Graceful Hunter

Swallow Reflected

Dreamtime

Bobwhite Quail

After days of hearing the bobwhite calling, I was finally able to see him and take some shots.

American Bittern

I spied this American bittern. He appears to be a juvenile.

Targeted

An osprey has a small bird in it's sights.

Hunter

Plastic Sunset

Concentration

In the Branches

Marsh Stroll

Caspian Tern?

I believe this is a very young Caspian Tern.

Birds on a Wire

I inverted the color image. It makes the silhouettes of the birds stand out much more. They are swallows.

Flying at the Beach

Motion

Living on the Edge

Contemplation

New Year's Eve contemplation.

Seaside in November

By the Seaside

William Wordsworth

THE sun is couched, the sea-fowl gone to rest,
And the wild storm hath somewhere found a nest;
Air slumbers--wave with wave no longer strives,
Only a heaving of the deep survives,
A tell-tale motion! soon will it be laid,
And by the tide alone the water swayed.
Stealthy withdrawings, interminglings mild
Of light with shade in beauty reconciled--
Such is the prospect far as sight can range,
The soothing recompence, the welcome change.
.....

Exposure

I was experimenting with the different settings on my Nikon D50. For this picute, the white balance was set to flash. The aperture was 4.80. I was using a zoom lens. The exposure time was 1.25 seconds.

A boat had passed by about 30 seconds earlier. All of these factors combined to make an ethereal picture of pelicans sitting on a damaged pier.

Landings

Just before the sun starts to set, the seagulls vie for space.



An egret makes a graceful landing.



A commercial jet heading toward the Gulfport-Biloxi International Airport.