https://www.birdsasart-blog.com/baa The blog of bird photographer Arthur Morris Fri, 07 Mar 2025 15:42:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8 https://www.birdsasart-blog.com/baa/2020/12/31/is-there-a-fine-line-between-being-inspired-by-the-work-of-others-and-copying-it/ https://www.birdsasart-blog.com/baa/2020/12/31/is-there-a-fine-line-between-being-inspired-by-the-work-of-others-and-copying-it/#comments Thu, 31 Dec 2020 12:32:40 +0000 http://www.birdsasart-blog.com/?p=71067 The road-kill cafe provided lots of action on Wednesday morning. I sat in the car nearby until the first vulture flew in and by the time I got in position one of the two circling Bald Eagles struck the opossum carcass and tried to fly away with it. But missed. I worked exclusively [...]]]> https://www.birdsasart-blog.com/baa/2020/12/31/is-there-a-fine-line-between-being-inspired-by-the-work-of-others-and-copying-it/feed/ 8 https://www.birdsasart-blog.com/baa/2020/12/30/a-lousy-morning-in-lakeland/ https://www.birdsasart-blog.com/baa/2020/12/30/a-lousy-morning-in-lakeland/#comments Wed, 30 Dec 2020 11:23:12 +0000 http://www.birdsasart-blog.com/?p=71033 My favorite morning location in Lakeland was terrible. There were about eight American White Pelicans way too far away on large support ring around the soon-to-be-dismantled lighted, ornamental X-mas tree in the middle of the lake. Usually there are several dozen of them sitting on the bulkheads right next to the lake. There [...]]]> https://www.birdsasart-blog.com/baa/2020/12/30/a-lousy-morning-in-lakeland/feed/ 9