BACKWOODS NATURE PHOTOGRAPHY
Lenny Gorski
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American Oystercatcher in flight.
Nesting and living on beaches, reefs, marshes and barrier islands. Natural predators like fox, coyote and
raptors are a fact of life for these and other birds that nest on the ground. Chick survival especially can be effected. This is why it is so important to keep dogs and people away from nesting areas when these birds
have nests with eggs and young in the spring and early summer. They ask very little for so much beauty.
Vocal and territorial these times of the year, they eat a varied diet of clams, insects, crabs, marine worms, shrimp, a variety of mollusks including oysters and sometimes even small fish.
For more information on Oystercatchers visit this link!
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Plover in late August. I love the connection, the plover looking intently at the person looking at it.
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Piping Plover, breeding adult.
Nesting in sand above the high tide line. Nest is a depression they scrape in the sand and line with tiny pieces of shell or small pebbles. Monogamous for a season. Vulnerable to many predators such as crows, raccoons, cats, gulls and more. This is why dogs should be kept off beach's when nesting is occurring.
This one is hunting in the tidal zone. April in Connecticut
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Piping Plover, breeding adult.
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Willet on the beach
Early AM in June
Very vocal, Frequently calling to each other.
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Laughing Gull
South Carolina
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Herring Gull Adult
Sometimes taken for granted because their common, Gulls have a beauty with their familiarity and are fascinating hunters for crabs as well as comical for their antics on beach goers.
September in CT
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Anhinga - Adult breeding males have a blue eye shadow as seen here.
Summerville South Carolina
Also called the snake bird as when it swims, only its long neck and head are above the water
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Willet / Spider web
South Carolina
A type of Sandpiper, common on the East and West coasts.
Found in marsh and water areas
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Greater Yellow Legs
Fall - Connecticut
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Anhinga female
South Carolina
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Brown Pelicans
Myrtle Beach SC in June.
Different birds stand out to me for different reasons. Crows for their intelligence and way they communicate, Small Wrens with their loud song, Loons for their unique, wild calls, and so on.
Pelicans intrigue me for their synchronized flying. As one turns, they all turn, they all drop, they all move together. Its like a beautiful dance they preform for those watching.
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Double crested Cormorant
South Carolina
Present over the entire United States either as a year round or winter resident and in migratory and breeding status.
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Herring Gulls
Hammonassett Park
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Brown Pelican
Found on both coasts. This one was in South Carolina
During the 1970s, Pelicans were severely endangered but recovered once the pesticide DDT was banned. Today the population is very healthy
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Spotted Sandpiper
This little guy bobs its tail up and down as it walks.
Non Breeding plumage, still gorgeous!
Diet consists of flies, midges, beetles, worms, snails and even small fish.
Hammonasset State Park, CT.
September
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Dinner!
Female Kingfisher with its catch.
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SEMIPALMATED PLOVER
JULY - CONNECTICUT
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KILLDEER
JULY - CONNECTICUT
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LEAST SANDPIPER
AUGUST - CONNECTICUT
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BELTED KINGFISHER - MALE
SEPTEMBER - CT
Quite often noisy in flight. without the chattering call telling you they are around, there would be less pictures of them flying.
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Female Kingfisher
Fall - Connecticut
With many birds, the male can be the more colorful of the sexs but not in all cases as the female kingfisher shows a rust orange band (usually brighter than this individual) that the male does not have.
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Herring Gull
Non breeding adult
Winter in CT.
