Friday, February 10, 2017



This morning a friend and I hiked back to a very remote, beautiful lake / slough, complete with a beaver lodge and dam. Hopefully it will be a future site for my amateur wildlife photography.

Below, a few of my recent photographs, taken locally. As always, comments are welcome!


Red Shouldered Hawk




Juvenile Red-tailed Hawk

Juvenile Red-tailed Hawk

Tufted Titmouse

 Northern Mocking Bird

 Northern Mocking Bird

 Dark -Eyed Junco

 American Goldfinch (Winter Plumage)

American Goldfinch (Winter Plumage)

 American Goldfinch (Winter Plumage)

 Crow in bright morning sunlight.

 The Common European Starling

 White-throated Sparrow

 The Amercan Dove / Mourning Dove

White Pelican (below Barkley Dam)

 White Pelican (below Barkley Dam)

 White Pelican (below Barkley Dam)

 White Pelican (below Barkley Dam)

 White Pelican (below Barkley Dam)

Killdeer

 Killdeer

Northern Cardinal (Female)

Northern Cardinal (Female)



Ring-billed Gull


"Composition is the strongest way of seeing." ~ Edward Weston