Birding
Personal Life List
A list of every species of bird I've seen (544 so far), with photographic evidence.
Royal Botanic Garden Sydney
(2024.03)
A couple mornings in Sydney, Australia before the start of a South Pacific cruise. I really wanted to see a laughing kookaburra, and ended up finding a few in the Royal Botanic Garden Sydney that wanted to pose.
South Pacific
(2024.04)
A random assortment of birds encountered during a South Pacific cruise that stopped in American Samoa, Fiji, French Polynesia (Bora Bora, Moorea, & Tahiti), New Caledonia, and Vanuatu.
Big Bend National Park
(2024.01)
A pyrrhuloxia, a few greater roadrunners, Mexican jays, as well as bobcat and coyote encounters.
The Maritimes
(2023.09)
Here are all the wildlife photos from a 10 day roadtrip through the Maritimes - starting in Halifax, Nova Scotia and then moving through New Brunswick before ending in Prince Edward Island.
Benchakitti Park
(2023.08.01)
There are a lot of photos of Asian openbills catching snails here. I was able to watch them up close for maybe a half hour before they took off. They were hanging out in the same section of the park as the amphitheatre. There are also a few photos here from a quick evening trip to Rot Fai that didn't warrant their own page.
Huntley Meadows Park
(2023.07.12)
Didn't see much this morning. An American goldfinch, a red-bellied woodpecker, and a lot of dragonflies.
Huntley Meadows Park
(2023.04.21)
Came across a ribbonsnake eating a leopard frog at Huntley Meadows Park. When I first spotted them the ribbonsake just had the frog by the feet. From first photo to last photo in this gallery is about 8 minutes elapsed.
Huntley Meadows Park
(2023.04.21)
A green heron catching breakfast, American goldfinch, a nesting female cardinal, a pileated woodpecker, and about a 2 second glimpse of a prothonotary warbler.
Rot Fai Park
(2023.01.10)
Lots of Javan pond-herons, lots of asian water monitors, and a scattering of the usual Bangkok denizens.
Merritt Island NWR
(2022.12.13)
Today was just a half-day in heavy rain before heading back to the airport. Got my best view yet of a belted kingfisher, saw some painted buntings on the feeders at the visitors center, and plenty of roseate spoonbills.
Merritt Island NWR
(2022.12.12)
The highlight of today was a surprise encounter with a bobcat as I was hiking on a trail. Also some manatees, a gopher tortoise I ran into a couple minutes after the bobcat, and a ton of roseate spoonbills.
Wakodahatchee Wetlands
(2022.12.10)
There were quite a few bright orange iguanas here, since the males turn orange during their breeding season. Plus the usual water birds like herons, anhingas, and grey-headed swamphens.
Green Cay Wetlands
(2022.12.09)
Lots of water birds here - wood storks, herons, ibis, grey-headed swamphens, and double-breasted cormorants.
Phetchaburi Province
(2022.06.24)
Stopped at several places, mostly rice fields, en route from Kaeng Krachan back to Bangkok. Lots of golden weavers, pratincoles,variety of water birds, and a couple of Indian Nightjars.
Kaeng Krachan National Park
(2022.06.23)
Black-and-red broadbills, silver-breasted broadbills, a bamboo woodpecker, a pair of flamebacks, and a brief glimpse of a blue-throated barbet.
Kaeng Krachan National Park
(2022.06.22)
Green-eared barbet, orange-breasted trogons, a quick glimpse of a blue-winged pitta (the very first bird that was encountered, and then never seen again), and a banded broadbill. The afternoon was spent at a hide, seeing a wide variety of birds including a red-legged crake, racket-tailed treepies, black-naped monarchs, and a lot more.
Benchakitti Park
(2022.06.21)
An easy walk from Sukhumvit Road, Benchakitti Park includes a large wetlands area with a raised boardwalk. I saw quite a few Asian openbills, scaly-breasted munia, various mynas, and a few water monitors wandering around.
Dublin, Ireland
(June 2022)
All these photos were taken at St. Stephen's Green when there was some free time during a trip around Ireland. Mostly photos of herons, tufted ducks, and Eurasian moorhens.
Ireland
(June 2022)
Random bird photos taken during a 2-week trip around Ireland. Rooks, jackdaws, European robins, black-headed gulls, common chaffinch, and more.
Carrick-a-Rede
Northern Ireland
(2022.06.11)
Not a lot of photos here - just a quick glimpse of a razorbill colony (and a much smaller gull colony) on the cliffs by the Carrick-a-Rede rope bridge near the Giant's Causeway in Northern Ireland.
Huntley Meadows Park
(2022.05.18)
Osprey and great blue heron catching fish, little blue heron, and wood duck mom & babies.
Jackson Bottom Wetlands
(2022.05.04)
Lots and lots of tree swallows, plus a brown-headed cowbird, hooded merganser, cinnamon teal, American coot, and more.
Vancouver, Washington
(2022.05.04)
Birds seen at Vancouver Lake and my sister's backyard.
Crystal Springs Garden
(2022.05.03)
Wood ducks and gadwalls (who weren't shy) at the Crystal Springs Rhododendron Garden on the campus of Reed College.
Oaks Bottom
(2022.05.03)
Yellow-rumped warbler, Stellar's jay, red-breasted sapsucker, green-winged teal, spotted towhee, and more.
Huntley Meadows Park
(2022.04.29)
Greater yellowlegs, American black duck & ducklings, and common yellowthroat.
Occoquan Bay NWR
(2022.04.24)
Bald eagle, white-eyed vireo, tufted titmouse, blue-gray gnatcatcher, and northern cardinals.
Huntley Meadows Park
(2022.04.20)
Lots of photos of hooded merganser ducklings (two different families), and a red-shouldered hawk.
Occoquan Bay NWR
(2022.04.17)
Yellow-rumped warbler having lunch, eastern bluebird, blue-gray gnatcatcher, and a northern black racer (snake).
Huntley Meadows Park
(2022.04.15)
Pileated woodpecker carving out a home, barn swallow, red-shouldered hawk, and lots of frogs.
Huntley Meadows Park
(2022.04.14)
Northern cardinals, hooded merganser ducklings, downy woodpecker, and muskrats.