Traveling around the world photographing the birds in nature is my passion. Below are some of the photographs on my 2024 travels.
Botswana in April-May of 2024
![yellow-billed stork_IG.jpg](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55cbb344e4b0760585a141f1/1717540168525-JAR88GOSH50B4USNNELD/yellow-billed+stork_IG.jpg)
![swallow-tailed bee-eater.jpg](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55cbb344e4b0760585a141f1/1717540189169-Y9UYHL8L04YKJ234UD7U/swallow-tailed+bee-eater.jpg)
![giant kingisher_CMZ4870_IG.jpg](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55cbb344e4b0760585a141f1/1717540293105-ESJV15LEOZZHLNWBD2PW/giant+kingisher_CMZ4870_IG.jpg)
![saddle-billed stork portrait.jpg](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55cbb344e4b0760585a141f1/1717540363610-FUFK4L4LAYBIMF8U1TMY/saddle-billed+stork+portrait.jpg)
![beeater_CMZ4755_IG.jpg](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55cbb344e4b0760585a141f1/1717540752386-V8QPBYU8N7ZKVIE9PQLM/beeater_CMZ4755_IG.jpg)
![darter with fish upclose_CMZ6048_IG.jpg](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55cbb344e4b0760585a141f1/1717540802995-ZD4V8WQ9BYZXAT850A88/darter+with+fish+upclose_CMZ6048_IG.jpg)
This snowy egret was photographed intensely fishing at the Carpenteria Marsh April 2024. His lure is already beginning to turn reddish for mating in the coming month.
![snowy and the get away fish_CMZ2705_IG.jpg](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55cbb344e4b0760585a141f1/1713210961720-S849PNZNHNRKY4N8C0JL/snowy+and+the+get+away+fish_CMZ2705_IG.jpg)
![snowy reflection carp_CMZ2602)_IG.jpg](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55cbb344e4b0760585a141f1/1713210963368-T83OC60EHU26N5K3IN0A/snowy+reflection+carp_CMZ2602%29_IG.jpg)
![snowy fishingwith reflection.jpg](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55cbb344e4b0760585a141f1/1713210976524-70VJ1VDXND0WCSAHTJS5/snowy+fishingwith+reflection.jpg)
Black Point Drive, Titusville, Florida - Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge - January 2024 Tri-colored Heron
![tri-colored heron preening_IG.jpg](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55cbb344e4b0760585a141f1/1711497408449-WY7RCWW5AVJVSOHV9CAT/tri-colored+heron+preening_IG.jpg)
![tri-colored heron_2024.jpg](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55cbb344e4b0760585a141f1/1711497408157-3O11MPOBE6WGYDJ8H7P3/tri-colored+heron_2024.jpg)
![juvenile roseate spoonbill_IG.jpg](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55cbb344e4b0760585a141f1/1711497560657-GVOALO0ATT8O5TKTAE3C/juvenile+roseate+spoonbill_IG.jpg)
![reddish egret with his umbrella.jpg](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55cbb344e4b0760585a141f1/1711497621839-XAL9WIDK2G7UOHRJC71J/reddish+egret+with+his+umbrella.jpg)
Black Point Drive, Titusville, Florida - Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge - January 2024 These snowys are gettting ready for the mating season. Their eyes will become more red and their feather will be displayed. Their eye changing shape is called a nictitating membrane.
![snowy egret rousing_IG.jpg](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55cbb344e4b0760585a141f1/1709850425276-W3RXITBZKOMNYD362JHA/snowy+egret+rousing_IG.jpg)
![snowy egret rousing close up.jpg](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55cbb344e4b0760585a141f1/1709850424881-EO3T1ZC7AVZZ6YUPKEJM/snowy+egret+rousing+close+up.jpg)
![snowy egret at merritt.jpg](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55cbb344e4b0760585a141f1/1709850423934-VSTR3IQ6F6RMVKXHQH9O/snowy+egret+at+merritt.jpg)
![snowy egret outstretched.jpg](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55cbb344e4b0760585a141f1/1709850423771-Q5J821SZ371H2MW2EH84/snowy+egret+outstretched.jpg)
![up close snowy egret.jpg](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55cbb344e4b0760585a141f1/1709850393931-Z29SCEIG5R6MPO14KCS2/up+close+snowy+egret.jpg)