Right now one of the most amazing natural phenomena on the planet is happening right over our heads, and most people don’t even know it.
Read MoreLook Up!
Long Run Park
Just a few images from Long Run Park this morning (April 10, 2023). Spring migration is in the air!
Read MoreA Spring Chorus
My annual spring obsession: finding and photographing these nearly invisible, but VERY loud little chorus frogs.
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A wandering purple gallinule found in Lexington, KY, and the cover shot for my 2023 photo calendar
Birding vs. Bird Photography and the Beauty of Constraints
My reflections on 2022, the differences between birding and bird photography, and the beauty of difficult choices. Originally written for my 2023 calendar, I am sharing it here as well before we slide into the 2nd month of 2023!
Read MoreFive Hundred! (and Twenty-Nine)
South Texas birding and my 500th species! (and many more)
Read MoreOctober Big Day 2022
October Big Day 2022
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A nectar bat sips nectar from a banana flower in one of Costa Rica’s dense lowland forests
Bats and the Impossibility of Empathy
Empathy is not imagining how you would feel if you were a bat. Empathy is understanding what it is like for the bat to be a bat. More accurately, it is doing your best to understand, and at the same time knowing that ultimately you cannot.
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Hidden in plain sight, this ruby-throated hummingbird graciously built her nest right outside my window.
Hidden Treasures
Sometimes the most incredible gifts are hidden in plain sight, available to us the moment we learn how to see them.
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Marlee, age 8
Marlee
Not exactly wildlife, but Marlee has been the most important animal in my life.
Read MoreOne Hundred Birds
My quest to find one hundred species of birds in January. What can we notice about ourselves as we play our crazy games?
Read MoreWizard or Falcon, Which Merlin Came First?
An unnecessarily deep dive into the origins of the names of imaginary wizards and real birds.
Read MorePurple Martins
How do you count fifty thousand speeding purple martins?
Read MoreNesting Loons, Central Washington
A few of my favorite images from my recent trip to photograph nesting loons in central Washington state.
Read MoreBarred Owl (Strix varia), one of the resident owl families at Cherokee Park. We saw owlets in the nest, still small and fuzzy, whereas the great-horned owls are already fledged.
Global Big Day 2021
Last year I found ninety-six species on Global Big Day, so naturally my target was an even one-hundred. Read on to find out how I fared…
Read MoreEight Sparrows
A new life bird and the confusing world of sparrows.
Read MoreInterconnected
Evening grosbeaks are not typically seen south of the Great Lakes in winter. This year, they are here in large numbers, and we were expecting them. Why are they here, and how did we know they were coming?
Read MoreShort-Eared Owls
When I realized one of the owls was coming right at me, my heart rate certainly went up. But now that I have been doing this for a while, I realize that one of things experience teaches you is how to not freak out under pressure (at least not to the extent that you miss the shot - there is always some level of freaking out!). As this owl approached, I knew I would likely only get one chance, and fortunately this time I managed to pull it off.
Read MorePurple Sandpiper
A purple sandpiper in Indiana?! Certainly that justifies blowing off work for the afternoon, doesn’t it?
Read MoreBirds Have Wings
The last ten days of birding have been fairly remarkable. Many of the sightings have been distant and fleeting. The resulting photos are unremarkable at best. The remarkable part is that I have photos of these birds at all, because none of them should be anywhere near Kentucky.
Read MoreSnipe Aren't Real
A point of clarity in an ambiguous world on this Thanksgiving day.
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