Challenge Accepted!
As announced Monday the theme of our current Bird Photography Contest is “Tis the Season” and boy are people in the holiday spirit. Several entries have already come in –…
GreatBirdPics.com Bird Photography Contest – Tis The Season
The theme of our next Bird Photography contest is, “Tis The Season” – the judges are looking for Great Bird Pics that remind us of the Christmas Season. Winter birds,…
Bird Photographs of the Week – 12/5/25
Congratulations to Paul Demkovich who won three Honorable Mention prizes in Chicago’s Field Museum of Natural History photo contest! Here are the two bird photos (one photo was of a…
Teaser and Tip
How was your Thanksgiving? If it was as busy, and fun, as mine you’ll understand why this email is later than usual. We had a traditional Thanksgiving dinner (turkey, mashed…
Happy Thanksgiving 2025!
Six years ago on Thanksgiving Day GreatBirdPics.com went live. Some of you, like XWinger became members on that first day; others have joined recently. So on this day of Thanksgiving…
I’ve Gotta Go There
A few days ago I shared a picture of many Avocets flying over Veracruz, Mexico submitted by Paul Demkovich. Since then he’s posted more shots of huge flocks of birds…
South Africa Bird Tour. First Full Day
Our first full day of Birding in South Africa was October 9, 2025. After introductions and exploring the neighborhood near the Cinnamon House the day before, we had an early…
Welcome (Back) Birdlover1
I bumped into Birdlover1 at Montrose Beach this past weekend as we enjoyed watching not one, but two Snowy Owls out on the pier. She said that she joined GreatBirdPics…
GBP Bird Photographs of the Week – 11/21/25
Paul Demkovich shared several Great Bird Pics recently and two of them caught my eye. Neither one would be considered a Great Bird Pic in the traditional sense, but they…
That’s My Spark Bird, Too!
Birder2011 shared a picture of a Common Yellowthroat she saw in California a couple of months ago. It’s a great shot and she mentions that it looked a bit brighter…
South Africa Bird Tour Day 1 – Cinnamon House
Although we arrived on October 5, 2025 the official start of our Red Hill Birding bird tour began on October 8. As previously mentioned we arrived a few days early…
GBP Bird Photograph of the Week – 11/14/25
A tough decision this week but I have to give Avneet Kaur’s Prothonotary Warbler the Bird Photograph of the Week award! Such a simple composition (note how she left all…