Tag Archives: Northern Harrier

Bird Close-Ups

Bird Close-Ups

Sometimes you are lucky to get really close enough to a bird to take a photo of just it’s head or upper body, like the Pileated Woodpecker shown above. Depending on the lens you are using, this can be one foot away or 30 feet away. I have taken songbird photos with a 50mm lens [...]

Avian action photography

Avian action photography

Taking great photographs of wild birds perched on a tree branch or standing on the ground is a challenge but even more challenging is to capture a bird in action. Slight actions from birds singing, spreading their wings to land or take off, to actions like birds battling to defend their territory, swooping down to [...]

Raptors at Forsythe

Raptors at Forsythe

Winter brings the arrival of a staggering variety of raptors to the Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge. While the conditions are difficult for birders and nature photographers, patience and time spent there will be rewarded with some amazing displays and the ability to see a wide variety of predatory birds in action. The biting [...]

Warm Light

Warm Light

My favorite times of day to photograph birds are the early mornings or late afternoons. Why? Because the light from the sun is like no other. It’s warm. Imbued with the richness of reds, orange and yellow, it makes every subject I photograph seem to glow. The starkness of the shadows at that time are [...]

An Early Winter’s Day at “Brig”

An Early Winter’s Day at “Brig”

“Brig”, as it is affectionately known by most of the birders and photographers who frequent it, is the Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge – Brigantine Division, located in Oceanville, NJ. I thought it would be interesting to talk about how just a single day there can be so incredibly productive and exciting for birders [...]


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