Always looking up - bird/astro photography

#birds Test printed a few of my photos on to metal. Super fun.

#birds female Downey who loves a beautiful piece of wood.

#birds Female Ruby Throated showing off her tail feathers in Michigan.

#birds white breasted nuthatch hanging vertical in predator mode.

#birds Ruby-throated at a Lake Michigan sunset.

#birds White Breasted Nuthatch hanging vertical….

#birds Female Cardinals are cooler, change my mind.

#birds quick bit of birding in Chicago.

#birds Lake Michigan at sunset.

#birds The classic Downy Woodpecker morning stretch.

#birds when woodpeckers walk up a tree their feet leave the ground.

#birds I’m working on a theory that Cardinals have long been faking flying, they can actually only jump.

#astro Orion Nebula my yard vs. Hubble. We take the loss but kind of amazing to see the same thing…

#birds New day, new woodpecker. Today the tree was visited by a female red bellied. Who knows what woodpecker tomorrow will bring…

#birds A great Michigan hike has an Indigo Bunting.

#birds Female Downy Woodpecker. She likes to stuff and run.

#birds Downy Woodpecker with his Lake Michigan breakfast.

#birds Geronimo!

#birds if you get lost in Chicago look up and a black crowned night heron will point the way.

#birds Living Desert Zoo, Palm Desert, CA. In the wallaby exhibit there is a Tawny Frogmouth happily nesting in a tree by the trail. Really cool.

#birds Here in the desert there are deadly predators, part 2.

#birds Towhee leaf pressing class (beginners through intermediates) is fri 9am sharp. Bring a favorite leaf to dry, and please be on time!

#birds Here in the desert there are deadly predators. Watch your back!

#birds Lesser Goldfinch ballet classes are Wed morning. This week we are working on our leaps and spins. Please be on time!!

That would be the outer layer of stars. Pretty basic stuff.

#birds In the Cooper’s Hawk world they use a slightly different naming system, where Ol’ Red Eyes is currently their #1 singer.

#birds So, this is what a worried
House finch looks like?

#birds this red-winged black beard admitted to being a pirate.

#birds Got a bit lost but a helpful vermillion pointed the way….