Northern shovelers are beautiful in any light, but especially when you catch the right reflection off of their iridescent feathers. The rig...

There is such a great duck diversity around here -- much more than I ever saw growing up on the East Coast, and its fascinating to observe h...

A sequence of images from a few trips to the Radio Road Ponds in Redwood City last year. There's an area where the dowitchers like to c...

I hope all of you have a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday. This is a special day to spend with our family and friends, and to reflect on the m...

I gambled with the forecast for an overcast sunrise on Sunday, and headed to the Radio Road Ponds in Redwood City to try for some new skimme...

A handsome northern shoveler drake doing a little preening... ... or perhaps some duck yoga:

American avocets are one of my favorite birds to watch and photograph. Their interesting feeding behavior of slicing their bill through the...

I enjoy how an image can capture a moment that may have an entirely different feeling than what you perceive as you see it in real time. He...

Northern shovelers are one of my favorite ducks. I think they are strikingly beautiful -- from their exaggerated bills to their subtly brig...

There were plenty of dowitchers (your guess is as good as mine for long-billed vs short-billed) lining the ponds along Radio Road. These ar...

I've been fascinated by these birds ever since I first saw them in a nature documentary (perhaps the fabulous "Life of Birds" ...