You can get surprisingly close to a pelican when you’re in a kayak.

Rosate spoonbill has realized that the more she learns about what computers can do, the more work there is to do with them.

She’s off to choose a better career.

I can’t decide if ibises are tall ducks or short flamingos.

When you’re not sure if your friends got the “meet me here” text, but don’t want to leave until they’re *really* late.

This is the photo that got me interested in infrared again. I happened to have the modified camera, a set of new lenses for my primary camera, and an adapter. I was early for a kayak appointment, and was just sort of futzing around. That’s when I saw this bird fly really close to me. Kicking myself for not holding my primary camera at the time, I took a shot anyway … and got this.

Infrared seems to be more susceptible to lens flare, but even with that, I think this shot is rather striking, so I started exploring other ways to see the world through infrared.

Did you know that turkeys use their tongue when they make their “gobble gobble gobble” noise?

Birds are messy.

And only then did Jonathan understood that all his prior realizations were due to the constraints of traditional narrative structure coupled with authorial intent.

Relieved of his burden, he flew on, unfettered, free to live the life he loved.

There’s a bad moon on the right.

Perhaps on the best photos of a completely wild bird that I have ever taken.