Christmas Day Bird Photos Through the Years
I wrote such a long post yesterday about the ice storm I went through in 1998 and how that storm made me pick up a camera that created a passion in me that led me to where I am today that I thought I would keep my Christmas Day post short, sweet, and full of birds.
These are all birds I have photographed on Christmas Day through the years and all of them were photographed at Farmington Bay WMA. I didn’t plan that, it just happened that these were the photos that I picked randomly.
From the sub-adult Bald Eagle in 2009 through the hatch year Great Blue Heron in 2020 I felt joy being out in the field with each of these birds on Christmas morning. Sure, it was cold, Christmas falls during the winter in the Northern Hemisphere after all. Some Christmas Day trips into the field I had gorgeous light but there were times that it was snowing, blowing, and so foggy I couldn’t see birds at a distance.
Photographing birds on Christmas Day became my tradition before I even moved to Utah. I also photographed birds in Christmas Day when I lived in Florida on the Gulf coast’s warm, sandy beaches.
I’ve missed a few mornings photographing birds on Christmas Day a couple of years because of inclement weather. Will I miss today? I’m not sure yet. I may go out, I may stay home. Chances are that I will decide that in the next hour or so. The birds are there no matter what I decide.
Life is good.
Merry Christmas One and All! I hope your day is filled with love, peace, and your loved ones. If you can’t be with your loved ones then I hope you feel their love.
Mia
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Hope you got out among the critters this morning. Thank you for the joy you bring today and every day.
Merry Christmas Mia, beautiful photos all! I hope you went out, it was and is, a beautiful puffy cloud warm Christmas day.
Merry Christmas Mia!
Merry Christmas! 🌲 Thanks for sharing your beautiful pictures and educating us about the birds that share the planet with us.
Thank you. The happiest of Christmases to you.
Great shots. A pleasure to take I am sure and bringing back good memories. May you have many more such pleasant Xmas days.
I won’t be birding today!😫 -36C !
It is an honor to be witness to a true artist and her work each and every day she is willing to share with the world and us. I thank you and wish you many many more years of success photographing nature! My heart goes out to you!
Marry Christmas and a Happy and a peaceful New Year.
Merry Christmas Mia and thank you so much for your gifts that bring such joy each and every day.
Merry Christmas! In the last 10 years I have always gone out with my camera on Christmas Day. This year is a “maybe” as it is teeming rain here in Niagara and supposed to rain all day. We shall see as the day wears on.