Elan B

24/04/2026

Collared redstart. I was on a big kick Costa Rica exiting kick but it’s migration in the hill country so I’m wanting to post migrants so probably last Costa Rica bird for a month or two

23/04/2026

Angry AHHH bird. Common Tody Flycatcher weighs about 6-7 grams. Thank god otherwise tha sucka would do some damage.

23/04/2026

21/04/2026

The buntings are here. I’ve spent way less time with indigo buntings than I have painted so this was a nice change of space to spend some hours with about 10 indigos. The behavior is almost the same tho the indigos to care a considerable amount more that I’m watching them

24/03/2026

Montezuma orependula I think that’s how it’s spelled. This photo is feeder assisted 💔 it’s there to eat some bananas I won’t like. However I really like the profile so I’ll post it. These things are huge weighing over a pound that’s a lot of bird I think.

22/03/2026

15/03/2026

Roufus capped warbler. Total weight 1/2 an ounce. My Costa Rica pictures are finally getting picked through and edited. I’ve been bout busy as hell but been doing my best to make it happen. This sucka has the personality of a wren but is a warbler. Doesn’t get much higher than 10-15ft and is as chatty and stalky as a wren is. Fun to watch not the easiest to photograph.

10/02/2026

New medium has landed (sorta) got to play around with some macro photography thanks to setting me up right. Lots more macro photography to come at the demise of my bank account.

29/01/2026

Where to begin with Shrikes. These suckas are brutal I mean brutal. They will mark territory with the prey they’ve killed. Seen them do it with snakes grasshoppers ect relatively small prey. Never a cardinal much less a jarringly red male. Incredible thing to witness this Northern Shrike rip apart its prey and pin pieces across the mesquite tree as if they were ornaments of death. Dope bird 💯.

11/01/2026

Two more scaup shots from the other day just to stay active attempting to post more frequent.

09/01/2026

A lesser scaup photo op today. I never photograph domesticated animals or animals in enclosures but sometimes they are brazen enough to get very close or become accustomed to having people around which in this case was a bit of both I believe. Either way the green from the bottom was having the second guess my id for a while since the typical iridescence is more purple on lesser scaup than greater but today had a green hue to it.