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.