Another Great Egret, fishing in a sliver of light remaining at Famosa Slough last Sunday afternoon.
Look carefully and you can see that it has caught a small fish.
The more I photograph birds the more I try to emphasize their environment, and compose the photo as though it were a small landscape. (tap or click to enlarge—it will look better!)
Few birders, myself included, would give a House Sparrow more than a quick glance.
Many would scorn them, being an introduced species in the United States.
Yet any bird in good light, posed nicely, with a nice background, is a candidate for a photograph! And it's actually a handsome bird, such as this male in its breeding plumage.
Photographed last Sunday at Famosa Slough in San Diego.
An Allen's Hummingbird strikes a pose.
Photographed last week at the Fullerton Arboretum.
This Great Egret was trying to be inconspicuous to fish below, barely moving as it hunted for its dinner, shortly before sunset at Famosa Slough.
The colors in the water are reflections of the setting sun, reflected by apartment windows across the slough.
Photographed two days ago.
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I may have a few more Day of the Dead photos to share, but time for a break.
It had been a while since I had visited Famosa Slough, one of my favorite birding spots in San Diego. I stopped by yesterday just before sunset. This young American Wigeon glided past as the light was disappearing.
An Orange-crowned Warbler, photographed at San Joaquin Marsh in September of this year.
A Mew Gull, photographed in Anchorage, Alaska in June of this year.
A family of Canada Geese explores Potter Marsh in Anchorage, Alaska. Photographed in June of this year.
An Arctic Tern chick says "feed me!" to its apparently empty-handed (empty-billed?) parent.
Photographed at Potter Marsh in Anchorage, Alaska in June of this year.
A few minutes later it is rewarded with a large, winged insect.
This Arctic Tern was being fed just a few feet from a busy bicycle and pedestrian path in a city park in Anchorage, Alaska. I'm not sure what it is being fed, possible a small snail? At other times it was being fed small fish.
Photographed in June of this year.
