GBP Bird Photograph of the Week – 1/24/25
There have been lots of GreatBirdPics submitted recently, but today’s Bird Photograph of the Week stood out for two reasons. First, it’s a great BIF shot of a hummingbird (more…
Members’ Bird Photography Showcase – 1/23/25
Welcome to another edition Members’ Showcase! Seeing how it is frickin’ fridged outside here in Chicagoland here are some pics of birds that don’t seem to mind the cold weather:…
Subdivision Wetlands (Rerun)
While I’m away from my computer (more on that later)here’s a Rerun of a post I shared a couple of years ago. Karen and I took off to visit some…
On (And Off) The Fence
I’ve featured a couple of Burning Nature Photography’s pics from Gettysburg National Military Park now and again but today I thought I would share several of them. All these pics…
Escape!
We were back in Holland, Michigan this past fall and birding at one of our favorite sites, Stu Visser Trail. As we walked around the large pond on the west…
Bird Photograph of the Week – 1/17/25
Bird Photograph of the Week – 1/17/25 Our Bird Photograph of the Week comes to us from New Mexico, where Sandhill Cranes have migrated for the winter. Johnny22 has given…
2025 Resolutions
So last year I overreached and chose too many resolutions for my bird photography. This year I’m limiting myself to 4 attainable goals: Take more BIF shots – Using my…
GreatBirdPic Of Boreal Owl
GBP Member Avneet Kaur has been up in Zac Sim Bog, Minnesota and sending back pics of some of the boreal (a climate zone south of the Arctic) birds he’s…
Our New National Bird
Did you know that the United States has a new National Bird? It’s the Bald Eagle! Does that surprise you? It surprised me, too. The Bald Eagle was designated the…
Bird Photograph of the Week – 1/10/25
This week I’m going with Avneet Kaur’s shot of a Great Gray Owl on the ground. I like the composition even though the camera wanted to focus on the reeds…
FOY GreatBirdPic
Birder2011 likes her “firsts”. One year she drove almost 2 hours on New Years Day so her first bird of the year was a Snowy Owl (how she managed to…
Shock of Color
Most birds are beautiful in their own right, but sometimes their color makes us sit up and take notice. So notice the brilliant colors on these birds from our members:…