Backyard Birds: January through June 2026
A delightful dozen photo gallery. I looked through my backyard bird photos for the first half of the year and […]
Birds
Northern Flicker Family
This spring, a pair of Northern Flicker woodpeckers excavated a nesting cavity in a stump on my property and reared
Hummingbirds and Sunflowers
These photos, taken over the last 4 years, show Ruby-throated Hummingbirds with Mexican Sunflowers. It’s a great combination. Notes: None
Song: Buzzard in the Sky
The photo gallery in my post Birds in Flight features several turkey vultures (aka “buzzards”). The summertime sky in Iowa
Birds in Flight
Capturing an image of a bird in flight is a fun challenge: skill in aiming and focusing; luck in ending