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Photo of the week: 11.16.25 — Phoebe breakfast

Birds belonging to the various species in the flycatcher family are a nightmare to identify. Many of the species look so similar that it is difficult to tell an Eastern Phoebe from an Eastern Wood-Peewee or a Willow Flycatcher or a Least Flycatcher or a number of others. I often have to post a new flycatcher photo to my favorite identification source— BirdForum.net— and let the …  Continue reading

Featured gallery: November — Arches    

I have hundreds of photographs showing arches: arched entryways, arched corridors, arched ceilings, arched cathedrals. It seems like any scene with an arch framing a subject attracts my attention. An arched frame is much more pleasing aesthetically than a basic rectangular frame in a scene. The frequency that arches show up in my photo files got me thinking. Why do I …  Continue reading