A seagull on the pier in Santa Cruz, California. This was taken early one morning on a sunrise photowalk with Marcus. It was so early I almost slept in and had to hurry to catch up with him!

Crows sitting through the snow falling in Blarney a few minutes ago.

John Finn’s superb photo of this grain silo that he posted today on Facebook (unfortunately you’ll need to be friends with him to see it) prompted me to dig up this photo of the same building from my output queue. It was shot in 2014 when we went exploring the docklands one afternoon and I…

A pelican resting on the bank of a pond in Fota Wildlife Park back in 2010.

I spotted these two colourful parrots on a trip to Fota in 2010.

Two swans swam curiously over to us at the Lough, Cork a few months ago.

Birds go in and out of their nest in a house in Reykjavik, Iceland.

A pigeon watching the passing pedestrians on a bridge near the London Eye in the United Kingdom.

An eagle owl at Fota Wildlife Park watches us human visitors with careful, observant eyes. Watching this bird and the others the trainers had was an awe inspiring experience. I’m glad I took my 75-300mm telephoto lens!

The Goose Family of Fota Island Wildlife Park in Cork.

A seagull calmly swims by a small boat in Baltimore Harbour, County Cork.

Geese at The Lough feeding on the ground near the water’s edge. Most have their heads down pecking at scraps but one stubbornly kept a look out ..