Cedar Waxwing photo

The Cedar Waxwing photo below is a photo of one of our favorite birds. They’ve become a favorite bird to photograph in November. We search for areas full of fruit-bearing trees and bushes. We have learned that if you find robins eating berries a lot of times, the Cedar Waxwings will be with them.

Cedar Waxwing photo

Another reason to love these birds is that they look like they are wearing a black Lone Ranger mask and have a number of feather colors. They’re really attractive birds. These birds appear to be a little more colorful in the Spring than in the Fall, as are most birds. Our experience has been that we have better photographic opportunities to see Cedar Waxwings during the Fall months than we do in the Spring.

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Warblers Calendar

Our Warblers Calendar is our most recent calendar available for you. I know in our part of the world warblers are very popular amongst people who like birds.  They are certainly some of our favorites. I think one reason has to be the variety of colors you see in these small birds. We’ve chosen a variety of Warblers that we’ve been fortunate to see in our part of the country while on our walks. Our Warblers calendar can be purchased as a wall calendar or a desk calendar.

Below is the Warblers Calendar in the wall calendar version from Zazzle. The Warblers Calendar below the wall calendar is the desk calendar version from Create Photo Calendars:


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Eastern Bluebirds photo

This Eastern Bluebirds photo is one of our first ever Eastern Bluebird photos. These male and female Eastern Bluebirds are checking out a nesting box to raise this year’s family. We thought this photo was unique in the way the male Eastern Bluebird is checking out the nesting box. They also both went inside to check it out.

Eastern Bluebirds photo

If you might like to have this photo, it is for sale at our Pictorem store.

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Painted Bunting photos

Here are a couple Painted Bunting photos that we have recently taken at a public garden in Southwest Philadelphia. These photos were taken in the second week of January of a bird a long way from home. Those of you who live in the southern part of our country have probably seen these songbirds quite often. The birds spend a good part of their non-breeding time in Central America. These unusually colorful birds migrate and breed in the Southeast and in the south-central United States. Male Painted Bunting birds are very easy to spot since their colors are blue, green, red and yellow. The female birds are just bright green in color.

Painted Bunting photos

Even though the birds are a long way from home in Philadelphia, this is the third consecutive year that one has been spotted at this location. We felt fortunate to have been able to take some photos of this Painted Bunting. We hadn’t visited this garden before, and it was our first time seeing one of those very colorful birds. Painted Buntings are medium-sized birds similar in size to finches. They’re a very colorful species in the Cardinal family, along with other Buntings, Grosbeaks and Tanagers.

Painted Bunting photos

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Leucistic American Robin photo

Here’s a Leucistic American Robin photo we took fairly recently. It’s possible you may have seen one of these birds, but it was a first for us at the time. I definitely am not a bird or genetics expert, but according to a variety of online sources, leucism describes defects in pigment cells caused during a bird’s development, which prevents pigments from reaching some or sometimes all of a bird’s feathers. The degree of leucism varies with a bird’s genetic makeup. The skin and eyes remain their normal pigment and color. You will see white splotches on its head or back.

Leucistic American Robin photo

We also have a photo of a Canadian goose that appears to be leucistic. We saw both of these at separate times while on our photo walks at a local wildlife refuge.

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Red-shouldered Hawk photo

This is our most recent Red-shouldered Hawk photo. We walk two to three times a week at the John Heinz Wildlife Refuge trying to get photos just like this. The funny thing is we took this photo right out our kitchen window. There’s a tree in our neighbor’s yard that hawks use constantly for surveying the area. Usually they are Cooper’s Hawks or Red-tailed Hawks. This is the first time we’ve ever seen a Red-shouldered Hawk in that tree, and we’ve lived here a long time.

Red-shouldered Hawk photo

Just in case you might be interested, we recently included this photograph in two of our newest calendars that we have for purchase. The wall calendar is located at our store in Zazzle. Our desk calendar is located in our store at Createphotocalendars. We also have a photograph of this same bird for sale at our Pictorem store.

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Butterflies Wall Calendar

Here’s our newest Butterflies Wall Calendar. The calendar consists of photographs of different types of colorful butterflies. You’ll be able to enjoy seeing the Monarch, Swallowtail, Red Admiral, Eastern tailed-blue, Common Buckeye, Cabbage White and other beautiful butterflies all year in their natural settings. It is also available as a butterflies’ desk calendar. Either makes a great gift idea for the butterfly enthusiast or anyone who loves nature.

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American Bittern Photo

This American Bittern photo was taken at the John Heinz Wildlife Refuge. This is the first photo we’ve taken of an American Bittern and also the first we’ve ever seen. We learned to get a photo of this particular bird is not an easy thing to do. They could be standing right in front of you and you might not see them.

American Bittern Photo

They are a species of wading bird in the heron family. They’re well camouflaged and blend in with their surroundings. As you can see from the photo, when you first see an American Bittern, what stands out immediately is its thick neck and long, pointed bill.

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Red-shouldered Hawk photo

This Red-shouldered hawk photo was taken at the John Heinz Wildlife Refuge located near the Philadelphia International airport. We often see many different birds of prey at this refuge. The Red-shouldered Hawk has great colors, especially when its wings are fully extended.

Red-shouldered Hawk photo

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