<commit_before>---
layout: page
title: Birds
---

Every morning I would wake and think, "Lo, what birds doth yonder sing?" Could I see them from my bedroom window? Nay! The view was blocked.

Over time, the familiarity of their cadences and rhythms blessed my mornings as I made coffee and contemplated the day’s activities, but I still didn’t know them past "the bird with the triplets" or "that one with the repeated lead-in note."
 
One day, particularly besotted with curiosity, I installed an app with vocalizations on my phone. Not knowing a pelican from a picid, I decided it made the most sense to start at the top and click through them all. Slowly but surely (several weeks and months!), I found some matches. As you’d expect, the first few IDs were of extremely rare and exotic species, including the mysterious American robin, the elusive Song sparrow, and the scarcely-encountered Northern cardinal.
 
My bird photography is partly my journey into the world of avian knowledge and partly my hope to share their peace, power, and marvels.

{% include helpers/figure.html
url="_birds/brown-pelicans.jpg"
caption="Brown Pelicans (<span>Pelecanus occidentalis</span>)" %}

{% include helpers/figure.html
url="_birds/brown-pelican.jpg"
caption="Brown Pelican (<span>Pelecanus occidentalis</span>)" %}

{% include helpers/figure.html
url="_birds/brown-pelican-across-sun__MG_7801_sRGB_1920.jpg"
caption="Brown Pelican (<span>Pelecanus occidentalis</span>)" %}

{% include helpers/figure.html
url="_birds/brown-pelicans-flying-ocean-beach__MG_1348_1920.jpg"
caption="Brown Pelicans (<span>Pelecanus occidentalis</span>)" %}

{% include helpers/figure.html
url="_birds/three-pelicans-and-freighter__MG_0553_1920.jpg"
caption="Brown Pelicans and Freighter (<span>Pelecanus occidentalis</span>)" %}

{% include helpers/figure.html
url="_birds/three-pelicans-in-flight-2__MG_0550_1920.jpg"
caption="Brown Pelicans (<span>Pelecanus occidentalis</span>)" %}

{% include helpers/figure.html
url="_birds/three-pelicans-in-flight__MG_0555_1920.jpg"
caption="Brown Pelicans (<span>Pelecanus occidentalis</span>)" %}

{% include helpers/figure.html
url="_birds/cormorant-sunset-2__MG_7914_1920.jpg"
caption="Double-crested Cormorant (<span>Phalacrocorax auritus</span>)" %}

{% include helpers/figure.html
url="_birds/green-heron-2__MG_1835_full.jpg"
caption="Green Heron (<span>Butorides virescens</span>)" %}

{% include helpers/figure.html
url="_birds/great-blue-heron-lloyd-lake__MG_2454_1920.jpg"
caption="Great Blue Heron (<span>Ardea herodias</span>)" %}

{% include helpers/figure.html
url="_birds/great-blue-heron.jpg"
caption="Great Blue Heron (<span>Ardea herodias</span>)" %}

{% include helpers/figure.html
url="_birds/snowy-egret-at-ocean-beach_RE-EDIT__MG_9614-Edit_1920.jpg"
caption="Snowy Egret (<span>Egretta thula</span>)" %}

{% include helpers/figure.html
url="_birds/ring-necked-duck-female-lloyd-sunrise_RE-EDIT__MG_7212_1920.jpg"
caption="Ring-necked Duck female (<span>Aythya collari</span>)" %}

{% include helpers/figure.html
url="_birds/ring-necked-duck-male__MG_7149_1920.jpg"
caption="Ring-necked Duck male (<span>Aythya collari</span>)" %}

{% include helpers/figure.html
url="_birds/two-symmetrical-hooded-mergansers__MG_2524_1920.jpg"
caption="Hooded Mergansers (<span>Lophodytes cucullatus</span>)" %}

{% include helpers/figure.html
url="_birds/hawk-sf.jpg"
caption="Red-tailed hawk (<span>Buteo jamaicensis</span>)" %}

{% include helpers/figure.html
url="_birds/immature-red-shouldered-hawk__MG_8046_full_1848.jpg"
caption="Red-shouldered Hawk (<span>Buteo lineatus</span>)" %}

{% include helpers/figure.html
url="_birds/dunlin-running__MG_7767_full_1732.jpg"
caption="Dunlin (<span>Calidris alpina</span>)" %}

{% include helpers/figure.html
url="_birds/flock-marbled-godwits-and-willets__MG_1362_1920.jpg"
caption="Marbled Godwits &amp; Willets (<span>Limosa fedoa</span>, <span>Tringa semipalmata</span>)" %}

{% include helpers/figure.html
url="_birds/marbled-godwit.jpg"
caption="Marbled Godwit (<span>Limosa fedoa</span>)" %}

{% include helpers/figure.html
url="_birds/whimbrel-dancing__MG_8552_1920.jpg"
caption="Whimbrel (<span>Numenius phaeopus</span>)" %}

{% include helpers/figure.html
url="_birds/long-billed-curlew-and-two-whimbrels__MG_8625_1920.jpg"
caption="Long-billed Curlews (<span>Numenius americanus</span>)" %}

{% include helpers/figure.html
url="_birds/long-billed-curlew-in-the-water__MG_8574_1920.jpg"
caption="Long-billed Curlew (<span>Numenius americanus</span>)" %}

{% include helpers/figure.html
url="_birds/long-billed-curlew-over-ocean-beach__MG_8543_sRGB_1920.jpg"
caption="Long-billed Curlew (<span>Numenius americanus</span>)" %}

{% include helpers/figure.html
url="_birds/marbled-godwits-and-whimbrels-in-flight__MG_7731_1920.jpg"
caption="Marbled Godwits and Whimbrels (<span>Limosa fedoa, Numenius phaeopus</span>)" %}

{% include helpers/figure.html
url="_birds/sanderling-2_MG_4387_FULL.jpg"
caption="Sanderling (<span>Calidris alba</span>)" %}

{% include helpers/figure.html
url="_birds/semipalmated-sandpiper-point-pleasant-nj__MG_9309_1920.jpg"
caption="Semipalmated Sandpiper (<span>Calidris pusilla</span>)" %}

{% include helpers/figure.html
url="_birds/spotted-dove__MG_0889_1920.jpg"
caption="Spotted Dove (<span>Spilopelia chinensis</span>)" %}

{% include helpers/figure.html
url="_birds/yellow-billed-cuckoo__MG_5344_1920.jpg"
caption="Yellow-billed Cuckoo (<span>Coccyzus americanus</span>)" %}

{% include helpers/figure.html
url="_birds/collared-kingfisher-2b__MG_1008_full.jpg"
caption="Collared Kingfisher (<span>Todiramphus chloris</span>)" %}

{% include helpers/figure.html
url="_birds/allens-hummingbird.jpg"
caption="Allen's Hummingbird (<span>Selasphorus sasin</span>)" %}

{% include helpers/figure.html
url="_birds/allens-hummingbird-2.jpg"
caption="Allen's Hummingbird (<span>Selasphorus sasin</span>)" %}

{% include helpers/figure.html
url="_birds/allens-hummingbird-2__MG_4001_full_1675.jpg"
caption="Allen's Hummingbird (<span>Selasphorus sasin</span>)" %}

{% include helpers/figure.html
url="_birds/allens-hummingbird-on-branch__MG_7563_1920.jpg"
caption="Allen's Hummingbird (<span>Selasphorus sasin</span>)" %}

{% include helpers/figure.html
url="_birds/allens-hummingbird__MG_3964_full_1889.jpg"
caption="Allen's Hummingbird (<span>Selasphorus sasin</span>)" %}

{% include helpers/figure.html
url="_birds/allens-hummingbird__MG_8216_full_1668.jpg"
caption="Allen's Hummingbird (<span>Selasphorus sasin</span>)" %}

{% include helpers/figure.html
url="_birds/northern-flicker__MG_4595_1920.jpg"
caption="Northern Flicker (<span>Colaptes auratus</span>)" %}

{% include helpers/figure.html
url="_birds/flycatcher-in-trinity-alps__MG_9171_full.jpg"
caption="Flycather, Trinity Alps" %}

{% include helpers/figure.html
url="_birds/eastern-phoebe-2__MG_6314_1920.jpg"
caption="Eastern Phoebe (<span>Sayornis phoebe</span>)" %}

{% include helpers/figure.html
url="_birds/black-phoebe.jpg"
caption="Black Phoebe (<span>Sayornis nigricans</span>)" %}

{% include helpers/figure.html
url="_birds/red-eyed-vireo.jpg"
caption="Red-eyed Vireo (<span>Vireo olivaceus</span>)" %}

{% include helpers/figure.html
url="_birds/townsends-solitaire__MG_4382_1920.jpg"
caption="Townsend's Solitaire (<span>Myadestes townsendi</span>)" %}

{% include helpers/figure.html
url="_birds/western-scrub-jay_BRIGHTEN__MG_9377-Edit_1920.jpg"
caption="California Scrub Jay (<span>Aphelocoma californica</span>)" %}

{% include helpers/figure.html
url="_birds/cedar-waxwing__MG_4843_FULL_1920.jpg"
caption="Cedar Waxwing (<span>Bombycilla cedrorum</span>)" %}

{% include helpers/figure.html
url="_birds/yellow-warbler__MG_8545_1920.jpg"
caption="Yellow Warbler (<span>Setophaga petechia</span>)" %}

{% include helpers/figure.html
url="_birds/yellow_warbler_FULL(_MG_1900).jpg"
caption="Yellow Warbler (<span>Setophaga petechia</span>)" %}

{% include helpers/figure.html
url="_birds/canada-warbler__MG_6776_1920.jpg"
caption="Canada Warbler (<span>Cardellina canadensis</span>)" %}

{% include helpers/figure.html
url="_birds/wilsons-warbler.jpg"
caption="Wilson's Warbler (<span>Cardellina pusilla</span>)" %}

{% include helpers/figure.html
url="_birds/yellow-rumped-warbler.jpg"
caption="Yellow-rumped warbler (<span>Setophaga coronata</span>)" %}

{% include helpers/figure.html
url="_birds/female-summer-tanager-on-branch__MG_7394_1920.jpg"
caption="Summer Tanager (<span>Piranga rubra</span>)" %}

{% include helpers/figure.html
url="_birds/spotted-towhee.jpg"
caption="Spotted Towhee (<span>Pipilo maculatus</span>)" %}

{% include helpers/figure.html
url="_birds/fox-sparrow.jpg"
caption="Fox Sparrow (<span>Passerella Iliaca</span>)" %}

{% include helpers/figure.html
url="_birds/song-sparrow.jpg"
caption="Song Sparrow (<span>Melospiza melodia</span>)" %}<commit_msg>added new birds<commit_after>---
layout: page
title: Birds
---

Every morning I would wake and think, "Lo, what birds doth yonder sing?" Could I see them from my bedroom window? Nay! The view was blocked.

Over time, the familiarity of their cadences and rhythms blessed my mornings as I made coffee and contemplated the day’s activities, but I still didn’t know them past "the bird with the triplets" or "that one with the repeated lead-in note."
 
One day, particularly besotted with curiosity, I installed an app with vocalizations on my phone. Not knowing a pelican from a picid, I decided it made the most sense to start at the top and click through them all. Slowly but surely (several weeks and months!), I found some matches. As you’d expect, the first few IDs were of extremely rare and exotic species, including the mysterious American robin, the elusive Song sparrow, and the scarcely-encountered Northern cardinal.
 
My bird photography is partly my journey into the world of avian knowledge and partly my hope to share their peace, power, and marvels.

{% include helpers/figure.html
url="_birds/brown-pelicans.jpg"
caption="Brown Pelicans (<span>Pelecanus occidentalis</span>)" %}

{% include helpers/figure.html
url="_birds/brown-pelican.jpg"
caption="Brown Pelican (<span>Pelecanus occidentalis</span>)" %}

{% include helpers/figure.html
url="_birds/brown-pelican-across-sun__MG_7801_sRGB_1920.jpg"
caption="Brown Pelican (<span>Pelecanus occidentalis</span>)" %}

{% include helpers/figure.html
url="_birds/brown-pelicans-flying-ocean-beach__MG_1348_1920.jpg"
caption="Brown Pelicans (<span>Pelecanus occidentalis</span>)" %}

{% include helpers/figure.html
url="_birds/three-pelicans-and-freighter__MG_0553_1920.jpg"
caption="Brown Pelicans and Freighter (<span>Pelecanus occidentalis</span>)" %}

{% include helpers/figure.html
url="_birds/three-pelicans-in-flight-2__MG_0550_1920.jpg"
caption="Brown Pelicans (<span>Pelecanus occidentalis</span>)" %}

{% include helpers/figure.html
url="_birds/three-pelicans-in-flight__MG_0555_1920.jpg"
caption="Brown Pelicans (<span>Pelecanus occidentalis</span>)" %}

{% include helpers/figure.html
url="_birds/cormorant-sunset-2__MG_7914_1920.jpg"
caption="Double-crested Cormorant (<span>Phalacrocorax auritus</span>)" %}

{% include helpers/figure.html
url="_birds/green-heron-2__MG_1835_full.jpg"
caption="Green Heron (<span>Butorides virescens</span>)" %}

{% include helpers/figure.html
url="_birds/great-blue-heron-lloyd-lake__MG_2454_1920.jpg"
caption="Great Blue Heron (<span>Ardea herodias</span>)" %}

{% include helpers/figure.html
url="_birds/great-blue-heron.jpg"
caption="Great Blue Heron (<span>Ardea herodias</span>)" %}

{% include helpers/figure.html
url="_birds/great-blue-heron-at-ggp-north-lake__MG_1950_full.jpg"
caption="Great Blue Heron (<span>Ardea herodias</span>)" %}

{% include helpers/figure.html
url="_birds/snowy-egret-at-ocean-beach_RE-EDIT__MG_9614-Edit_1920.jpg"
caption="Snowy Egret (<span>Egretta thula</span>)" %}

{% include helpers/figure.html
url="_birds/ring-necked-duck-female-lloyd-sunrise_RE-EDIT__MG_7212_1920.jpg"
caption="Ring-necked Duck female (<span>Aythya collari</span>)" %}

{% include helpers/figure.html
url="_birds/ring-necked-duck-male__MG_7149_1920.jpg"
caption="Ring-necked Duck male (<span>Aythya collari</span>)" %}

{% include helpers/figure.html
url="_birds/two-symmetrical-hooded-mergansers__MG_2524_1920.jpg"
caption="Hooded Mergansers (<span>Lophodytes cucullatus</span>)" %}

{% include helpers/figure.html
url="_birds/two-headed-mergansers-crossing__MG_2501_1920.jpg"
caption="Hooded Mergansers (<span>Lophodytes cucullatus</span>)" %}

{% include helpers/figure.html
url="_birds/hawk-sf.jpg"
caption="Red-tailed hawk (<span>Buteo jamaicensis</span>)" %}

{% include helpers/figure.html
url="_birds/red-tailed-hawk-fort-funston__MG_4366_full.jpg"
caption="Red-tailed hawk (<span>Buteo jamaicensis</span>)" %}

{% include helpers/figure.html
url="_birds/immature-red-shouldered-hawk__MG_8046_full_1848.jpg"
caption="Red-shouldered Hawk (<span>Buteo lineatus</span>)" %}

{% include helpers/figure.html
url="_birds/white-tailed-kite-in-flight-2__MG_3171-Edit_1920.jpg"
caption="White-tailed Kite (<span>Elanus leucurus</span>)" %}

{% include helpers/figure.html
url="_birds/dunlin-running__MG_7767_full_1732.jpg"
caption="Dunlin (<span>Calidris alpina</span>)" %}

{% include helpers/figure.html
url="_birds/flock-marbled-godwits-and-willets__MG_1362_1920.jpg"
caption="Marbled Godwits &amp; Willets (<span>Limosa fedoa</span>, <span>Tringa semipalmata</span>)" %}

{% include helpers/figure.html
url="_birds/marbled-godwit.jpg"
caption="Marbled Godwit (<span>Limosa fedoa</span>)" %}

{% include helpers/figure.html
url="_birds/whimbrel-dancing__MG_8552_1920.jpg"
caption="Whimbrel (<span>Numenius phaeopus</span>)" %}

{% include helpers/figure.html
url="_birds/whimbrel__MG_4046_full.jpg"
caption="Whimbrel (<span>Numenius phaeopus</span>)" %}

{% include helpers/figure.html
url="_birds/long-billed-curlew-and-two-whimbrels__MG_8625_1920.jpg"
caption="Long-billed Curlews (<span>Numenius americanus</span>)" %}

{% include helpers/figure.html
url="_birds/long-billed-curlew-in-the-water__MG_8574_1920.jpg"
caption="Long-billed Curlew (<span>Numenius americanus</span>)" %}

{% include helpers/figure.html
url="_birds/long-billed-curlew-over-ocean-beach__MG_8543_sRGB_1920.jpg"
caption="Long-billed Curlew (<span>Numenius americanus</span>)" %}

{% include helpers/figure.html
url="_birds/marbled-godwits-and-whimbrels-in-flight__MG_7731_1920.jpg"
caption="Marbled Godwits and Whimbrels (<span>Limosa fedoa, Numenius phaeopus</span>)" %}

{% include helpers/figure.html
url="_birds/sanderling-2_MG_4387_FULL.jpg"
caption="Sanderling (<span>Calidris alba</span>)" %}

{% include helpers/figure.html
url="_birds/semipalmated-sandpiper-point-pleasant-nj__MG_9309_1920.jpg"
caption="Semipalmated Sandpiper (<span>Calidris pusilla</span>)" %}

{% include helpers/figure.html
url="_birds/spotted-dove__MG_0889_1920.jpg"
caption="Spotted Dove (<span>Spilopelia chinensis</span>)" %}

{% include helpers/figure.html
url="_birds/two-great-horned-owls-fort-funston__MG_0459_full.jpg"
caption="Great Horned Owls (<span>Bubo virginianus</span>)" %}

{% include helpers/figure.html
url="_birds/white-headed-woodpecker__MG_5854-Edit_1920.jpg"
caption="White-headed Woodpecker (<span>Leuconotopicus albolarvatus</span>)" %}

{% include helpers/figure.html
url="_birds/yellow-billed-cuckoo__MG_5344_1920.jpg"
caption="Yellow-billed Cuckoo (<span>Coccyzus americanus</span>)" %}

{% include helpers/figure.html
url="_birds/collared-kingfisher-2b__MG_1008_full.jpg"
caption="Collared Kingfisher (<span>Todiramphus chloris</span>)" %}

{% include helpers/figure.html
url="_birds/allens-hummingbird.jpg"
caption="Allen's Hummingbird (<span>Selasphorus sasin</span>)" %}

{% include helpers/figure.html
url="_birds/allens-hummingbird-2.jpg"
caption="Allen's Hummingbird (<span>Selasphorus sasin</span>)" %}

{% include helpers/figure.html
url="_birds/allens-hummingbird-2__MG_4001_full_1675.jpg"
caption="Allen's Hummingbird (<span>Selasphorus sasin</span>)" %}

{% include helpers/figure.html
url="_birds/allens-hummingbird-on-branch__MG_7563_1920.jpg"
caption="Allen's Hummingbird (<span>Selasphorus sasin</span>)" %}

{% include helpers/figure.html
url="_birds/allens-hummingbird__MG_3964_full_1889.jpg"
caption="Allen's Hummingbird (<span>Selasphorus sasin</span>)" %}

{% include helpers/figure.html
url="_birds/allens-hummingbird__MG_8216_full_1668.jpg"
caption="Allen's Hummingbird (<span>Selasphorus sasin</span>)" %}

{% include helpers/figure.html
url="_birds/allens-hummingbird-in-flight__MG_3725_1920.jpg"
caption="Allen's Hummingbird (<span>Selasphorus sasin</span>)" %}

{% include helpers/figure.html
url="_birds/northern-flicker__MG_4595_1920.jpg"
caption="Northern Flicker (<span>Colaptes auratus</span>)" %}

{% include helpers/figure.html
url="_birds/flycatcher-in-trinity-alps__MG_9171_full.jpg"
caption="Flycather, Trinity Alps" %}

{% include helpers/figure.html
url="_birds/eastern-phoebe-2__MG_6314_1920.jpg"
caption="Eastern Phoebe (<span>Sayornis phoebe</span>)" %}

{% include helpers/figure.html
url="_birds/black-phoebe.jpg"
caption="Black Phoebe (<span>Sayornis nigricans</span>)" %}

{% include helpers/figure.html
url="_birds/black-phoebe-2__MG_3669_full.jpg"
caption="Black Phoebe (<span>Sayornis nigricans</span>)" %}

{% include helpers/figure.html
url="_birds/black-phoebe__MG_1922_full.jpg"
caption="Black Phoebe (<span>Sayornis nigricans</span>)" %}

{% include helpers/figure.html
url="_birds/red-eyed-vireo.jpg"
caption="Red-eyed Vireo (<span>Vireo olivaceus</span>)" %}

{% include helpers/figure.html
url="_birds/townsends-solitaire__MG_4382_1920.jpg"
caption="Townsend's Solitaire (<span>Myadestes townsendi</span>)" %}

{% include helpers/figure.html
url="_birds/western-scrub-jay_BRIGHTEN__MG_9377-Edit_1920.jpg"
caption="California Scrub Jay (<span>Aphelocoma californica</span>)" %}

{% include helpers/figure.html
url="_birds/cedar-waxwing__MG_4843_FULL_1920.jpg"
caption="Cedar Waxwing (<span>Bombycilla cedrorum</span>)" %}

{% include helpers/figure.html
url="_birds/yellow-warbler__MG_8545_1920.jpg"
caption="Yellow Warbler (<span>Setophaga petechia</span>)" %}

{% include helpers/figure.html
url="_birds/yellow_warbler_FULL(_MG_1900).jpg"
caption="Yellow Warbler (<span>Setophaga petechia</span>)" %}

{% include helpers/figure.html
url="_birds/townsends-warbler__MG_1414_full.jpg"
caption="Townsend's Warbler (<span>Setophaga townsendi</span>)" %}

{% include helpers/figure.html
url="_birds/canada-warbler__MG_6776_1920.jpg"
caption="Canada Warbler (<span>Cardellina canadensis</span>)" %}

{% include helpers/figure.html
url="_birds/wilsons-warbler.jpg"
caption="Wilson's Warbler (<span>Cardellina pusilla</span>)" %}

{% include helpers/figure.html
url="_birds/yellow-rumped-warbler.jpg"
caption="Yellow-rumped warbler (<span>Setophaga coronata</span>)" %}

{% include helpers/figure.html
url="_birds/female-summer-tanager-on-branch__MG_7394_1920.jpg"
caption="Summer Tanager (<span>Piranga rubra</span>)" %}

{% include helpers/figure.html
url="_birds/spotted-towhee.jpg"
caption="Spotted Towhee (<span>Pipilo maculatus</span>)" %}

{% include helpers/figure.html
url="_birds/fox-sparrow.jpg"
caption="Fox Sparrow (<span>Passerella Iliaca</span>)" %}

{% include helpers/figure.html
url="_birds/song-sparrow.jpg"
caption="Song Sparrow (<span>Melospiza melodia</span>)" %}
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