Category: Nature Photography
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YUCATAN BIRD WALLPAPERS #40 – Caribbean Elaenia
I will be posting one image a day from my Yucatan Birds Gallery. I decided to try and present an extra-wide format (21×9) to show more of the habitat surrounding each bird. Caribbean Elaenia – Mosquero Elenia Caribeño IMAGE DETAILSLocation: Colonia Huertos Familiares, Cozumel, Quintana Roo, MéxicoDate: 2021-12-06Camera: Canon EOS…
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YUCATAN BIRD WALLPAPERS #39 – Cozumel Emerald
Cozumel Emerald (Male) – Esmeralda de Isla Cozumel (Macho) IMAGE DETAILSLocation: Planta de Tratamiento de Aguas Residuales de San Miguel, Cozumel, Quintana Roo, MéxicoDate: 2021-12-10Camera: Canon EOS R5Lens: Canon RF 100-500mmFocal Length: 500 mmAperture: f/7.1Exposure Time: 0.00156s (1/640)ISO: 200 Click the image below to open it full-sized from my SmugMug Gallery.…
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YUCATAN BIRD WALLPAPERS #38 – Morelet’s Seedeater
Morelet’s Seedeater (Female) – Semillero de Collar (Hembra) IMAGE DETAILSLocation: Planta de Tratamiento de Aguas Residuales de San Miguel, Cozumel, Quintana Roo, MéxicoDate: 2021-12-10Camera: Canon EOS R5Lens: Canon RF 100-500mmFocal Length: 500 mmAperture: f/7.1Exposure Time: 0.002s (1/500)ISO: 800 Click the image below to open it full-sized from my SmugMug Gallery. See…
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YUCATAN BIRD WALLPAPERS #37 – Black Catbird
I will be posting one image a day from my Yucatan Birds Gallery. I decided to try and present an extra-wide format (21×9) to show more of the habitat surrounding each bird. Black Catbird – Maullador Negro IMAGE DETAILSLocation: San Miguel Bello Caribe, Cozumel, Quintana Roo, MexicoDate: 2021-12-10Camera: Canon EOS…
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YUCATAN BIRD WALLPAPERS #17 – Ruddy Woodcreeper
I will be posting one image a day from my Yucatan Birds Gallery. I decided to try and present an extra-wide format (21×9) to show more of the habitat surrounding each bird. Ruddy Woodcreeper – Trepatroncos Canelo IMAGE DETAILSLocation: Zona Arqueológica Cobá, Quintana Roo, MexicoDate: 2021-12-06Camera: Canon EOS R5Lens: Canon…
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2022 – A Year of Birding
“The world is a book and those who do not travel, read only one page.” Attributed to St. Augustine in “Select Proverbs of All Nations” (1824) by “Thomas Fielding” Looking back on 2022, I can say that I had the good fortune to read a plethora of travel pages. More…
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Black Phoebe
Sayornis nigricans By Jim Gain Learn 100 Common Valley Birds is a photo blog series highlighting the 100 most common Valley bird species. Post #15 in the Learn 100 Common Valley Birds series. (Species 20/100.) INTRODUCTION The Black Phoebe is a dapper flycatcher of the Central Valley with a sooty…
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Wild Turkey
Meleagris gallopavo By Jim Gain Learn 100 Common Valley Birds is a photo blog series highlighting the 100 most common Valley bird species. Post #14 in the Learn 100 Common Valley Birds series. (Species 19/100.) INTRODUCTION The Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) is the heaviest upland ground bird native to North…
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Western Meadowlark
Sturnella neglecta By Jim Gain Learn 100 Common Valley Birds is a photo blog series highlighting the 100 most common Valley bird species. Post #13 in the Learn 100 Common Valley Birds series. (Species 18/100.) INTRODUCTION The buoyant, flutelike melody of the Western Meadowlark ringing out across a field can…
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Our Wintering “White” Geese – Part I
By Jim Gain Learn 100 Common Valley Birds is a photo blog series highlighting 100 of the most common Valley bird species. Post #11 in the Learn 100 Common Valley Birds series. (Species 16 and 17/100.) “Your first indication of their presence is the distant sound of baying hounds. As…
Reflections of the Natural World 