Thanks - certainly behaves like a Towhee. My wife describes the Towhee's little scratch/dance/shuffle as a "Towhee hoedown".

I can't identify this hummingbird - taken in the Manzano Mountains of New Mexico.
Thanks

Is this a Canyon or California Towhee? If not, anybody know what it is? Was taken in the Manzano Mountains of New Mexico.
Thanks!

You did understand my question - I'll think about that. Thanks again.

Thanks, I did have trouble articulating the question…"no" is the conclusion I anticipated but wanted to see if there were any possibilities I was not aware of.

I am familiar with the cropping tool and how to crop for printing different sizes. Is there a way to alter the original image so that a crop can include desired parts of the image that without altering will be cropped out? For instance - a 4x6 landscape might include all desired content. Shifting to portrait crops out some of the desired content. Can the image be altered so that when cropped the portrait inclusion can be increased?

Had the image been originally made with a 35mm lens instead of a 85mm lens I think I could accomplish what I'm wanting to achieve...

Thanks for consideration...

Of a different nature, but a very worth magazine is Nature Photographer

A friend who is a passionate beekeeper invited me to photograph her working with her bees. For unknown reasons (plenty of options to guess at though...) there is a dramatic decline in the population of bees. Agricultural implications are quite unknown. As part of my motivation in nature photography, "people noticing the beauty of nature will probably care more about it...", I agreed to capture her working with her hives. Her intent is to make public more aware of the importance of bees in our world. I was happy to do so, and I was very pleased at the sheer beauty of bees, something I had never noticed before.

Recently I was told of an owl nest guarded by parent owl with fledglings crawling around. I found the nest and after a very long search, spotted the guard of the nest. Wish I knew or could tell if male of female…anybody know? This was very close to a heavily trafficed urban area in city of Albuquerque, the BioPark.

Great horned owl

Here are a few of the birds (and lizard) from a weekend at Manzano State Park in New Mexico. Taken with Nikon D7000 Tamron 150 - 600.

Collard Lizard


Acorn Woodpecker


Hepatic Tanager


Unsure of ID


Unsure of ID


Black-headed Grosbeak

These photos make me want to buy a Tamron 150-600...then I remember I already have one...

Taken with Nikon D7000 on a monopod.

Not quite BIF...


Sandhill Crane


Crane pair

Thanks to you both, I'm always amazed at the blues and greens in the roadrunners. They look so fierce!

Roadrunners seem to carry their dinosaur heritage into the present more than any critter I know… These photos were taken in the city of Albuquerque at the Nature Center.

Roadrunner


Coot


Canadian Goose

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