I have set up a separate gallery for bird reflections. There’s just something about a bird either looking at itself in water or showing its own reflection as it flies over a lake that is especially beautiful and produces some of my favorite shots ever. Here are some of those favorites. I highly recommend clicking on any image to view it larger. Groups of images can be scrolled through by clicking on any image in the group.

Reflections

Hawks

Red-tailed Hawks don’t particularly like being in or around water. But this hawk must have been thirsty and looking for a drink.

Wood Ducks

Wood ducks are one of the most beautiful duck species there is, especially the color-loaded male wood duck. Add in reflected water from the Fall and you have a colorful composition.

Herons

There is something about a Great Blue Heron that lends itself perfectly to being near a reflection of either itself or the water or nearby vegetative growth.

Egrets

Snowy Egrets are our most common egret species here in Colorado. They are beautiful birds especially when their image is captured near a reflection.

Kingfishers

Belted Kingfishers are fast, jittery and hard to photograph in flight so it’s an extra treat to get them with a reflection nearby.

White Birds

Below - Although the American White Pelican is common in later Spring through early Fall, I saw this Pelican weeks after all the other pelicans had migrated for the winter. It enabled me to get a shot of just a solitary pelican, something I hadn’t been able to do before.

Below - I couldn’t believe my luck in capturing a rare (for Colorado) Trumpeter Swan floating in a lake. I got down on the shore in the mud and snow and captured this image (it was totally worth doing extra laundry that day!)