I was out for an evening walk with my camera and came across this barred owl being harried by a red-winged blackbird. I frequent this spot, but this is the first owl sighting I've had there!

Sony A7V | FE 200-600 G

Z9 & 800 PF

Fresh off the easel, an alla prima oil painting capturing five barn swallows perched together.
​This piece is part of my new series, "Wings and Shadows in Transylvania".

For this work, I deliberately chose to leave the "process" visible rather than chasing a clean, finished look. I left rough, unrefined brushstrokes, visible marks, and raw texture right on the canvas.

​Knowing how much precision birders usually look for, I'm curious how this rugged approach to five perching swallows sits with the community!

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ADULT WESTERN SANDPIPER (thanks all for pointing out my error, post title can’t be changed XD)

Esquimalt lagoon migratory bird sanctuary, Esquimalt, BC. 2026/07/18.

560 mm, 1/2000 sec at f/8.0, ISO 25600.

Canon EOS R6 + EF 100-400 f4.5-5.6L IS II USM x 1.4 III

This is NOT a nest photo. I laid on the beach for 30 minutes waiting for them to approach.

Have seen three Pelicans with hooks attached to them over the last three months, it's a popular fishing spot without proper places for disposing of them, really sad to see. Here is one with a Hook near the left ear area that I saw this morning.

In the 1950s their numbers dropped to 30 wild individuals. However, there are now around 4000 of these geese.​

It's my favorite time of the summer again when the black cherries have just ripened and the trees are crawling with these beauties!

Photo taken at Mt. Charleston just outside of Las Vegas, NV.

Don't see many of these birds in my local park during the hot summer.

This is only the second time in history a lesser frigatebird has been spotted here! What an amazing bird. I'm glad it flew over me a few times and gave me a few cool shots :)