Category: bird photography

• More featuring of other artists: Birds in flight!

  Along the lines of a couple of my posts yesterday, here are more GORGEOUS photos, almost all by other photographers. The theme of all of these works of art is BIRDS IN FLIGHT. I hope you enjoy them as much as I do! My several should be in positions 17-20. Oh, and FineArtAmerica, sponsoring this […]

  jwilce

  November 25, 2022

  #bird photography, #FlagstaffArizona, #hummingbirds, #northern Arizona, #OlympusE-M1-Markii camera, #outdoor photography, #photography, #raptors, #wildlife photography, #wings, Arizona, bird photography, California, herons, holiday gifts, Mirrorless cameras, outdoor photography, wildlife photography

  #Arizona, #birds, #getolympus, #nature, #northern Arizona, #olympusphotography, #photography, #publicspaces, Flagstaff

• Puddingstone Reservoir February 2022

  “Puddingstone” is the common name referring to the artificial lake at Frank G. Bonelli Regional Park in San Dimas, southern California. It is an excellent site for birding. I was there, outdoorswithcamera, on February 8 and 9. This post focuses on waterfowl photos, all available as digital downloads. I am still saving up for a […]

  jwilce

  February 23, 2022

  #bird photography, #California, #digital cameras, #OlympusE-M1-Markii camera, #outdoor photography, #photoblog, #photography, #photonarratives, #technological improvement, bird photography, bird photos, Birds On the Ground, California, outdoor photography, wildlife photography

  #birds, #getolympus, #nature, #olympusphotography, #photography, #publicspaces, #riparianareas, #Southern California, #wilcephotos.com, #zoomlenses

• Launching My Photography Business With This Post! Birds, Bees, And Their Habitat in Claremont, CA

  For the very first time, I am making it simple for people to buy my photographs. Read more to see what photos are for sale, how to buy them, etc.! Claremont California occupies a special place in my heart, not only because loved ones live there but because many of my formative years were th […]

  jwilce

  November 20, 2021

  #bees, #bird photography, #California, #digital cameras, #OlympusE-M1-Markii camera, #outdoor photography, #photoblog, #photography, #technological improvement, #wildlife photography, bird photography, bird photos, California, insect photography, outdoor photography, wildlife photography

  #naturephotography, #olympusphotography, #parks, #publicspaces, #wildlifephotography

• Wing Flapping Displays As Agonistic Behavior

  I introduced this series of posts addressing “agonistic behavior” with the following definition, from the Wikipedia article on the subject: “The term has broader meaning than aggressive behaviour because it includes threats, displays, retreats, placation, and conciliation.” This post highlights wing flapping by ducks as an example of agonistic behavior that is clearly not fighting (but could […]

  jwilce

  September 19, 2020

  #bird photography, #digital cameras, #FlagstaffArizona, #northern Arizona, #outdoor photography, #photoblog, #photography, #photonarratives, #wildlife photography, #wings, agonistic behavior, animal behavior, Arizona, bird photography, bird photos, Canon EOS Rebel Cameras, Digital single lens reflex cameras, outdoor photography, wildlife photography

• Agonistic Behavior: Small Vs. Large Once More

  One clash, two photos— Red-winged Blackbird Harrassing Great Blue Heron on banks of Francis Short Pond. In the first, the blackbird passes by the heron. In the second, the heron seems to me more worried. Once again two species clash, and once again the smaller seems to have the upper hand— or at least it […]

  jwilce

  September 18, 2020

  #bird photography, #digital cameras, #FlagstaffArizona, #northern Arizona, #outdoor photography, #photoblog, #photography, #photonarratives, #wildlife photography, agonistic behavior, animal behavior, Arizona, bird photography, bird photos, Canon EOS Rebel Cameras, Digital single lens reflex cameras, herons, outdoor photography, wildlife photography

• The Agoni(stic) And the Ecstacy (Or Not): Bird Vs. Mammal

  Juncos are fairly tough birds. They hiss and click if you unwittingly get near their nests. So if they can challenge humans, ground squirrels may well appear to them to be relatively easy to chase off. That is the way it seemed a month ago when two juncos challenged a rock squirrel in our front […]

  jwilce

  September 18, 2020

  #bird photography, #digital cameras, #FlagstaffArizona, #northern Arizona, #outdoor photography, #photoblog, #photography, #photonarratives, #wildlife photography, agonistic behavior, animal behavior, Arizona, bird photography, bird photos, Canon EOS Rebel Cameras, Digital single lens reflex cameras, outdoor photography, wildlife photography

• “Agonistic Behavior” Among Birds: More Than Just Fighting

  A useful introduction to the term “agonistic behavior” is found here,” from Wikipedia—”Agonistic behaviour is any social behaviour related to fighting. The term has broader meaning than aggressive behaviour because it inecludes threats, displays, retreats, placation, and conciliation.” My camera and I see it all the time, from our bird bath to clashes in the (relative) wild. I have documented such […]

  jwilce

  September 16, 2020

  #bird photography, #digital cameras, #FlagstaffArizona, #northern Arizona, #outdoor photography, #photoblog, #photography, #photonarratives, #raptors, #wildlife photography, #wings, agonistic behavior, animal behavior, Arizona, bird photography, bird photos, Canon EOS Rebel Cameras, Digital single lens reflex cameras, outdoor photography, wildlife photography

• Motion Blur Photography #3: Flock of Geese

  You have noticed by now that there are two connected ponds on the Old Walnut Canyon Road (the road that leads to Walnut Canyon National Monument) that attract a variety of waterfowl as well as ospreys, bald eagles, and swallows. Once again I turn to my cache of photos taken there for another favorite— the […]

  jwilce

  September 15, 2020

  #bird photography, #digital cameras, #FlagstaffArizona, #northern Arizona, #outdoor photography, #photoblog, #photography, #photonarratives, #wildlife photography, #wings, animal behavior, Arizona, Behavioral synchrony, bird photography, bird photos, Canon EOS Rebel Cameras, Digital single lens reflex cameras, outdoor photography, wildlife photography

• Motion Blur #2: Photographing American Avocets in Flight

  I live hundreds of miles inland from the Pacific, but late in August, Flagstaff was visited by a flock of American Avocets. As you saw in my first Motion Blur post, the technique produces some cool effects. (By the way, like yesterday’s post, this shot was taken at the Old Walnut Canyon Road Ponds. I […]

  jwilce

  September 14, 2020

  #bird photography, #digital cameras, #FlagstaffArizona, #northern Arizona, #outdoor photography, #photoblog, #photography, #photonarratives, #wildlife photography, #wings, Arizona, bird photography, bird photos, Canon EOS Rebel Cameras, Digital single lens reflex cameras, outdoor photography, wildlife photography

  #northern Arizona, #Shorebirds, Avocets, Flagstaff, Flocking behavior, Motion blur photography, Nature photography

• Waterfowl on Frances Short Pond (Flagstaff)

  It’s been a frightfully warm winter, but not so warm as to completely melt the ice on our fair city’s beloved municipal pond near a couple of our public schools. Frances Short was an “educator and city councilperson” in Flagstaff. (For more information, click here.) The pond and its immediate environs are home to waterfowl […]

  jwilce

  December 28, 2017

  #bird photography, #digital cameras, #FlagstaffArizona, #northern Arizona, #outdoor photography, #photoblog, #photography, #wildlife photography, animal behavior, Arizona, bird photography, bird photos, outdoor photography, wildlife photography

  #Arizona, #birds, #publicspaces, coots, ducks, Flagstaff, mallards, municipal parks, waterfowl

• Spring (or at least nest-building material) is in the mouth

  It’s always nice when I discover that my camera has seen more than I did when I took a shot. That has happened lately, as spring gets ready to turn to summer, when I see “Well well, the little creature seems to be building a nest!” (Of course I am also very aware of seeing […]

  jwilce

  June 4, 2017

  #bird photography, #digital cameras, #northern Arizona, #outdoor photography, #photoblog, #photography, #wildlife photography, animal behavior, Arizona, bird photography, bird photos

• Photo Walk With Jim Wilce, June 24

  Ordinary Cameras, Extraordinary Encounters:Taking Wildlife Photos From the Heart A Workshop Led by Jim Wilce, and Sponsored by the Northern Arizona Audubon Society Saturday, June 24, 8-10 a. m., Kachina Wetlands (near Flagstaff, Arizona) What do you want from outdoor/ wildlife photographs? How can you take photos that you and others will enjoy? And how […]

  jwilce

  May 30, 2017

  #bird photography, #digital cameras, #FlagstaffArizona, #insects, #northern Arizona, #outdoor photography, #photography, #wildlife photography, Arizona, bird photography, bird photos

• Reflective great(-tailed) hop

  Back in April I visited Frances Short Pond here in Flagstaff— a pond fished by man (sometimes woman) and osprey alike. Blackbirds and grackles occupy trees and the marshy island in the middle of the small pond. Here is a great-tailed grackle (I think), caught mid-hop. Click here to see the full-sized photo of the […]

  jwilce

  August 6, 2016

  #bird photography, #FlagstaffArizona, #northern Arizona, #outdoor photography, #photography, Arizona, bird photography, bird photos, outdoor photography, wildlife photography

  #birds, #publicspaces

• What Wikipedia calls the “default desert bird”

  If you have never heard of Curve-Billed Thrashers, you probably don’t live in or near a desert. But if you google “default desert bird” you’ll see a lot of text etc. devoted to Thrashers.  Unfortunately, the phrase “default desert bird,” with or without proper attribution is a misquote. At least Wikipedia rightly cites Dunne as the […]

  jwilce

  December 6, 2015

  #bird photography, #outdoor photography, #photography, #wildlife photography, Arizona, bird photography, bird photos

  #Arizona, #birds, #desertbirds, #DesertBotanicalGarden, #nature, #parks, #Phoenix, #photography

• Four Raptors

  Raptors are birds of prey. I try not to overuse the word “awesome,” but raptors are awesome, awe-inspiring. I love it when raptors, who have extremely sharp eyes, are so generous as to allow me to photograph them. So, I have gathered here, in one place, photos of four different raptors— three diurnal and one […]

  jwilce

  November 14, 2015

  #bird photography, #FlagstaffArizona, #hawks, #outdoor photography, #photography, #raptors, #wildlife photography, Arizona, bird photography, bird photos, outdoor photography, wildlife photography