Bird of the Week

Every week­end I email a bird photo that I find inter­est­ing, funny, unusual, or just plain beau­ti­ful to a select list.  A self-selected list, that is.  If you would like to be on it just reply at the end of this post.

Here are sev­eral recent pho­tos that I sent out. Peri­od­i­cally I will add the lat­est Weekly Bird at the top of this page and remove an older one. Check back every week to see the lat­est, or fill out the reply to this page and you will have one in your In-box on Sat­ur­day Morn­ing. Here are the most recent:

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Great Egret Chicks 5241575 Bird of the Week

Great Egret with her chicks

Bullocks Oriole 5201436 Bird of the Week

Great Egret 4190838 Bird of the Week

Great Egret flip­ping his lunch

Cattle Egret 4200980 2 Bird of the Week

Cat­tle Egret

GBH Blackbirds 4221021 Bird of the Week

Red-winged Black­birds harass­ing a Great Blue Heron

Red winged Blackbird 4120083 Bird of the Week

It’s SPRING, it’s SPRING, it’s SPRING

Red winged Blackbird 4190736 Bird of the Week

Timid Red-winged Blackbird

Great Blue Heron 4109883 Bird of the Week

Great Blue Heron Attract­ing a mate

Great Blue Heron 3269575 Bird of the Week

Great Blue Heron

Great Blue Heron 3269516 Bird of the Week

Sleep­ing Great Blue Heron

Kestrel female 2179447 Bird of the Week

Female Amer­i­can Kestrel

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

If you would like to be added to the weekly email list just ask.

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47 Responses to Bird of the Week

  1. Deyea Harper says:
    June 3, 2013 at 9:06 pm

    Please add me to your photo list and bird blog. Thanks.
    Your pho­tos are absolutely great.

    Reply
  2. Katharine Jessup says:
    May 13, 2013 at 7:01 pm

    Please add me to your list!

    Thanks!
    Katharine

    Reply
  3. Leonard Gilday says:
    December 29, 2012 at 7:29 pm

    A friend very gra­ciously sent me your link over Christ­mas — fab­u­lous pho­tos and good advice. Please add me to your “bird of the week” list.
    Cheers from Bowen Island, BC
    Len Gilday

    Reply
  4. Shelly Hamer says:
    December 22, 2012 at 5:43 pm

    I would love to see your amaz­ing bird of the week.
    Thank you for doing this!

    Reply
  5. Ted Black says:
    July 7, 2012 at 3:17 pm

    Just seen the Red-tailed Hawk and Crow pic­ture. Can I please be added to your weekely list.

    Ted Black
    Scotland

    Reply
  6. Holly Stanley says:
    May 15, 2012 at 9:27 am

    Hi Richard –a mutual friend sent me a link to your recent Great Blue Heron photo — stun­ning cap­ture of motion! I would enjoy receiv­ing your weekly emails,
    Regards,
    Holly

    Reply
  7. adrienne says:
    May 12, 2012 at 11:59 pm

    Please add me to your email list; I am inter­ested in view­ing the bird of the week.
    Thanks,
    Adrienne

    Reply
  8. Kathy Cheek says:
    May 11, 2012 at 9:35 pm

    Please add me to your weekly list. So beau­ti­ful. Thank you.

    Reply
  9. Sarah Brown says:
    May 7, 2012 at 12:10 pm

    Beau­ti­ful images! Thank you for sharing.

    Reply
  10. Pamela Ball says:
    May 5, 2012 at 4:40 pm

    Richard,
    I moved, changed my email address and lost your fab­u­lous weekly pho­tos. They are truly missed so please add me once again to your list.
    Thanks so much.

    Reply
  11. Ruth Massaro says:
    April 30, 2012 at 5:35 pm

    I would like to recieve the bird of the week emails. thank you!

    Reply
  12. Beth Stevenson says:
    April 30, 2012 at 5:19 am

    Can I be included in your weekly e-mail list, please?

    Reply
  13. Marjorie Crump-Shears says:
    February 29, 2012 at 11:11 pm

    Your pho­tos and com­ments are price­less. Please add me to your weekly list of emailed pho­tos. What a delight­ful way to begin a week!

    Thank you for shar­ing your artistry and passion.

    Mar­jorie C-S
    Cotati, CA

    Reply
  14. Marsha Karr says:
    December 19, 2011 at 8:31 pm

    I would like to receive your bird pho­tos. Please add me to you list. Thanks, Marsha

    Reply
  15. Dave Lombardi says:
    December 1, 2011 at 9:15 am

    A great way to start the week – thanks!

    Reply
  16. islam says:
    November 18, 2011 at 10:21 pm

    Thank­fully some blog­gers can write. Thanks for this article.

    Reply
  17. Joan Lamphier says:
    September 7, 2011 at 9:20 pm

    Please add me to you bird of the week list — you def­i­nitely are catch­ing these birds on the wing. Thank you for shar­ing such beauty.

    Reply
  18. Dennis Buss says:
    July 1, 2011 at 5:09 pm

    Dear Richard,
    We met briefly this morn­ing (7/1/11) at Ellis Creek, Petaluma. You pointed out where the North­ern Har­ri­ers can be seen and you gave me your busi­ness card. Please put me on your Sat­ur­day bird of the week list. I have been explor­ing your web­site and have found it to be very inspi­ra­tional, infor­ma­tive and inter­est­ing (three “i” words!). I had become some­what dis­cour­aged using my Olym­pus E620 with the 70-300mm Olym­pus lens and not get­ting the results I was hop­ing for. Your advice on using long tele­photo lenses has encour­aged me to be more per­sis­tent in improv­ing my tech­nique. I look for­ward to receiv­ing your future post­ings.
    Best wishes,
    Den­nis Buss

    Reply
  19. Susie says:
    June 25, 2011 at 8:11 am

    I would love to be on your list ! Love your photos–

    Reply
  20. Sister Gabriel O'Riordan says:
    June 11, 2011 at 12:36 pm

    Richard, please keep me on your list. Your pho­tographs are fab­u­lous. Con­grat­u­la­tions on observ­ing and cap­tur­ing so many spe­cial moments. God bless you for shar­ing!
    Thank you,
    Sis­ter Gabriel

    Reply
  21. Marianne Stefancic says:
    May 7, 2011 at 5:26 pm

    Please add us to your list the bird pho­tos lift our spirit. Thank you, Mar­i­anne and Stan

    Reply
  22. Sybyl Ownchild says:
    May 1, 2011 at 9:24 pm

    A mem­ber of an AgeSong group I attend sent me your Bird of the Week. I love it; please add me to your list.
    Also, I’m notic­ing sev­eral new bird cou­ples in my Canal neigh­bor­hood. They are black birds with yel­low beaks; they are smaller than crows, more the size of Red Wing Black­birds but smaller. They sit with their wing tops point­ing up sharply — like they are shrug­ging — but the ends of the wings hang straight down rather than being tucked against their bod­ies. also, their tails seem slightly longer than the other birds around, almost with a droop like pea­cock feath­ers when com­pletely down.
    Their calls vary from shrill hisses to sharp clicks & a cou­ple of beau­ti­ful but short melodies. Any thoughts on who they might be?

    Reply
  23. Richard Flout says:
    April 20, 2011 at 8:36 am

    Please add me to your bird of the week list.
    Thanks,
    Richard

    Reply
  24. Deanna Carveth says:
    March 29, 2011 at 2:24 pm

    Hi Richard,

    Please add me to your list as well. The red tail hawk fly­ing les­son series was fab­u­lous. You have a great eye, thank you.

    Deanna

    Reply
  25. Mary Margaret says:
    January 23, 2011 at 9:30 am

    Please add me to your bird of the week list. I’m vis­it­ing north­ern Florida and they have some amaz­ing birds vaca­tion­ing here.

    Reply
  26. Nat says:
    January 16, 2011 at 8:25 am

    I would enjoy receiv­ing your bird of the week shots. Many thanks…

    Nat

    Reply
  27. Ed Stetson says:
    January 15, 2011 at 2:49 pm

    Richard:

    I like your website!

    Reply
  28. Sue Tarr says:
    January 8, 2011 at 10:35 am

    How awe­some! Please add me to your list!

    Reply
  29. Lindsay says:
    December 27, 2010 at 8:18 am

    Please add me to the photo list too. These are great,

    Reply
  30. Amade Colenbrander says:
    December 19, 2010 at 4:47 pm

    Richard,
    Please add my 9-year old grand­son (above) to your mail­ing list.
    He is devel­op­ing a great inter­est in birds.

    Gus Colen­bran­der
    gus@ski.org

    Reply
  31. Terry Branscombe says:
    December 4, 2010 at 4:19 pm

    Richard,

    Found your site through someone’s rec­om­men­da­tion to read your tips for hold­ing long teles. Won­der­ful arti­cle, spec­tac­u­lar images. I would love to receive your Bird of the Week. Thank you.

    Reply
  32. Lindsay Murphy says:
    November 13, 2010 at 8:01 pm

    I would enjoy receiv­ing your weekly Bird photo. I have recently noticed and appre­ci­ated your pho­tographs in the Wild­care Newslet­ter and the Sil­ver Express pub­li­ca­tion. I know you from many years ago when my fam­ily ran a Travel Agency in Sausalito.

    Reply
  33. Meg says:
    November 6, 2010 at 4:16 pm

    Beau­ti­ful pic­tures. My Dad has been shar­ing them with me. I would like to please be added to your weekly e-mail list of Bird of the Week. Thank you.

    Reply
  34. carolyn says:
    October 23, 2010 at 7:48 am

    Neigh­bor­hood gos­sips! How sweet!!

    Reply

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