empidonax traillii – Feathered Photography

Willow Flycatcher – One-winged Takeoff

A bird photographer’s intuition.

A rose by any other name…

Just because I like it.

When I start composing a blog post I never know where I’ll end up.

I’m regularly dazzled by the athletic abilities of birds. It happened again yesterday and this time it involved prey.

And a better explanation of why I like to crop significantly to get even better detail in my sharper images.

A species deserving of more attention than it gets.

Including a good look at the wasp’s stinger.

For years bird photographers and others have debated the relative strengths and weaknesses of two primary “styles” of bird photography.

While photographing this flycatcher I did what I didn’t do with yesterday’s catbird. It actually worked.

One of these photos is probably my favorite of the species so far.

A handsome bird in a pretty setting. At least I think so.

It’s unusual for me to even see these two species much less get decent photos of them.