Pictorial Definition - Somnolent

Sanderling, Bolivar Flats Shorebird Sanctuary, TX

Unlike any other bird, when Black Skimmers are exposed to bright light the pupil is reduced in size into the form of a  vertical slit.

Green Kingfisher, Llano Grande State Park, TX - Sept. 2017

Three lionesses - Serengeti National Park (Tanzania) - Favorites #6

Birding Trip Report - SE Texas - April 2017.  Very enjoyable day despite the (not predicted in long range forecasts) weather that was unfavorable for photography.

Five images of American Redstarts taken in Michigan in May and June of 2017.

Seven photos of King Penguin colonies in South Georgia taken on a National Geographic/Lindblad cruise in 2008.

Small bird, long shadow. Snowy Plover, Ft. Pickens FL, June 2010

Four photos of Brewster's Warbler, a hybrid of Blue-winged and Golden-winged Warblers.

Apparent Diplopia, one bird but two reflections - Favorites #5 - Three photos.

Diplopia - the simultaneous perception of two images of a single object.

Eight photos of Lesser Flamingo taken in 2011 in Tanzania

Seven photos of Chestnut-sided Warblers taken in Michigan in May and June of 2017.

Eight images of Eared Grebes acquired on my recent birding trip to North Dakota.

Five photos of a Cedar Waxwing and one of a Dicksissel taken near Dawson ND in June 2017.

Image of a Papuan Frogmouth taken in the Cairns Botanical Gardens (Australia)in 2012

A brief description of a trip to California in 2010 to photograph wildflowers. A number of stops were made to check out birding hotspots that I had not visited previously. Photos of the rare (in the U.S.) and beautiful Elegant Trogon were obtained in the Patagonia Lake State Park in Arizona.