Wild Places, Wild Birds – Best of the Best Photography Album

Coming March 2026

Tack sharp, perfect lighting, perfect composition – all terms that may apply to some of the following images, but I am not a pro, and don’t stress too much getting the ideal photo. I have fun getting birds in my viewfinder. I hope you enjoy reading about and viewing the images I have chosen as my best. So, in no particular order, here are my favorites –

Upland Sandpiper – captured in Chippewa County, Michigan. This bird loves open fields. Sections of the eastern Upper Peninsula are dotted with acres of hay fields.

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Red-tailed Hawk – Alligator River NWR, Pamlico Co, North Carolina

Great Blue Heron – Lake Mattamuskeet NWR, Pamlico Co.. North Carolina

Yellow-rumped Warbler – Pea Island NWR, Dare Co., North Carolina-

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Laughing Gull- North Carolina

Purple Sandpipers – Oregon Inlet, Dare Co, North Carolina

Pea Island, Dare Co., North Carolina- mostly Redheads

Black-bellied Whistling Duck – South Carolina

Nags Head, North Carolina Sunrise

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