Bird Photography

I am an avid bird lover, watcher and photographer who has always enjoyed being outdoors in nature. Initially, I became deeply interested in birds about ten years ago when I designed, donated and installed solar electric power at the top of the mountain in Big Sur, for the Ventana Wilderness Society California Condor Recovery Program. At first, I thought it was simply a fun, challenging, feel good project, but the enthusiasm of the condor recovery folks was deeply contagious. I became fascinated watching birds, of all types, some of which are magnificently elegant and grand, such as egrets, typically enjoyed at a local lake, as well as birds encountered while I’m out fly fishing, and on a daily basis, watching a variety of birds in my backyard, devouring seed. It is so soothing and relaxing standing at my kitchen window watching and listening, and luckily, a pair of mocking birds sound the alarm when the pesky hawk settles into one of the orange trees.

Bird Galleries



Hummingbirds	Hawks	2009-2010 Great Egrets


Small Song Birds	2006-2008 Great Egrets	Ospreys


Ducks	Snowy Egrets	Herons


Pelicans	Stilts	Geese


Coots and Grebes	Cormorants	Gulls


	1999 Condor Recovery Donation	Bird Photography Field Notes

Thank you for visiting my Bird Photography Gallery. You may be surprised to learn many of my bird photos are taken along the Los Angeles River as it flows through the San Fernando Valley amid a burgeoning metropolis of office buildings, traffic and people. Some stretches of the river are barren of life, concrete from top to bottom. While in other areas thick vegetation flourishes supporting a rich, diverse ecosystem with food chains supporting insects, fish and birds, an urban wildlife habitat, demonstrating the ability of man and wildlife to live together and adapt. Keeping the river clean of garbage and dumping is important to maintaining a site for the River's waterfowl to return during migration, building nests and raising their young and supporting our ecosystem.

The vast majority of my bird photography is from Southern California although a few of my favorites are from New York, including the Red-tailed hawk pictured below.

California Quail photographed in the Sierra mountains