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Mastering Bird Photography: 30 Stunning Photos That Teach You to Shoot Like a Pro

Bird photography hits different. It’s fast, unpredictable, and honestly a little addictive once you get into it. One second, the scene is calm, next thing you know, a bird launches...

The shortest way to get great pictures…

bird photography in Europe is a challenge

Species Spotlight: Black-throated Sunbird

I have a completely unproven theory that many bird photographers are people who would love to create beautiful art—but combine this ambition with a distinct lack of artistic skill,...

This photographer spent 45 years chasing birds – here's the gear he swears by

Rainbow Lorikeet Nikon D810 w/ Nikkor 400mm F2.8 + 2.0x TC | F8 | 1/400 sec | ISO 3600Photo: Lance Blackburn If there's any class of creatures that deserves to be captured on c...

Nature’s Dark Poetry: 27 Remarkable Bird Photos by Magnus Berggren

There’s wildlife photography, and then there’s the haunting visual world created by Magnus Berggren. The Swedish photographer doesn’t simply document birds in nature; he turns them...

Birds at Homosassa Springs Wildlife Park

I saw lots of birds during my visit to Homosassa Springs Wildlife Park in January. Kingfishers were still hanging around (they are only here in the winter). This one was posing nic...

Photographing Urban Wildlife: First Steps Into the Wild Next Door

Wildlife photography is often associated with iconic species such as lions on the savannah, elephants crossing golden plains, or bears roaming in areas like Yellowstone National Pa...

30 Mesmerizing Bird Portraits by Matt Huras That Turn Ordinary Moments Into Art

Nature photography has a way of making you pause and notice the world anew. Step into Matt Huras’s world, and you’ll feel it right away. Living in Ontario, Canada, Matt doesn’t jus...

14 Charming Photos That Showcase the Beautiful Bonds Between Birds and Native Plants

A Wood Duck chomping on acorns. A migrating warbler resting among sagebrush. A wren building its nest within the spiky fortress of a cactus. These are just a few of the ways native...

The Secret Life of Finland’s Birds: 33 Incredible Nature Photos by Jukka Risikko

Deep in the forests and frozen landscapes of Western Finland, photographer Jukka Risikko is quietly capturing moments most people never get to see. From misty cranes at sunrise to...

A cold afternoon with some birds on the beach

While my sister was visiting in February we stopped by the Seaside Seabird Sanctuary. The sanctuary is a hospital, rescue, rehab and release facility that admits around 3500+ injur...

Bird Photography Doesn't Have to Mean Maximum Shutter Speed Every Time

Most bird shots live and die at 1/2,000 of a second or faster. That single setting works, but it locks you into one type of image and leaves a huge range of creative possibilities...

Watching the birds catch bait fish

On Christmas eve I made my usual trip down to south St. Pete to the Bay Pines National Cemetery to visit my parents. I didn’t stay long and it was such a beautiful day that I decid...

Looking for some anis.

I was watching the pelicans diving for fish in late December. I got to Fort Desoto Park right at sunrise and stopped at the beach before heading to the woods to look for some birds...

Three Photos: The Art of Not Sinking

African Jacana, Letaba, Kruger Park, South Africa, November 2018 Pheasant-tailed Jacana, Sigiriya area, Sri Lanka, March 2025 Bronze-winged Jacana, Kaeng Krachan, Thailand, July 20...

Wings of Elegance: 30 Great Egret Photos by American Photographer Fenqiang Liu

If you’ve ever seen a Great Egret float over a foggy Florida wetland, you know exactly how mesmerizing it is. The bird’s smooth flight, pure white feathers glowing in the evening s...

Hiding in Catalonia

...our quarry suddenly appeared: a beautiful little male Lesser Spotted Woodpecker.

How Big is a Glissening-green Tanager?

The Spark That Catches: How a Birder Is Born

From a hawk in the yard to a fallen magpie‑jay in Chiapas, it was a roadrunner in Del Puerto Canyon that ultimately lit the spark that made me a birder.

Hong Kong Buntings

Hong Kong has a large number of species of bunting (Emberizidae) during the winter and as passage migrants in spring and autumn. They vary from being common in their range to being...

A perched parakeet and a posing squirrel – readers’ best photographs

Click here to submit a picture for publication in these online galleries and/or on the Guardian letters page Continue reading...

Three Photos: Purple

Purple-rumped Sunbird, Sigiriya area, Sri Lanka Mar 2025 Purple-winged Roller, Tangkoko, North Sulawesi, Jul 2024 Purple-naped Spiderhunter, Tan Phu, Vietnam, Mar 2024 Purple Heron...

Birding on the Rio Grande

Harris's Hawk

Lots of ladies in the park

The welcoming committee at Chesnut Park in early January. I was driving in and saw them and pulled over to take a few pictures before heading to the back of the park for a walk. Th...