It was an unusual difficult year of 2020 due to the Coronavirus Pandemic originated from China and extended all over the world that imposed serious restrictions on travel and outdoor activities. We had to cancel our planned trips to Japan and Taiwan in April/May and […]
All posts tagged: Bird Photography
Snow Geese at Prime Hook NWR, Delaware
After photographing the wild ponies at Assateague National Seashore last Sunday, we decided to take another detour to Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge in Delaware to try our luck in seeing and photographing snow geese that usually migrated to the wetlands in the Eastern Shores […]
Cedar Waxwing
While walking along C&O Canal Tow Path the other day, I noticed there was a flock of birds having a feast of red berries on the shrubs along the Canal. As I moved closer to take some pictures they all flew away but I did […]
Two Herons at the Great Falls
We used to see many great blue herons at the Great Falls in the summer. But not anymore, I wonder may be there is not much fish in the river any longer! A few years ago I was lucky to capture these sequential shots of […]
Hummingbirds
I love taking photographs of hummingbirds because it’s fun and challenging as they seem to be moving all the time. These were the images of the adorable hummingbirds I captured at a local zinnia flower bed two years ago.
More Snow Geese from Middle Creek
Snow Geese is almost over this winter. With relative warm winter they seems to leave this area for their breeding ground up north in Arctic Regions earlier. I am glad we took our second trip to Middle Creek about a week ago. I took so […]
Snow Geese Fly Patterns
The color of snow geese at the Middle Creek I captured last week was fantastic. The reflection of soft morning sunlight on the birds’ white feather was just gorgeous! It is interesting that the flying patterns showed some resemblance of Allied’s air fleet took off […]
Snow Geese at Middle Creek – 2020.3.1-2.
For the second time we went back to Middle Creek to capture some snow geese images before they heading back to Arctic Region, their breeding ground. Again, we did an overnight trip – to see the fantastic show these snow geese gave us during late […]
Rare Birds at Galapagos Islands
Flash Back – as I was going through some of my old photos, I found some images of rare birds taken at Galapagos Island quite a few year ago! Blue Booted Boobies: Frigatebirds: Brown Pelican: White Tailed Tropical Bird:
American Goldfinches at Sunflower Fields
Sunflower blossoms at McKee Beshers Wildlife Management Area near Poolesville, Maryland have all but gone and the seeds are maturing that attract the birds especially the American goldfinches. It’s challenging to capture good pictures of them because they are small in size and seem to […]
Great Blue Herons at the Great Falls of Potomac River
Great blue herons are beautiful birds and I love photographing them. Great to see them back to the Great Falls this summer.
Ospreys at Blackwater NWR, Cambridge, MD
On the way home from Smith Island last week, we stopped by Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge near Cambridge, Maryland. Here are some of the shots of osprey taken with my Nikon D600 camera with Tamron 150-600 mm lens.
