Thes...

Wild Turkeys & an eagle

I spotted this immature Bald Eagle yesterday at dusk appearing to roost on top of a cliff area Phantom Canyon which is northeast of Canon Ci...

Yellow-belliedSapsucker

Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers winter in the Canon City,CO area, the furthest west location in Colorado with a regular population (usually severa...

Sandhill Cranes in W.Texas: video clips

These are just two short video clips I video-scoped (video taken with my point and shoot camera that I handhold up to my spotting scope) in ...

Put a Songbird on Your Shopping List - National Wildlife Federation

Click here for important information for songbirds, farmworkers (who get poisoned by the pesticides) and you.

More from trip home thru Texas

My posting got interrupted by the Snowy Owl and I didn't get to finish posting about some of my birding on my way home as drove through ...

Snowy Owl & photography ethics

There was a brief discussion on our Colorado birding listserve this week in which several of us expressed our concerns about the impacts of ...

SnowyOwl: one more video clip

This is the best of the video clips I have as the Snowy Owl turns its head several times as it looks around and appears to scratch an itch ...

SnowyOwl: videoclips

These are video clips of the Snowy Owl that I took using the technique of 'video-scoping'--holding my point and shoot camera against...

SnowyOwl: more digiscoped pics

Though many photographers choose to show only the frontal view of birds, I think that backshots are worthwhile and so I often include them o...

SnowyOwl: digiscoped pics

These are some of the digiscoped pics I took of the Snowy Owl last Saturday. Though it flew twice while I was there, it dropped down behind...

Snowy Owl: the watchers

I took these photos of the birders and photographers watching the Snowy Owl in eastern El Paso County, Colo last Saturday. After several di...

SnowyOwl: one more pic

This is the only photo I took with my Canon xti camera with 400 mmm lens besides the ones in my first post of the owl on the antenna that I ...

Snowy Owl: real perspective

When I woke up this morning I realized that posting the photo taken with my digital camera lens equivalent of 640 mm does not really provide...

Snowy Owl in Colo

A Snowy Owl was found last week in eastern El Paso County while I was still driving back to Colorado. Though not as rare to Colo as the Nor...

NORTHERN WHEATEAR: last video clip, not least

POST NOTE: I took most of these videos from between 50 and 75 feet and they are magnified by the fact I took the video through my spotting ...

NORTHERN WHEATEAR: more video clips

POST NOTE: The bird was about 50-60 feet away in the top pic as it had flown into a woodpile about 50 feet from me. The bird was more than...

NORTHERN WHEATEAR-another rarity

POST NOTE: I took these pics by putting my camera up to my spotting scope which provides super enlargement. The bird had flown into a wood...

More LeConte's Sparrow pics

Having found two LeConte's Sparrows in a week was made sweeter when this bird came out into the open and stayed put for at least 5 minut...

CBC LeConte's Sparrow

First I spotted a LeConte's Sparrow during the La Sal Vieja Christmas Bird Count on Dec 27 then this one on Jan 3 during the Weslaco CBC...

BARE-THROATED TIGER-HERON :video clips of Bentsen bird

POST NOTE: All videoscoping and digiscoping of the Bare-Throated Tiger-Heron by me were taken from a distance of no less than 100 feet but ...

BARE-THROATED TIGER-HERON : Costa Rica pic

This photo by Hays Cummins, Miami University is copyrighted and posted here by permission from his website A Tropical Bird Collection This i...

BARE-THROATED TIGER-HERON : video of feeding

This video is copywrited--please ask for permission before use other than viewing on this blog. This is my first video clip and it has been ...