Zooming – February 2020

Yes – there are a lot of bird pictures in the February zooming slide show. That’s what happens with my photography in the winter when the plants are not competing for my attention…and I go to a birding festival. The birds that I was most surprised to photograph were the Audubon’s oriole and the Great Horned Owl. Bird behavior pictures require being ready to take a picture when it happens; there are 2 this month: 1) the egret scratching its neck and head and 2) the male finch providing a snack (seed) for the female. There are some ‘artsy shots as well: a feather in the grass, the Rio Grande at sunrise, a silhouette of a crested caracara, a partial dandelion puff. The pictures are from two places in Texas (Carrollton and Laredo) and at home in Maryland. Overall – it was a good month for photography (but note there is no snow in any of them…I am a little disappointed).