Sea Foam

Willet Sandpiper (Tringa semipalmata) Seen at Amelia Island, Florida, USA Canon EOS 6D EF 400mm f/5.6 USM ƒ/8.0 400 mm 1/320 s ISO100

Bird Yoga

Willet Sandpiper (Tringa semipalmata) Seen at Amelia Island, Florida, USA Canon EOS 6D EF 400mm f/5.6 USM ƒ/8.0 400 mm 1/320 s ISO100

What Are You Looking At?

House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) Taken at a rest stop in Massachusetts, near Cape Cod Canon EOS 6D Canon EF 400mm f/5.6L USM f/8.0 400mm 1/320s ISO 640

Wait for Me

Dunlin (Calidris alpina) and Sanderlings (Calidris alba) preparing for flight Taken at South Beach Chatham, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, USA 

Canon EOS 6D Canon EF 400mm f/5.6L USM ƒ/5.6 400 mm 
 1/800 s ISO125

DON'T Keep Your Head Above Water

Dunlin (Calidris alpina) Taken at South Beach Chatham, Cape Cod, Massachusetts

, USA Canon EOS 6D Canon EF 400mm f/5.6L USM ƒ/5.6 400 mm 
1/4000 s ISO640

Crystal Mockingbird

Northern mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Atlanta Botanical Garden, Atlanta, GA, USA

Piping Sand

Semipalmated Sandpiper (Calidris pusilla)

 Taken at South Beach, Chatham, Cape Cod, Massachusetts


Old and New II

Song sparrow (Melospiza melodia)

 Chatham, Cape Cod, MA, USA

Autumn Mockingbird

Northern mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Did you know that northern mockingbirds mostly sing at night and often imitate other species' sounds and calls? Enterprise, Alabama, USA

Red-Bellied Woodpecker

Red-bellied woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus)

 The Botanical Gardens at Asheville, Asheville, North Carolina, USA

Tufted Titmouse

Tufted Titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor)

 The Botanical Gardens at Asheville, Asheville, North Carolina, USA

Common loon (Gavia immer)

Common loon (Gavia immer) Amelia Island State Park, Florida, USA

American Goldfinch

American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis) 

These beautiful birds live in large flocks in the winter, and there were dozens of them flying around in this backyard. 

Enterprise, Alabama, USA

Northern Mockingbird

Northern mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos)

 Enterprise, AL, USA

Carolina Chickadee

Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Fun Fact: A group of chickadees can be called a banditry of chickadees. This collective noun probably refers to the mask-like appearance of chickadee species.

 Enterprise, Alabama, USA

Birdhouse

Tufted titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor) 

Enterprise, Alabama, USA

Landing

Pine Warbler (Setophaga pinus) Fun Fact: The Pine Warbler is the only warbler that eats large quantities of seeds, primarily those of pines. This seed-eating ability means Pine Warblers sometimes visit bird feeders, unlike almost all other warblers. Enterprise, Alabama, USA

Western Tanager

Western Tanager (Piranga ludoviciana) Fun Fact: This western tanager is a male. Only males develop a bright red breeding plumage on their heads. When nonbreeding, a much duller red is confined in varying amounts to forehead and chin. Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, Tucson, AZ, USA

Feeding

Anna's Hummingbird (Calypte anna) Feeding

Did you know that hummingbirds make their nests out of spider's web? They use the web as a glue which allows the nest to stretch and be flexible as the baby hummingbirds grow.

Arizona-Sedona Desert Museum, Tucson, AZ, USA

Strike a Pose

Wimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)

Marine Street, La Jolla, San Diego, CA, USA

Broad-billed Hummingbird

Broad-billed Hummingbird (Cynanthus latirostris) The broad-billed hummingbird (like most hummingbirds) consumes over 1.5 times its body weight in nectar each day.

 Arizona-Senora Desert Museum, Tucson, AZ, USA

Wings

Willet (Tringa semipalmata) 

Willets will pretend to be disabled by a broken wing in order to draw attention to themselves and lure predators away from their eggs or chicks.

Amelia Island, Florida, USA

Northern Cardinal

Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) 
 
In the spring and early summer, cardinals will frequently attack windows and other reflective surfaces. They become so obsessed with defending their territories that they believe their reflection is an intruder.

Asheville Botanical Gardens, North Carolina, USA

White-crowned Sparrow

Male White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys)

 He's fluffing up to maximize sun exposure on his feathers, probably to help remove pesky feather mites using UV rays from the sun. :-)

 Cabrillo National Monument, San Diego, CA, USA