Great Blue Heron

This Great Blue Heron was at the top of the island trying to attract a mate to his well built nest. Watching the breeding behavior was fascinating. He would clack his bill and raise his hear and neck and was trying to hard to appear "attractive" and dominant. You can see the bits of feathers in the air around him from his antics.

Great Blue Heron, Artistic rendition

I took hundreds of photographs of this Great Blue Heron at Wakodahatchee. The lighting and the blue pastel sky near sunset just urged me to process one artistically. I love the way the wind was blowing his feathers and plume.

Black Necked Stilt

There was a good variety of birds at Wakodahatchee this year, including, for the first time ever, breeding wood storks. What a contrast between those bird birds and these little delicate black necked stilts. I love the one leg up and the reflection.

Cormorant, breeding season

The colors of the birds can change so dramatically when it is breeding season. I made sure to capture the eyes and position the head against a blurred background when photographing this Cormorant on the Anhinga Trail in Florida. They are very habituated towards humans and will sit right on the railing for you to photograph them!

Reflections in Water drops

Especially fun in the winter, a flower from the grocery store, RainX, water, dollar store spray bottle...

Tulip

Tulip, window light plus one flash for fill light, black background. Tom brought me home a planter of tulips from the grocery store. This one really cried out to me to take its photo!

Backyard Birds -- Winter

Two birds that I photographed in my backyard during a snowstorm. I opened the window in the downstairs bathroom and shot out the window, putting a few towels down to absorb all the snow that was coming into the window.

Junco and Bluejay -- winter snowstorm