Here’s the new Bird Watch SXM about the travels of the Eurasian Collared Dove.

Bird Watch SXM is back in The Daily Herald’s Weekender today. It will alternate with Wild Statia. This week, we take a look at one of the minor miracles that happen all over the island when birds transform the spaces we neglect.

The new year brings the first Bird Watch SXM column for the year…about resolutions! Do your New Year’s resolutions involve birds? Perhaps they should!

Today, software gives us infinite options for digital post-production of our bird photos. We can make small changes so our images reflect what we were trying to capture, or use these tools to branch out into new creative directions.

It may seem like a minor part of the bird photography process, but once you get hooked, you’ll find that a lot of your effort happens after you get back from the field and need to turn all those images into something you can enjoy and share. This week we look at the crucial, albeit …

One of the great things about bird photography is getting better at doing it. One sign that this is happening is that some of your old favorite shots start to disappoint. I wanted to share a few former favorites and how they’re not as good as I once thought they are. This first example was …

They’re more what you’d call guidelines than actual rules. This week we take a look at some of the concepts photographers use to create engaging compositions, why they make images interesting, and how they apply to bird photography.

This week we start to look at composition in bird photos. But if composition is the arrangement of elements in the photo, how do you arrange birds and scenery? Sure, you can’t tell the birds how and where to pose, but you still have a surprising number of tools you can use to create engaging …

Birds have no fingers, so they must scratch with their toes.

Becoming very familiar with the normal behavior of the birds around you makes it much easier to notice abnormal behavior, just like knowing the common species helps you recognize an unusual bird. Unusual behavior is often linked to a physical problem, and photos of it can capture the amazing resilience of birds and their drive …