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Early Season Nickerson Beach Expectations Realized

Your Call?

Which of today’s six featured images is the strongest? Why did you make your choice. My #1 pick stands well above the other five. I will share my thoughts on that one with you in the next blog post.

Nickerson Beach Early Season Guide

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When APS-C Crop Mode Bites You on the Butt

Paul McCartney Carpool Karaoke — from The Late Show with James Cordon

If you like to be enveloped by a warm glow of love, smiles, and possibly tears of joy, hit play on this 23:40 video from eight years ago. James Corden heads to Liverpool for a special day with Paul McCartney spent exploring […]

Great After a Slow Start. And Intersecting Twigs Removal

What’s Up?

Jim Litzenberg dropped me off at Orlando Airport early on Monday morning for my flight to Islip. The first time that I reached for my cell phone, I realized that I had left it on the charger in my X5. It should be arriving via Fed Ex before 9am today :-). That was […]

Following Up on Cloudy Day Tripod Flight Photography and More on APS-C: Super 35mm (1.5X) Crop Mode

Cloudy Morning Tripod Flight Second Edit Educational YouTube Video

This 17-minute video contains an absolute ton of great bird photography tips. With today’s high frame-rate (30, 40, and even 120 fps) mirrorless camera bodies, selecting the best images from several thousand is a hugely important skill. Sit beside me at my laptop as I […]

New Educational YouTube Video and Osprey with Bluegill

Cloudy Morning Tripod Flight Second Edit Educational YouTube Video

This 17-minute video contains an absolute ton of great bird photography tips. With today’s high frame-rate (30, 40, and even 120 fps) mirrorless camera bodies, selecting the best images from several thousand is a hugely important skill. Sit beside me at my laptop as I […]

Miracle of Miracles. And 600mm/a-1 ii Flight on the Tripod

Miracle of Miracles?

After a 13-day hiatus, the server for the BIRDS AS ART Blog came back on line on Tuesday morning. As I never received the promised e-mail from Bluehost, I found out accidentally. I was not shocked that Bluehost dropped the ball once again. But I was thrilled to get my life’s work […]

The Stars of the Show and Horses for Courses

My Thoughts

In the It’s a Toss-Up. What Was My Huge Mistake? blog post here, I promised share my thoughts on the two images. Few folks responded. All agreed that the line where the water met the beach that cut through the breast of the male tern was the big distraction. Had I gotten down […]

It's a Toss-Up. What Was My Huge Mistake? And the Lightweight, Hand-holdable Sony 900mm f/5.6 Lens!

Wanted to Buy

I have a friend looking for a used Canon EF Extender (teleconverter) 1.4X III in excellent or better condition. If you have one sitting on a shelf gathering dust, please get in touch via e-mail.

My Calls

In the last blog post, I loved all eight images. If forced to pick one, […]

Photographing Migrant Songbirds Ain't Easy!

Your Call

Which two of today’s each featured migrant songbird photos do you like best? Please be so kind as the share the reasons for your choices.

The Sony 300mm f/2.8 Lens for Migrant Songbirds!

As you will unequivocally see below, the Sony 300mm f/2.8 GM lens with either TC has proven to be […]

Fruitcakes and Ruby-throated Hummingbirds

What’s Up?

It rained for our last two days in Corpus Christi and it rained all the way as we drove down to South Padre Island. When we arrived at the Convention Center on Monday (I think) afternoon, the liquid rain stopped and it began raining birds — we found ourselves in the middle of […]

Ran into an Angel From Montgomery. And, Would You Pay $5.20 to Learn Exactly How I Optimized Today's Image?

Traveling Bird Photographer Top Tip

If you are headed to a bird photography hotspot there is of course, lots to do online before your trip. Internet searches that include e-Bird can be quite helpful. But the first thing that I do on Day One in a new area, is to say hello to everyone I […]

Northern Flicker & a Used Canon 400mm DO Lens

Canon EF 400mm f4 DO IS II USM Lens

William Dummitt is offering a Canon EF 400mm f4 DO IS II USM lens in excellent condition (pristine glass, minor cosmetic wear on the body) for a BIRDS AS ART record low by far $2499.00. The sale includes the lens, front and rear lens covers, the […]

Texas Bird Photography Help Needed

Texas Bird Photography Hotspots Help Needed

Howdy and happy April 15 2026. I hope that you are well and having fun.

I have decided to make a last minute trip to Texas. I fly to Houston Hobby this Friday, 17 April and will fly back to Orlando early-Shirley on 30 April.

I will […]

From the Mundane (?) to the Insane

What’s Up?

Friends David and Michelle Pugsley drove over early on Friday morning for two days of bird photography and pool deck dinners. We found the two large chicks by the Pavilion and they wound up in the lake foraging, bathing, and then lounging on a grassy island. We saw the Barred Owl pair but […]

Rewarded at Indian Lake Estates (ILE)

Sony 300mm f/2.8 GM Lens Thanks

Thanks to Sonia Durrance and Bill Ryan for using a BAA affiliate link to purchase their Sony 300mm f/2.8 this week. They will each be receiving the BAA Sony 300mm f/2.8 Lens Guide as a thank you.

An e-Mail Conversation with Bill

BR: What is the advantage of […]

What RawDigger Can Do for You

What’s Up?

With an embarrassment of riches, morning photography here at ILE continues to be very good. There are seven baby cranes now ranging in size from medium sized two week old chicks to a single mid-sized colt at the north end. On Sunday, I did not see the Snail Kite that had taken up […]

No Fooling! All Six (5 flight +1) of These Images Were Made on April First With the Sony 600mm f/5.6 GM OSS Lens

Your Call?

Which of today’s six featured images is your favorite? Why did you make your choice.

My Call

Despite the plethora of quality images in the Stick Marsh IPTs: They Ain’t Just For Spoonbills! blog post here, only a single person bothered to comment. Pat Fishburne and I agreed: the strongest image by […]

The Stick Marsh IPTs: They Ain't Just For Spoonbills!

What’s Up?

The last morning of the recently concluded IPT was amazing. When we arrived in the dark (as usual) there was, as had been predicted, a 20mph NW wind in our faces. Not good for incoming spoonbills. By the time the skies brightened, the wind speed — miraculously, had dropped considerably and the direction […]

The Late Morning Bathing Spoonbills Miracle

Seeking Used Sony a-1 Camera Bodies

After selling both of my remaining a-1 bodies along with my Sony 12-28 and my 400m f/2.8 GM lens on the Used Gear page, I have several buyers interested in purchasing a used a-1 in excellent or better condition for a fair price, well more than you would get […]

Artistry and Creativity in Image Optimization

Artistry and Creativity in Image Optimization

The fact is that I enjoy working on my images and on the images of others as much as I do being in the field with the birds and creating the photographs. Now, please do not get me wring: junk in equals junk out (JIJO) and that will […]