outdoor photography

Yellow-billed Cuckoo I'm up in Virginia visiting my parents, and so my father and I decided to visit the Occoquan Bay NWR, which is a wonderful area to visit.  We walked a couple miles from the parking lot to the Potomac River and back, and saw some pretty fun things. We heard several Yellow-billed Cuckoos there, and we saw a couple of them. One in particular came out in the open a few times to give me my best photos of the species. We also heard an Acadian Flycatcher, and probably a couple of them, and one came out in the open long enough for a couple photos. Acadian Flycatcher Near the shore of the Potomac we found a couple Prothonotary Warblers, right in the same place I'd seen them here last July. These are one of my favorite warblers.  I love their "sweet, sweet, sweet, sweet" song. Prothonotary Warbler By the parking lot we found a couple Yellow-breasted Chats. They were here when we arrived, but it was too cloudy for presentable photos.  Whe...

Prothonotary Warbler This morning I went again to Occoquan Bay.  I was told that the "easy trail" might be very productive, and it was. I got my first photographs of a Prothonotary Warbler and a Field Sparrow, and I also found a couple American Goldfinches and Eastern Towhees that were willing to pose for photographs. Prothonotary Warbler American Goldfinch Field Sparrow Field Sparrow Eastern Towhee

Indigo Bunting I'm up in Nortthern Virginia visiting my parents and I decided to take an hour this morning to visit Occoquan Bay NWR.  An Indigo Bunting came out to play by my car, so I had some fun photographing this wonderful bird.  Indigo Bunting Indigo Bunting Indigo Bunting Indigo Bunting Indigo Bunting Indigo Bunting Indigo Bunting