The American Bittern is solitary and cryptically colored. Throw in its secretive nature and inaccessible habitats and you have a species that I rarely see so getting photos of one taking off and in flight made my day yesterday.
The difference in size isn’t always this extreme but it can be even more dramatic than some of the examples I’ve included here.
We do what we have to do to get the shot (as long as it’s safe for both bird and photographer).
Male and female Long-billed Curlews have identical plumage throughout the year so how do we tell them apart? This is the best single photo I’ve seen to show how.
As simple as it is this photo from two days ago may become one of my favorite shots of an American Avocet for a variety of reasons.
On average I photograph Merlins less often than once per year so to get two of them in my viewfinder on the same morning was a momentous occasion.
Shrikes have been an elusive subject for me for some time now so getting this mated pair in the frame together was a real treat.
I got many photos I like of this bird but I screwed up on the only one that could have been spectacular.
I’d much rather find the kinks on a short trip close to home than on one of my much longer trips to MT, ID or WY!
