Apollo – The Jersey Birder

When birds turn their backs to you

A willow flycatcher, facing away from the camera, perches on a stalk in a field of green grasses, with a few purple blossoms from a plant to its left.

Grateful for an overnight temperature drop from the 90s into the mid-60s, I headed to the Pole Farm this morning. The sky was overcast, with little sun to coax the birds out into the open. I had walked nearly two miles without even lifting my camera up to shoot when I heard the buzzy callContinue reading “When birds turn their backs to you”