{"id":7271,"date":"2013-01-26T08:08:03","date_gmt":"2013-01-26T15:08:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?page_id=7271"},"modified":"2026-04-23T07:21:35","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T12:21:35","slug":"birds","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/birds\/","title":{"rendered":"Bird Images"},"content":{"rendered":"

Birds have always fascinated me with their colorful and not so colorful plumage, their interesting behaviors and their incredible adaptations to the world they live in.<\/p>\n

From the diminutive hummingbirds, the graceful wading and shorebirds, sturdy upland game birds, intelligent corvids to the powerful raptors and every bird in between each species has incredible beauty.<\/p>\n

I hope that you enjoy viewing my collection of bird photographs!<\/p>\n<\/div>

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\"Springtime<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div>

Chickadees and Allies<\/a>
\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div>
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\"Winter<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div>

Cormorants and Anhingas<\/a>
\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div>
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\"Cuckoos<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div>

Cuckoos and Allies<\/a>
\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div>
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\"Dorsal<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div>

Falcons<\/a>
\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div>
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\"Male<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div>

Finches and Allies<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/div>
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\"American<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div>

Gnatcatchers, Kinglets and Others<\/a>
\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div>
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\"Perched<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div>

Gulls<\/a>
\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div>
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\"Hawks,<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div>

Hawks, Eagles, Ospreys and Vultures<\/a>
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\"Hummingbirds\"<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div>

Hummingbirds<\/a>
\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div>
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\"Winter<\/a><\/span><\/div>

Jays, Crows and Allies<\/a>
\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div>
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\"Male<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div>

Kingfishers<\/a>
\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div>
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\"Male<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div>

Larks<\/a>
\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div>
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\"Portrait<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div>

Loons And Grebes<\/a>
\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div>
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\"Sage<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div>

Mockingbirds, Thrashers, Catbirds, Starlings and Pipits<\/a>
\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div>
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\"New<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div>

New World Sparrows and Allies<\/a>
\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div>
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\"Nightjar<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div>

Nightjars<\/a>
\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div>
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\"White-breasted<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div>

Nuthatches and Creepers<\/a>
\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div>
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\"Yellow-headed<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div>

Orioles, Meadowlarks and Blackbirds<\/a>
\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div>
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\"Male<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div>

Owls<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/div>
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\"Nanday<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div>

Parrots and Allies<\/a>
\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div>
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\"Brown<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div>

Pelicans, Boobies and Frigatebirds<\/a>
\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div>
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\"Mourning<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div>

Pigeons and Doves<\/a>
\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div>
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\"Sandhill<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div>

Rails, Coots, Cranes and Limpkins<\/a>
\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div>
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\"American<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div>

Shorebirds<\/a>
\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div>
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\"Perched<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div>

Shrikes<\/a>
\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div>
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\"Barn<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div>

Swallows<\/a>
\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div>
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\"Tundra<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div>

Swans, Geese and Ducks<\/a>
\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div>
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\"Northern<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div>

Tanagers, Cardinals and Allies<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/div>
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\"Pair<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div>

Terns and Skimmers<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/div>
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\"Male<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div>

Thrushes and Allies<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/div>
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\"Juvenile<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div>

Tyrant Flycatchers<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/div>
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\"Chukar<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div>

Upland Terrestrial Birds<\/a>
\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div>
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\"Vireo<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div>

Vireos<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/div>
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\"Dancing<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div>

Wading Birds<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/div>
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\"Fluffed<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div>

Waxwings, Longspurs and Silky-Flycatchers<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/div>
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\"Wood-Warblers<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div>

Wood-Warblers<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/div>
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\"Female<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div>

Woodpeckers<\/a>
\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div>
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\"Wrens\"<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div>

Wrens<\/a>
\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div>
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