Bird Photography
Fast wings, tiny subjects, harsh light — bird photography is a useful patience practice. These frames come from the andyharner.com gallery. Older AI tags had buried several coastal birds under “seascapes”; they’ve been re-filed by species, each with a Wikipedia link.
Photos by Andy Harner — browse the complete set in the photography gallery.
Species posts
- Roseate Spoonbill (Platalea ajaja) — Wikipedia
- Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) — Wikipedia
- Great Egret (Ardea alba) — Wikipedia
- Snowy Egret (Egretta thula) — Wikipedia
- Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) — Wikipedia
- Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) — Wikipedia
- Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) — Wikipedia
- Double-crested Cormorant (Nannopterum auritum) — Wikipedia
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris) — Wikipedia
- American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis) — Wikipedia
- Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus) — Wikipedia
- Weaver (family Ploceidae) — Wikipedia
Wading birds (preview)
Raptors & coastal birds (preview)
Field checklist
- Scout light first (open shade or soft morning/evening sun).
- Pick one perch, feeder, or shoreline and wait.
- Use continuous AF + burst; review histograms later.
- Crop thoughtfully; keep eye sharpness as the priority.
- Tag species when you can — filenames alone miss a lot.
More photos:
Wading birds,
Pelicans & waterbirds,
Hummingbirds,
Raptors,
and the full
Andy Harner gallery.