Tag Archive for: Nature Photography

Wire Watcher by José J. Rivera-Negrón

This house sparrow, or gorrión común, paused on the line, backlit by afternoon sun. Green blurred behind him. He wasn’t building or fighting. Just watching. Stillness matters too. In the forest I call home, common birds remind us to stop,…

After the Hike by José J. Rivera-Negrón

A Gray Kingbird (Pitirre), sits on a wire near the tropical forest in Quebrada Camuy, Puerto Rico. These birds live all over the Caribbean. It may have been resting or watching for bugs to catch. I was coming from a hike through the trees when…