Their name is Africaans for ‘“Hammer” because their heads look like, well, you know. The featured photo is of Henrietta…
Cyril the Sensational Sunbird
Meet Cyril, whom I believe to be a Yellow-Bellied Sunbird—also known as Variable Sunbird—and one of the most glorious creatures…
Cato the Proud
Cato is a Cattle Egret, feasting on the insect life that our bovine friends attract and drive out of the…
Flame Loves Fiery Flowers
Meet Dryas iulia of the Heliconinae subfamily! Her common name is sometimes Orange Julia or simply Julia, or less commonly…
Meet Mona the Magnificent Monarch
I must confess that in all my years of butterfly-watching*, I have always preferred Tiger Swallowtails to Monarchs… Until I…
Zuni looks like jewelry
Zuni the Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly came by to say hi last Saturday… And how could I respond but to point…
Busting the Blue Jay Myth
How America’s most legendary bird painter did a centuries-old injustice to one of our most beautiful birds Buster, my Blue Jay…
The Stuff of Dreams or…?
The shocking truth about Rolls -Royce. If you’re old (or cool) enough remember TV’s Burke’s Law or The Avengers, or the Sean Connery…
Who am I?
HELP! I’m a mystery bird. I was photographed on August 27, 2018, in Eastern Pennsylvania, Central States, USA and I…
Princess Goldie Grows Up!
Kids grow up so fast! It seems just weeks ago that I photographed Princess Goldie: a jaw-dropping, distinctive, golden-plumed female…