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An Atlantic Puffin landed 10 feet from me. I used this cloudy sky to replace a foggy and uninteresting sky.

My trip to Maine was primarily to photograph Puffins and other auks. However, bird songs filled the air and I was able to identify over a hundred species of songbirds and photograph 20 or so. So here are five warblers from Maine. American Redstart - male Chestnut-sided warbler - male...

I had a nice trip birding from Maryland to Maine. The main purpose of the trip was to photograph puffins. Machias Seal Island is located between the Gulf of Maine and the Bay of Fundy, about 10 miles southeast of Cutler, Maine. Ownership of the Island is disputed by the US and Canada as each...

My contributions for today's Winged Wednesday will be 5 bug macros. Regrettably, my video card failed and I have replaced it but I don't have compatible cables for my monitor yet. Anyway, I hope my bug photos are worth seeing. The Lesser search beetle is a common yard bug when I leave the...

Today's Winged Wednesday is part 2 of Magee Marsh, Ohio Warblers. Next week part 3 of Magee Marsh. Black and White warbler Magnolia Warbler Black-throated Green Warbler Black-throated Blue Warbler Common Yellow-throat

"Jackrabbits were named for their ears, which initially caused some people to refer to them as “jackass rabbits.” The writer Mark Twain brought this name to fame by using it in his book of western adventure, "Roughing It." The name was later shortened to jackrabbit."

This rabbit climbing a tree is something I never have seen before. It's either the rare tree rabbit or an Eastern cottontail Eating greens is a special treat. It makes long ears and great big feet. But it sure is awful stuff to eat. Thumper (Bambi, 1942)

My contributions to today's Winged Wednesday are five yellow-colored warblers photographed in Ohio a few weeks ago. I will continue the warbler theme for the following few Winged Wednesdays. Prothonotary warbler Cape May warbler American Yellow warbler Pine warbler Wilson's warbler

My contributions for today's Winged Wednesday are birds with the word "black" in their common name. Black-tailed trainbearer, Ecuador Black-bellied Hummingbird, Costa Rica Black Rosy-finch, New Mexico Black-throated sparrow, Arizona Black-crowned Night-heron, Arizona

The desert cottontail is sometimes called the western cottontail or the Audubon's cottontail

My contributions for today's Winged Wednesday are bird photographs from my recent trip to Ohio. Cape May warbler Rose-breasted grosbeak Swamp sparrow Marsh wren Purple Martin

My contributions to today's Winged Wednesday are birds in flight Bald eagle Harris's hawk male Black-headed grosbeak America kestrel Green Turacos

I'll start off Winged Wednesday with some of my favorite bird photos from the past few weeks. "Owl you need is love" Great horned owl family. The tender moment of the mother kissing and her owlet's loving response was priceless. Scottsdale, Arizona The Green-tailed towhee is a yard bird...

Least chipmunk, Neotamias minimus

I'll start off Winged Wednesday with birds photographed in my yard. The desert habitat is home to a variety of birds with limited colors. I'll share the typical desert birds in flight to make them more exciting than they are. Next week I'll post the more colorful birds I see in the spring and...

I will start off today's Winged Wednesday with photos of birds that have the word "yellow" in their common name. The once thought extinct, yellow-eared parrot from Columbia South America. Their forest palm habitat was almost completely destroyed to grow coffee. Yellow-breasted chat (North...

My contributions to this week, Winged Wednesday thread are photos of the Cinnamon teal. This very shy, plain-looking duck has spectacular wing colors. Many ducks run on the water to attain flight speed. Not so for the cinnamon teal, they explode off the water without warning. (I won't be around...

I'll start of today's Winged Wednesday with photographs of the awesome Red-tailed hawk. I photographed this red-tail from my moving blind (Jeep). I an awesome event watching a red-tail hunting and flying so close that he fills the frame with just his body Same hawk as the previous photo...

My contributions to today's Winged Wednesday are birds whose name starts with the word green. I'm pretty sure I can come with another fifteen birds if I had to. Female Green honeycreeper. The male is blue. (Costa Rico) Green-breasted Mango (Costa Rico) Green Jay on the left, Audubon's...