I seem to be getting better at taking photos of birds in flight.

This owl would like to wish some of you an irritating Hey, Remember You’re Still Single Day, in case you somehow missed all of society’s usual micro-aggressions on the topic.

Sometimes you can’t come up with a good joke, even after looking at the photo for several minutes.

Q: Why is a hummingbird small, brightly coloured, and feathery?
A: Because if it were large, grey, and wrinkly, it would be an elephant.

Fortunately, bad jokes abound.

A couple of years ago, I started playing with a new technique that is only useful in specific cases. At the Arizona Sonora Desert Museum, they have a free flight demonstration against a (usually) clear sky. This allows me to do a multiple exposure so you can see the different movements of a hawk’s flight and how they gain speed. Here, it’s particularly interesting how hawks become almost vertical when turning.

This jay suddenly realized that Burger King has been around for 62 years, which is near the upper end of a monarch’s reign and wonders what they have decided in terms of succession planning.

This is a new-to-me photo technique that I’ve been experimenting with when I have a chance. It’s not usable in most situations, but when it is, I quite like the effect.

Without looking at a composite like this, it can be hard to see how birds actually use their legs.

Turns out, getting photos of hummingbirds in flight can be a bit of a challenge.