Photographing the Snow Geese in the Skagit Valley in northwest Washington is one of my annual "must do" photography trips. 50,000 or more of these noisy white geese spend every…
Check out my Snowy Owl story and photos recently printed in the July/August issue of Bird Watcher's Digest! The story, "Meeting the Neighbors," describes an unexpected encounter with a Snowy…
Birders often call small brown nondescript birds like sparrows LBJs, short for "little brown jobs." Strictly speaking Song Sparrows qualify as LBJs. However as the photo above shows these little…
A Horned Grebe in breeding plumage is one of my favorite water birds to photograph in the spring. Starting in early April the grebes begin the change into their amazing…
This post is titled "Bird of the Week: Ruddy Duck." It probably should be more like "bird of the month." I got busy with my day job and hadn't posted…
There's nothing like watching a giant flock of Snow Geese blast off when a predator approaches. The photo above shows a flock that I photographed this weekend in the Skagit…