(be sure to wait for him to turn around and show off his tiny fuzzy buns)

The colors are inspired by the Blue-headed Vireo, our 200th!

I saw them once, and never again.

This beautiful bird landed very close to me and let me take lots of photos. I was super lucky!

Do they know they can fly?

Canon R5 at 1/3200 sec, f/6.3, ISO 500

Absolutely love our bluebirds! My wife & I were lucky enough to have 5 broods this year, with 19 babies successfully fledging. It's been such a joy watching them grow, and we love having them around the house!

Jax, FL

These beautiful wood ducks are just amazing to see. Brown Park in Louisville, Kentucky. Original content and shot with my Canon 5D Mark iii and 150-600 zoom lens

Today I’m sharing another Antpitta, this time the endemic Red-and-white Antpitta. This bird is found almost exclusively on the eastern slopes of the Andes in Cusco, at elevations between 1,800 and 3,400 meters above sea level. I imagine photographing it deep in the forest must be incredibly difficult because, like other Antpittas, it inhabits the understory and is extremely shy.
Fortunately, at Wayqecha, photographing this species is surprisingly easy, as these birds even seem to keep a schedule! At 8 a.m., you can photograph two individuals from such close range that my biggest problem was keeping them far enough away for my lens to focus!
One challenge was the extreme humidity, which caused my lens to fog up. But these birds were so cooperative that I had enough time to remove the lens, wait for the condensation to clear, and reattach it to finish the photo session!

The Antpittas of Wayqecha were truly one of the highlights of my trip!

🇬🇧 Red-and-white Antpitta
🔬 Grallaria erythroleuca
🇪🇸 Tororoi Rufo y Blanco
🗺️ Wayqecha, Manu Road, Cusco, Peru
🗓️ August 2026

One man’s lifer is another one’s daily.

Saw my first common starling walking around in Amsterdam. I’ve spent a lot of time in Europe and had no luck. To find them in a city market, singing their little chests off was a delight.

Found in Canada BC. Google says this might be a Fieldfare, but it is not very often that they come to Canada, and Merlin ID don't have suggestions.

Thank you!

Photo taken in Northern Colorado

Murder bird in fall colors 🍁

Met this veeeerrrry habituated young magpie at the visitor's center of a park. Kept following me around my car, climbing on my car, and begging nonstop. I even met a couple other people later in the day that had the same thing happen lol. But I didn't give in, and eventually he flew off. Cute little guy either way