Chipping Sparrows from Indiana Little brown jobs – LBJs – are tough birds not only to see but to photograph. Once you understand more about these birds and see their subtle beauty, however, you can craft amazing photos. House Sparrow: the most common LBJ The house sparrow (Passer domesticus) is…

In honor of the one year anniversary of my book, Bringing Back the Birds, published in partnership with the American Bird Conservancy, I want to share with you the book's inspirational forward written by Jonathan Franzen. Franzen is a National Book Award winning novelist, essayist, journalist, and avid birder. The…

Andy Hays, A lifelong birder and close friend of mine for over thirty years introduced me to birding in 2002, when he asked me for some help with his bird photography. This changed my life forever. Since that time, we have taken many wonderful trips together with Andy teaching me…