It’s only been a little over two years since WC updated the Bird Photography page. Here are the photos WC used for his 2021 gift calendar – you know, the old kind that hangs on the wall, with a different page for each month. . .
Swallow-tailed Hummingbird, Peru 
Anna’s Hummingbird, Idaho 
Sword-billed Hummingbird and Sapphire-vented Puffleg, Ecuador 
White-necked Jacobin, Costa Rica 
Shining Sunbeam, Ecuador 
Bearded Mountaineer, Peru 
Talamanca Hummingbird, Panama (formerly Magnificent Hummingbird) 
Broad-billed Hummingbird, Arizona 
Green Violetear, Ecuador 
Purple-throated Mountain-gem, Costa Rica 
Sparkling Violetear, Ecuador 
Rufous Hummingbird, Alaska 
Volcano Hummingbird, Panama
Wickersham's Conscience 
I like the idea of bird pages in one place… not that they can not be elsewhere too. 🙂 Thank you. I LOVE your photography and comments.
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These are just amazing!
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First: the image of the Northern Flicker is sublime. Focus+bokeh is very nice, especially around the falling snow. Your timing+luck to catch that pose on the branch coupled with framing+cropping is terrific. It shows off your patience and soft+artistic techniques.
Second: The plumage is incredible, not only for a bird seen in North America but anywhere.
Third: my mind is filled with the possibilities related to how I could tie those feathers in a myriad of (fishing) flies. The hard part is reminding the bird to check the “Donor” box on his driver’s license to donate said feathers to an unborn fly…
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Superb collection of these tiny, wondrous packages of beauty.
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