A Yellow-rumped Warbler, photographed at the Anza-Borrego visitors center in March of last year.
Another Yellow-rumped Warbler enjoys a fountain at a friend's house in Palos Verdes, California. Photographed in September of last year.
About Blake Shaw
- I am a photographer based in San Diego. I now specialize in bird photography, but also regularly photograph scenes of Mexico, Route 66, tennis, bicycle racing, flowers, and people. My work hangs in galleries in San Diego and elsewhere, and I am available for slide shows, lectures, and exhibitions.
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July 10, 2020
July 09, 2020
San Jacinto Wildlife Area
In April of last year, after heavy rains, the San Jacinto Wildlife Area was awash with flowers. I spent one late afternoon and the following morning photographing there.
Red-winged Blackbird, male.
Red-winged Blackbird, female:
Western Kingbird:
Brewer's Blackbird:
Marsh Wren:
Red-tailed Hawk:
Great Egret:
July 08, 2020
House Finch, Anna's Hummingbird
Most birders do not give the House Finch a second glance.
As a non-birder once asked me outside the visitor center at Anza Borrego State Park: "What is that beautiful bird with the red head and neck?"
The House Finch is really a handsome bird, as this one singing can attest.
Photographed in La Jolla in March of last year.
An Anna's Hummingbird, photographed a few minutes later.
July 07, 2020
Brandt's Cormorant
A Brandt's Cormorant, photographed at La Jolla Cove in March of last year.
Out of focus flowers form the blurred foreground.
The iris in adult Brandt's Cormorant eyes are blue, but I'm not sure why this one has such a psychedelic one!
Note also, the blue gular pouch (under the bill), which is only found in breeding season.
July 06, 2020
Golden-crowned Sparrow, Bushtit
Two birds photographed on the same January day last year at South Coast Botanic Garden, Palos Verdes, California.
Though the Golden-crowned Sparrow is found up and down the west coast, it is much more common in Palos Verdes than in San Diego.
A female Bushtit, always one of my favorite birds!
July 04, 2020
Silhouettes
Silhouettes from Rangeland Road, in Ramona, California, photographed one afternoon in December of last year.
This was a mixed flock consisting of European Starlings, Yellow-headed Blackbirds, Brown-headed Cowbirds, Tricolored and/or Red-winged Blackbirds.
July 02, 2020
Painted Ladies
Earlier I posted photos of Painted Lady butterflies, photographed last year when there was a huge irruption (invasion) in southern California.
Here are two more, photographed in Anza Borrego State Park in March of last year.
July 01, 2020
Little Blue Heron
I photographed this Little Blue Heron in the San Diego River Estuary in January, 2019. I really like the soft light after sunset. Luckily, with the right technique, today's cameras can record quality images in such low light.
June 30, 2020
Great Blue Heron
A Great Blue Heron, photographed at the Salton Sea in January, 2019.
June 29, 2020
Long-tailed Duck
The Long-tailed Duck breeds in the arctic and spends winters along both Canadian coasts and part of New England's coast.
I saw breeding Long-tailed Ducks when I visited St. Paul Island, Alaska, last summer.
This bird, either a female or immature male, strayed into the Bolsa Chica reserve in January, 2019. Thanks to my friend and birder Shirley Reynolds for pointing it out to me. Unfortunately the sun had already set and the light was quite dim, but I managed to get this picture.