Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)
I named this seagull Broken Beak. The front of both the upper and lower beak on this seagull is missing. The dark area on the front of the gull's beak is the inside of the beak.
Snowy Egret (Egretta thula)
An Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) comes up out of the water after catching a fish. Photographed in the spring of 2017.
A wet Song Sparrow flaps its wings to dry off.
The Green Heron is a very small heron weighing 7 ounces and can easily move around on and fish from lily pads.
©2018 Paul Sikorski
©2018 Paul Sikorski
Killdeer Wading in a Salt Marsh
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©2018 Paul Sikorski A Green Heron heard me and took a peek.
©2018 Paul Sikorski I always look for natural or man-made symmetry to photograph. The positions of the boat pilings, cleats on the pilings for securing lines, waterlines on the bottom of the pilings and water reflections of the pilings are all in perfect symmetry.
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Norwich, CT ©2018 Paul Sikorski
©2018 Paul Sikorski Its always a great feeling for a bird photographer when the bird you're photographing decides to head toward you instead of away from you.
©2018 Paul Sikorski Three Canada Goose goslings (Branta canadensis) appear to be looking at their reflections in the water but are really about to get a drink of water. The mother goose is just a few feet away and closely watching them.
©2018 Paul Sikorski
All four Osprey nests I watch now have three chicks each. In this photo, one of the chicks sits next to the mother Osprey. The other two chicks are down inside the nest. This is the first year I've seen this Osprey platform occupied. There are now two Osprey nests at this location.
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On the Pier at the Mystic, CT Drawbridge ©2018 Paul Sikorski
Mystic CT ©2018 Paul Sikorski
The Mystic River Drawbridge rises and waits for Sabino to steam through.
View from Mystic Seaport. The Mystic River Drawbridge is in the background.
Hope trumps dispair.