Category: Beyond Florida

Spotting some colorful birds in North Carolina

Roger Simmons, August 7, 2026August 7, 2026

I photographed four new birds in North Carolina and got a chance to take pictures of many other familiar birds, too.

Roger Simmons, July 24, 2026July 23, 2026

With its bright colors, it was easy to spot, but it only hung around for a perhaps minute before flying away.

Roger Simmons, January 16, 2026January 16, 2026

Here are my favorite photographs that I took in 2025, based on the subjects or the lighting or the location.

Roger Simmons, December 16, 2025December 16, 2025

Besides enjoying the sights and history in Dublin, Galway and Belfast, I was also on the lookout for some new birds to photograph.

Roger Simmons, October 9, 2025October 9, 2025

Mendenhall is one of the most accessible glaciers since you can take a car or tour bus to view it from a very nice visitors center.

Roger Simmons, October 8, 2025October 8, 2025

One of the things I was looking forward to the most on my July Alaska cruise was cruising the Endicott Arm fjord to reach the Dawes Glacier.

Roger Simmons, August 19, 2025August 19, 2025

Thanks to a recent vacation, a work trip and visiting my usual haunts, I have added 14 new birds to my life list.

Roger Simmons, August 11, 2025August 9, 2025

So, how do can you identify a humpback whale using the catalog? It’s pretty easy if you get a picture of a whale’s tail.

Roger Simmons, August 9, 2025August 9, 2025

We got to see them swim, dive, expel air from their blowholes and show off their tails. But their bubble-net-feeding was incredible to watch.

Roger Simmons, August 5, 2025August 5, 2025

We were expecting to see Humpback Whales – and we did later on – but the first whales we spotted were a small pod of Orcas, or Killer Whales