12/24/2011 Backyard Birds on Christmas Eve

I stepped out into the backyard this morning, Christmas Eve, and thought it would be a wonderful day to take some pictures.  The backyard was alive with an abundance of birds attracted to to the various feeders we had set up.  Here are some of the results.  I believe the first photo is of a Carolina Wren, the second a Chipping Sparrow, and the third a female Cardinal.  I also saw Carolina Chickadee, Tufted Titmouse, Bell’s Vireo, and numerous other birds.  It was a good day.   Here is a link to these and some other backyard photos.     link

(btw.  I changed the ‘Galleries” layout in order to make it a little easier to use.  Let me know if there are any problems with the new access.)  Merry Christmas!

2010 National Wildlife Refuge Association Photo Contest

In some older news, my son, Brandon and I entered the 2010 National Wildlife Refuge Association Photo Contest and came away with a couple of winners.  My photo is shown here.   A link to the winners announcement can be found at the following link:

http://www.refugeassociation.org/contest/ContestHome.html

A link to the finalists gallery can be found at:

http://nwra.zenfolio.com/2010-finalists

and a link to the semi-finalists gallery can be found at:

http://nwra.zenfolio.com/2010-semi-finalists

We actually had additional photos in that as well.

New Site

I just updated to a new web hosting service.   This should provide easier and more integrated access to my SmugMug and flickr photos.  Let me know if there are any problems by posting a comment or sending me an email through the Contact option on the menu bar at the top of the page.

SmugMug

I removed the Wildlife and Landscapes pages in favor of a Galleries page that contains links to photos on my SmugMug site. I am hoping to improve the integration with this site and SmugMug in the near future.