Brian JK Miller
@brianjkmiller.bsky.social
Birding bring me serenity and photographing the birds I see along the way brings me joy. My photos are my effort to share these moments of encounter. For prints: https://brianjkmillerphotography.com/
A young Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) hanging out in the Conneaut Marsh, Crawford County, Pennsylvania. RWBL#22. #birds 🪶
A lovely Snowberry Clearwing (Hemaris diffinis) visiting our Swamp Milkweed (Asclepias incarnata) earlier today. A first sighting for us! #naturephotography
Peeking in on a juvenile Green Heron (Butorides virescens)stretching her legs on the Conneaut Marsh, Crawford County, Pennsylvania. #birds #birdphotography . . . High resolution prints available at brianjkmillerphotography.com
BAEA#14. A hatch-year Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) checking out the Conneaut Marsh, Crawford County, Pennsylvania. #birds
WIFL#2. Willow Flycatcher (Empidonax traillii) takes flight in the grasslands of southern Crawford County, Pennsylvania. #birds 🪶
Some of our backyard visitors over the past weekend. Gray Catbird enjoying a bath in our water feature and a Coopers Hawk enjoying a tasty snack from the charcuterie board known as our bird feeders. Everyone had a good time except for the poor Red-bellied Woodpecker. #birds
Chick-a-dee-dee-dee! BCCH#18. Portrait of a Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus), Meadville, Pennsylvania. #birds #birdphotography #nature #wildlife #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #birdoftheday
Ruby checking out the Cutleaf Coneflower (Rudbeckia laciniata) in our pollinator garden. RTHU#27. Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris), Meadville, Pennsylvania. #birds
RTHU#25. Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris) feeding on a Cardinal flower (Lobelia cardinalis). #birds #birdphotography
Ms. Wood Duck (Aix sponsa) strikes a jaunty pose in the Conneaut Marsh, Crawford County, Pennsylvania. WODU#14. #birds
A lovely Yellow-rumped Warbler casting it’s song towards the heavens. #birdoftheday #upanddown #birds #birdphotography
In the stillness of the marsh. SOSP#22. Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia), Conneaut Marsh, Crawford County, Pennsylvania. #birds #birdphotography
Happy no kings day (unless we are talking about kingbirds, of course)! EAKI#21. Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus), Conneaut Marsh, Crawford County, Pennsylvania. #birds #birdoftheday #wildmotion
Our native garden is beginning to bloom! In order: swamp rose (first time it’s bloomed for us!), a hummingbird mint, and two types of milkweed. Plant native. It’s beautiful!
My daughter wanted to go up and see our arctic visitor. So glad she made another appearance for us! WIPT#6. Willow Ptarmigan (Lagopus lagopus) on the beach near Gull Point, Presque Isle State Park, Pennsylvania. #birds
Mega-rarity!!!! Did not have Willow Ptarmigan (Lagopus lagopus) on my bingo card for Pennsylvania birding this year. Photographed on the beach near Gull Point, Presque Isle State Park, Pennsylvania. #birds
YHBL#4. Yellow-headed Blackbird (Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus), Frank Lake, Calgary, Alberta, Canada #birds
A backlit beaut! GCFL#3. Great Crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus), Conneaut Marsh, Pennsylvania. #birds
A low-key beaut! AMRO#25. American Robin (Turdus migratorius), Banff National Forest, Alberta, Canada. #birds
