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Top Ten Tricks for Photographing Birds

I have photographed many different subjects over the past 40 years. Birds, especially birds in flight, are the most challenging – because birds move fast and the light/exposure often changes when birds move. If you are new to bird photography, or if you have been disappointed...

Among the Twitchers in Central America

I train the borrowed binoculars on the trees where our guide is pointing, squinting through the glass. “Follow that branch to the end,” Gareth says. “It’s the flash of turquoise, right there.” I try again, scanning the foliage surrounding Quirigua,...

Blastoff at Bosque Del Apache

Each November and December, photographers and bird-lovers from around the world travel to Bosque Del Apache, New Mexico, to photograph and experience the world-famous “blastoff.” Each morning, around 7 am, thousands of snow geese and sandhill cranes take off in a fast-paced flurry . ....