I See Beauty All Around, by Rob Paine

Tag: audubon

  • Memorial Day Picnic for Baby Bluebirds

    Memorial Day Picnic for Baby Bluebirds

    This spring has been an incredible time for bluebirds in Fairfax County. After photographing and videotaping a family of bluebirds for the last several weeks, earlier this weekend the feeding of the fledglings on our back deck commenced. Today, Memorial Day, the fledglings’ feeding frenzy went full tilt. Thanks to some patience and some nice…

  • You Don’t Have to Travel Far to Capture Nice Bird Photos

    Many of the best bird photos I have taken did not involve super telephoto lenses or expensive trips to exotic locations. I did not have to sit in a freezing rain or endure hours or harsh sun to shoot all of the photos (including the Rose-Breasted Grosbeak shown above) on this post. These images were…

  • What was Your Favorite Photo of the Week?

    Thanks to everyone who checked out my blog this week. This is the latest edition of photos of the week where you get the chance to vote for your favorite photo posted on this site over the past week including Weekly Challenge entries and the like.  (see short poll below)

  • Dueling Birds on the Occoquan

    My first trip of the year to  Occoquan, Va., began without incident.   It was New Year’s Day and things were pretty quiet, except on the dock pilings along the river where things were beginning to get interesting.  (please see more photos and text below) 

  • New Year’s Day Hawk

    I have written before about the great photo opportunities that begin the minute you walk out your back door. I was greeted with another example on New Year’s Day as this red-shouldered hawk visited the back yard. (please see second image below)

  • Weekly Photo Challenge : Focus Cardinals in the Snow

      These were some photos I shot a winter or so ago of a cardinal. It looked so beautiful in the snow.  In the photo above I really wanted to illustrate how much snow had piled up on the bird feeder.  In this shots below, I  wanted to get just enough depth of field to…