M and F Pileated
It is rare to see the male and female of a species together. Asteinmann captured a male Pileated Woodpecker and a female on the same trunk! Can you tell the…
Couple of CA Pics From My Birding Buddies
Karen and I recently went on a trip to California with our Birding Buddies Mark, Emil, and Bonnie. We had a blast searching out birds from the Big Sur to…
GreatBirdPics Bird Photograph of the Week – 10/3/25
This week let’s go with an Awwww pic – two adult Black Swans with four newly hatched cygnets. Wonderful shot by Rebecca Bowater. If you enjoy seeing beautiful pictures…
Still Alive!
Still Alive! It’s been over a week since the last GreatBirdPics email was sent; perhaps the longest drought in the past five years! Since the first week of October I’ve…
GBP Bird Photograph of the Week – 9/26/25
Bajadreamer has been submitting some excellent pics lately and this one of a Red Kite really stuck out. You don’t often see a bird at this angle (almost vertical), the…
Stu Hummers
On our last trip to Holland, Michigan Karen and I went with Carl and Judi to my favorite park, Stu Visser Trails. Stu has a variety of habitats and can…
2025 Audubon Photography Awards
Each year the Audubon Society conducts a bird photography contest. Tens of thousands of entrants compete for prizes and recognition. Take a few moments to check out the winners by…
Sand or Sky? It’s 50/50
Last week I shared a couple shots of a Sanderling on the Lake Michigan shoreline. During post-processing back home I created two versions of the same shot. The first shot…
Great Bird Pics’s Bird Photograph of the Week – 9/19/21
We don’t get many Great Bird Pics from Finland so I had to feature this one of a Eurasian Jackdaw taken by Paul Demkovich. He also went to Sweden and…
Back From California
No pictures today, as Karen and I just returned last night from a week-long birding trip to California. We went with our Birding Buddies Bonnie, Mark, and Emil and went…
Sand or Sky?
While walking the beach at Holland State Park recently I came upon a Sanderling going my way. I took a couple shots, and then during post-processing back home I created…
GreatBirdPic’s Bird Photograph of the Week – 9/12/25
There were lots of Great Bird Pics to choose from this week, but I was drawn to this shot of a Yellow-headed Blackbird and a Red-winged Blackbird. I’ve seen both…