Bird Photographs

I am also an avid bird watcher and photographer, and am currently at work on a third project about the transatlantic feather trade, millinery, and environmental consciousness in the late Victorian period. A few of my favorite bird portraits can be found below. You can see more of my bird photography on my Instagram page.

Loggerhead Shrike
Common Yellowthroat
Eastern Meadowlark
Indigo Bunting
Least Bittern
Eastern Wood Peewee
Least Tern
Sanderling
Seagull landing on the beach
A majestic seagull in the surf
White-Eyed Vireo
Rose-Breasted Grosbeak
Goldfinch
Painted Bunting
Scissortail Flycatcher
Another view of the Scissortail Flycatcher
White-Crowned Sparrow
Female Ruby-Throated Hummingbird
Female Ruby-Throated Hummingbird in the rain
Male Ruby-Throated Hummingbird
Tufted Titmouse
Close-up of the Tufted Titmouse
Immature Red-Tailed Hawk
Sandpiper in breeding plumage
Female Blackburnian Warbler
Immature male Cardinal
Wilson's Snipe. Photographed on the NSULA campus in Natchitoches, LA. This image was featured on the National Audubon Society's Instagram page in March 2024.
Palm Warbler. Photographed in Phinizy Swamp Nature Park, Augusta GA.
Male Bobolink munching on grasses in Phinizy Swamp. These little robotic sounding songbirds are some of my favorites.
Female Bobolink. Photographed in Phinizy Swamp
Scarlet Tanager with ripe mulberry. Photographed in my backyard in Augusta, GA. This image was featured in the National Audubon Society's article "15 Brilliant Photos That Celebrate the Link Between Birds and Native Plants."
Dickcissel. Photographed on NSULA's campus in Natchitoches, LA. This image was featured on Audubon Texas's Instagram page in May 2024.
Common Gallinule on a diamond-encrusted lake. Photographed in Phinizy Swamp Nature Park. This image was a finalist in the Phinizy Center's Fall 2024 Photography Competition.
Blue-winged Teal. Photographed in Phinizy Swamp.
Cape May Warbler pursuing a fly snack. Photographed in Phinizy Swamp.
Eastern Meadowlark singing brightly on a cold winter morning. Photographed on the NSULA campus in Natchitoches, LA.