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GBP Bird Photograph of the Week – 5/23/25

Today’s Bird Photograph of the Week was submitted by Mike Affinito of a Greater Roadrunner.  Note that even though the head and eye are in good focus and sharp, the…

Purple Martin Story

JamesD decided to stop in to the town of Griggsville, Illinois, the self-proclaimed “Purple Martin Capital of the Nation”!  A business man from Griggsville decided to promote Purple Martins as…

Good Morning Vietnam!

We all remember that Robin Williams’ film, “Good Morning Vietnam” in which he plays an outspoken DJ for a military radio station during the Vietnam war.  It’s hard to believe…

More Birds From USVI

As we traveled around the U.S. Virgin Islands (St. Thomas and St. John’s) we kept our eyes and ears open to the birds around us.  Although this was not a…

It’s Paul D Day!

Paul Demkovich has been posting so many Great Bird Pics lately that I promised him I would feature some of them here.  Take a look at five of his pics…

More Boobies – Diving

Our New Zealand member Rebecca Bowater sometimes shares an image that is made up of four or six frames and I like that concept.  I find it interesting to see…

Which One Won?

Last week JamesD posted two very nice pictures of some Canadian Geese (and turtles).  The first is in Landscape mode and the second one is in Portrait Mode.    …

I Love Boobies

Many years ago (before I was a birder) Karen and I were visiting Providence, Rhode Island, a quaint tourist town on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean.  We were in…

GBP Bird Photograph of the Week – 5/9/25

I selected two versions of the same Winter Wren submitted by Ronald Zigler as our Bird Photograph(s) of the week.  The first one has its beak open wide but the…

Which One Do You Like Better?

JamesD posted two very nice pictures of some Canadian Geese (and turtles).  The first is in Landscape mode and shows a bit more detail.   The second one is the…
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