Lesser violetear takes a break from the flowers #bird #birdfreaks #feather_perfection #featherverse #birdlovers #birdphotography #birdwatching #allaboutbirds #sonyalpha #wildlife #wildlifephotography #wildlifeonearth #wildlifeplanet #audubon #audubonsociety

Chestnut-capped warbler rearing its little brown head #bird #birdfreaks #feather_perfection #featherverse #birdlovers #birdphotography #birdwatching #allaboutbirds #sonyalpha #wildlife #wildlifephotography #wildlifeonearth #wildlifeplanet #audubon #audubonsociety

We were looking for an assortment of tanagers and found a ferruginous pygmy-owl instead ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ #bird #birdfreaks #feather_perfection #featherverse #birdlovers #birdphotography #birdwatching #allaboutbirds #sonyalpha #wildlife #wildlifephotography #wildlifeonearth #wildlifeplanet #audubon #audubonsociety

Encouraging the platform by posting *two* photos in a single day. Gotta be audacious! Buff-throated saltator from Colombia. #bird #birdfreaks #feather_perfection #featherverse #birdlovers #birdphotography #birdwatching #allaboutbirds #sonyalpha #wildlife #wildlifephotography #wildlifeonearth #wildlifeplanet #audubon #audubonsociety

Apparently Pixelfed is popping off? I'm going to try posting photos here only for a while and see how it goes. Kicking it off with a white-vented plumeleteer from Colombia #bird #birdfreaks #feather_perfection #featherverse #birdlovers #birdphotography #birdwatching #allaboutbirds #sonyalpha #wildlife #wildlifephotography #wildlifeonearth #wildlifeplanet #audubon #audubonsociety

Eastern phoebe sitting upright on the reeds #bird #birdfreaks #feather_perfection #featherverse #birdlovers #birdphotography #birdwatching #allaboutbirds #sonyalpha #wildlife #wildlifephotography #wildlifeonearth #wildlifeplanet #audubon #audubonsociety

Purple gallinule “walking on water” thanks to its gigantic feet #bird #birdfreaks #feather_perfection #featherverse #birdlovers #birdphotography #birdwatching #allaboutbirds #sonyalpha #wildlife #wildlifephotography #wildlifeonearth #wildlifeplanet #audubon #audubonsociety

Even shy phainopeplas are no match for the 600mm + 1.4x teleconverter combo #bird #birdfreaks #feather_perfection #featherverse #birdlovers #birdphotography #birdwatching #allaboutbirds #sonyalpha #wildlife #wildlifephotography #wildlifeonearth #wildlifeplanet #audubon #audubonsociety

Painted redstart #bird #birdfreaks #feather_perfection #featherverse #birdlovers #birdphotography #birdwatching #allaboutbirds #sonyalpha #wildlife #wildlifephotography #wildlifeonearth #wildlifeplanet #audubon #audubonsociety

Scissor-tailed flycatcher wants you to know he’s not over-compensating for anything #bird #birdfreaks #feather_perfection #featherverse #birdlovers #birdphotography #birdwatching #allaboutbirds #sonyalpha #wildlife #wildlifephotography #wildlifeonearth #wildlifeplanet #audubon #audubonsociety

I was way too far from the airport to be staying this long to get a picture of a verdin, but for birds that are literally everywhere, they’re really hard to get pictures of. #bird #birdfreaks #feather_perfection #featherverse #birdlovers #birdphotography #birdwatching #allaboutbirds #sonyalpha #wildlife #wildlifephotography #wildlifeonearth #wildlifeplanet #audubon #audubonsociety

Cooper’s hawk dove down from his branch to a scrub full of sparrows but seems to have come up empty clawed. #bird #birdfreaks #feather_perfection #featherverse #birdlovers #birdphotography #birdwatching #allaboutbirds #sonyalpha #wildlife #wildlifephotography #wildlifeonearth #wildlifeplanet #audubon #audubonsociety

Loggerhead shrike planning its next murder. You don't see it in this crop, but it's sitting on a barbed wire fence post #bird #birdfreaks #feather_perfection #featherverse #birdlovers #birdphotography #birdwatching #allaboutbirds #sonyalpha #wildlife #wildlifephotography #wildlifeonearth #wildlifeplanet #audubon #audubonsociety

I like to find the populations of escapees when I visit a new city. Here’s one of Phoenix’s feral rosy-faced lovebirds #bird #birdfreaks #feather_perfection #featherverse #birdlovers #birdphotography #birdwatching #allaboutbirds #sonyalpha #wildlife #wildlifephotography #wildlifeonearth #wildlifeplanet #audubon #audubonsociety #arizona

The iconic “cactus wren in a cactus” shot #bird #birdfreaks #feather_perfection #featherverse #birdlovers #birdphotography #birdwatching #allaboutbirds #sonyalpha #wildlife #wildlifephotography #wildlifeonearth #wildlifeplanet #audubon #audubonsociety #arizona

Black skimmers taking a break at the Foster City shell bar #bird #birdfreaks #feather_perfection #featherverse #birdlovers #birdphotography #birdwatching #allaboutbirds #sonyalpha #wildlife #wildlifephotography #wildlifeonearth #wildlifeplanet #audubon #audubonsociety #california #californiabirds #californiabirding #audubonca #californiawildlife #bestofthegoldenstate

The lethal face card of the American kestrel #bird #birdfreaks #feather_perfection #featherverse #birdlovers #birdphotography #birdwatching #allaboutbirds #sonyalpha #wildlife #wildlifephotography #wildlifeonearth #wildlifeplanet #audubon #audubonsociety #raptors

Spend the holidays with the ones who are close to you #bird #birdfreaks #feather_perfection #featherverse #birdlovers #birdphotography #birdwatching #allaboutbirds #sonyalpha #wildlife #wildlifephotography #wildlifeonearth #wildlifeplanet #audubon #audubonsociety

I spy a pyrrhuloxia through the branches #bird #birdfreaks #feather_perfection #featherverse #birdlovers #birdphotography #birdwatching #allaboutbirds #sonyalpha #wildlife #wildlifephotography #wildlifeonearth #wildlifeplanet #audubon #audubonsociety #arizona #arizonabirds #arizonabirding #arizonaaudubon

A snow bunting got pretty seriously lost and ended up in Hayward. Very cooperative little fellow! One of my first pictures sticking a 1.4x teleconverter in front of the 200-600mm lens, very happy with what I'm getting. #bird #birdfreaks #feather_perfection #featherverse #birdlovers #birdphotography #birdwatching #allaboutbirds #sonyalpha #wildlife #wildlifephotography #wildlifeonearth #wildlifeplanet #audubon #audubonsociety #california #californiabirds #californiabirding #audubonca #californiawildlife #bestofthegoldenstate