GBP Bird Photographs Of The Week – 2/27/26
Sometimes I can’t select just one GreatBirdPic Photograph of the Week. I kept flipping back and forth between these two images below, trying to decide which one was better, until…
Photographing Flocks of Birds
Sometimes I enter an area where there are so many birds that it’s impossible to count them. This happens most often on a shore where flocks of birds come to…
Bombs Away
Sometimes when you’re taking a picture of a bird something unexpected happens and you just keep shooting. This occurred to me while staying at the Klein Cedarberg Private Nature Reserve…
Indian Kite
One of the benefits of GreatBirdPics.com is that not only do we get to look at beautiful photos of birds from around the world, we also have an opportunity to…
Over The Swartberg Pass And Into The Karoo
We thoroughly enjoyed our stay at the Fairy Knowe Hotel, particularly after sighting the Krysna Turaco. The next morning we walked around the grounds and spotted another Lifer, a Water…
Bird Photograph of the Week – 2/20/26
Our Bird Photograph of the Week comes to us from Avneet Kaur in Kentucky. You can see every feather on this Great Blue Heron as it comes in for a…
Was It Worth The Effort?
Bajadreamer was in California out on a dirt road at dawn looking for Burrowing Owls when a flock of White-faced Ibis started to land nearby. Here’s the shot he shared…
Meetup at Corkscrew
Karen and I were recently down in the Fort Meyers, Florida area for some birding. We’ve never been to the south-western side of Florida before so there were lots of…
Swimming Birds
We usually associate birds with flight but a large number of species also swim. Since water covers two-thirds of the earth it is by far the largest habitat for food…
A Most Spectacular Bird At The Fairy Knowe Hotel
Our journey continued eastward across the southern half of South Africa, ending up on Day 7 at the Fairy Knowe Hotel. This picturesque cluster of thatched-roof buildings lay just east…
GBP Bird Photograph of the Week – 2/13/26
How could I resist choosing this shot as my Bird Photograph of the Week – a BIF shot with reflection! Wonderful composition by Bajadreamer of a Mourning Dove coming in…
Non-typical Shots
Today’s featured shots have a bit of twist to them. Not much, but different for the bird and therefore for the viewer. Take a look: Rebecca Bowater regularly shares images…