Consider The Prey

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prey (noun) - a creature that is hunted and killed for food by another organism

On this day let us consider the prey.

Unidentified fish and Great Blue Heron - Ft. Pickens (FL)
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Frog and Red-tailed Hawk - Anahuac NWR (TX)

Insect and Yellow-billed Cuckoo - Ft. Pickens (FL)

Blue Crab and Common Loon - Joe Patti's Seafood Market (FL)

Insects and Little Bee-eaters - Manyara National Park (Tanzania)

Insects and Wagtail - Iceland

Rodent and Swainson's Hawk - Squirrel Creed Road (CO)

Sand Lance and Tufted Puffin - Alaska

Insect and Elegant Trogon - Patagonia State Park (AZ)

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David Sparks

I retired in 2005 after 40 years of research and teaching at the University of Alabama in Birmingham (24 years), the University of Pennsylvania (8 years) and the Baylor College of Medicine (8 years). Photography is my retirement hobby.

Nature photography, especially bird photography, combines a number of things that I really enjoy: bird-watching, being outdoors, photography, travel, messing about with computers, and learning new skills and concepts.  I now spend much of my time engaged in these activities.

David Sibley in the preface to The Sibley Guide to Birds wrote "Birds are beautiful, in spectacular as well as subtle ways; their colors, shapes, actions, and sounds are among the most aesthetically pleasing in nature."  My goal is to acquire images that capture the beauty and uniqueness of selected species as well as images that highlight the engaging behaviors the birds exhibit.