Bird Photography Photo Gallery by Kirk Benson at pbase.com

Bird Photography

Bolsa Chica Wetlands is located in Southern California near Huntington Beach.
San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary is in Orange County near John Wayne Airport.

Newest images are always at the top. Thanks so much for looking.

Please view all images in the "ORIGINAL" size for best quality. It makes a BIG difference.

Reddish Egret	Northern Harrier ~ Female	Northern Pintail ~ Male	Reddish Egret	Great Blue Heron
Northern Harrier ~ Female	American Avocet	Northern Shoveler ~ Female	Sandpiper	Marbled Godwit
American Avocet	Song Sparrow	Black-necked Stilt	White-faced Ibis	White-faced Ibis
White-faced Ibis	White-faced Ibis	White-faced Ibis	White-faced Ibis	White-faced Ibis
White-faced Ibis	Cinnamon Teal ~ Male	Green Heron	Common Merganser - Female	Loggerhead Shrike
White-crowned Sparrow	Horned Grebe	Long-billed Curlew	Reddish Egret	Snowy Egret
White-tailed Kite	Cinnamon Teal ~ Female	Cinnamon Teal ~ Male	Gadwall ~ Male	Northern Shoveler ~ Female
Northern Shoveler ~ Female	Say's Phoebe	Merlin	Osprey	Northern Harrier ~ Female
Snowy Egret	Western Grebe	Western Grebe	Osprey	Osprey
Osprey	Osprey	Northern Harrier ~ Female	Great Blue Heron	Belted Kingfisher
Brown Pelican	Brown Pelican	Brown Pelican	Brown Pelican	Brown Pelican
Brown Pelican	Green Heron	Great Blue Heron	Great Blue Heron	American Avocet Chick
American Avocet Chick	American Avocet Chick	American Avocet Chick	American Avocet Chick	American Avocet Chick
Duckling	American Avocet Chick	Brown Pelican	Brown Pelican	Brown Pelican
Brown Pelican	Brown Pelican	Brown Pelican	Brown Pelican	Tern
Tern	Terns	American Avocet - Mom	American Avocet Chick	American Avocet Chick
American Avocet Chick	American Avocet Chick	American Avocet - Dad	American Avocet Chicks	Male Mallard
Northern Shoveler ~ Female	American Avocet	American Avocet	American Avocet	American Avocet
American Avocet	American Avocet	Marbled Godwit	Northern Shoveler ~ Male	Willet
House Finch - Female	House Finch ~ Male	Red-tailed Hawk	Cinnamon Teal ~ Female	Black-necked Stilt
Black-necked Stilt	Cinnamon Teal ~ Male	Cinnamon Teal ~ Female	Northern Shoveler ~ Male	Double-crested Cormorant
Willet	Sandpiper	Willet	Lesser Scaup ~ Female	Canada Goose
Anna's Hummingbird	Anna's Hummingbird	Northern Shoveler ~ Male	Red-tailed Hawk	Peregrine Falcon
Bufflehead ~ Male	Willet	Northern Pintail ~ Male	Cooper's Hawk	Peregrine Falcon
Peregrine Falcon	Peregrine Falcon	Peregrine Falcon	Tim Kuhn with $16,000 Monopod. :-D	Bushtit
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher	Hooded Merganser	Northern Shoveler ~ Male	Osprey	American Avocet
Least Sandpiper ~ Juvenile	Least Sandpiper	House Finch ~ Male	Gadwall ~ Male	Osprey
Bufflehead ~ Male	Reddish Egret	Sandpiper	Long-billed Curlew	Long-billed Curlew
Long-billed Curlew	Long-billed Curlew	Happy Meal for Hawks	Black Phoebe	American Kestrel
Red-tailed Hawk	Red-tailed Hawk	Red-tailed Hawk	Red-tailed Hawk	Red-tailed Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk	Red-tailed Hawk	Red-tailed Hawk	Great Blue Heron	Green Heron
Green Heron	Green Heron	Green Heron	Green Heron	Green Heron
Green Heron	Horned Grebe	Great Egret	Horned Grebe	Ring-billed Gull
Ring-billed Gull - 1st Winter	Male Lesser Scaup	Snowy Egret	Pied-billed Grebe	Female Blue-winged Teal
Female Blue-winged Teal	Red-tailed Hawk	Common Yellowthroat	Great Egret	Gadwall
Green Heron	Eared Grebe	Black-crowned Night-Heron	Black-necked Stilt	Great Blue Heron
Female Northern Shoveler	Female Blue-winged Teal	Female Mallard	Black-crowned Night-Heron	Black-crowned Night-Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron	Black-crowned Night-Heron	Black-crowned Night-Heron	Snowy Egret	Willet
Great Blue Heron	Female Red-breasted Merganser	American Kestrel	Osprey	Osprey
Osprey	Osprey	Osprey	Osprey	Osprey
Osprey	Osprey	Osprey	Osprey	Osprey
Osprey	Green Heron	Reddish Egret	Reddish Egret	Reddish Egret
Reddish Egret	Double-crested Cormorant	Peregrine Falcon	Peregrine Falcon	Ms. Blue-winged Teal
Hybrid	Black-necked Stilt	1st Year Peep	Blue-winged Teal - Juvenile	Short-billed Dowitcher
Western Sandpiper	Western Sandpiper - 1st Summer Juvenile	Western Sandpiper	Western Sandpiper	Western Sandpiper
Dowitcher	American Avocet - Juvenile	American Avocet	American Avocet - Juvenile	American Avocet - Juvenile
American Avocet - Juvenile	Cinnamon Teal	Dowitcher	Dowitcher	Blue-winged Teal - Juvenile
Blue-winged Teal - Juvenile	Blue-winged Teal - Juvenile	Blue-winged Teal - Juvenile	Tern	Black Skimmer
Black Skimmer	Black Skimmer	Black Skimmer	Black Skimmer	Black Skimmer
Black Skimmer	Northern Shoveler - Female	American Avocet	American Avocet - Juvenile	American Avocet - Juvenile
American Avocet	American Avocet	American Avocet - Juvenile	Killdeer	Killdeer
Black-necked Stilt	Black-necked Stilt	Black-necked Stilt	Tern	Green Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron	Tern	Banking Left	Tern	Catch of the Day
Catch of the Day	Tern	Tern	Wood Ducks :-)	Great Blue Heron
Great Blue Heron	Great Blue Heron	Great Blue Heron	Great Blue Heron	Great Blue Heron
Great Egret	Great Egret	Great Egret	Great Egret	Nutmeg Mannikin
Mourning Dove	Northern Mockingbird	Scrub Jay	Scrub Jay	Dowitchers
Dowitcher	Dowitcher	American Avocet	American Avocet	American Avocet
American Avocet	American Avocet	American Avocet	American Avocet	American Avocet
Black-necked Stilt	Black-necked Stilt	Black-necked Stilt	Dowitcher	Dowitcher
Dowitcher	Ring-billed Gull	Ring-billed Gull	Ring-billed Gull	Ring-billed Gull
Ring-billed Gull	Ring-billed Gull - 1st Winter	Snowy Egret	Great Blue Heron	Lesser Goldfinch
Lesser Goldfinch	Great Blue Heron	Brown Pelican	American Kestrel - Male	Harris's Hawk - Captive
Harris's Hawk - Captive	Harris's Hawk - Captive	Brown Pelican	Brown Pelican	Belted Kingfisher - Female
Juvenile Black-crowned Night-Heron	Juvenile Red-tailed Hawk	Juvenile Red-tailed Hawk	Juvenile Red-tailed Hawk	Reddish Egret
Reddish Egret	Reddish Egret	Reddish Egret	Reddish Egret	Brown Pelican
Long-billed Curlew	Brown Pelican	American Avocet	White Pelican	Sandpiper - Juvenile
Least Sandpiper - Juvenile	Least Sandpiper	Least Sandpiper	Least Sandpiper	Least Sandpipers
Canada Goose	Canada Goose	Canada Goose	Canada Goose	Canada Goose
Canada Goose	Canada Goose	Canada Goose	Canada Goose	Black-necked Stilt
Black-necked Stilt	Black-necked Stilt	Black-necked Stilt	Black-necked Stilt	Whimbrel
Black-necked Stilt	Northern Shoveler	Least Sandpiper	Least Sandpiper	Great Blue Heron
Great Blue Heron	Osprey	Osprey	Osprey	Peregrine Falcon
Peregrine Falcon	Osprey	Osprey	Osprey	Osprey
Osprey	Great Blue Heron	Snowy Egret	Snowy Egret	Snowy Egret
Snowy Egret	Snowy Egret	Willet	Snowy Egret	Belted Kingfisher
Quack!	Shooting Gallery at Bolsa Chica	Surf City Sunset	Ring-billed Gull	Ring-billed Gull
Ring-billed Gull	Ring-billed Gull	Ring-billed Gull	Green Heron	This Is My Spot
Brown Pelican	Brown Pelican	Brown Pelican	Reddish Egret	Reddish Egret
Reddish Egret	Black-crowned Night Heron - Juvenile	Black-crowned Night Heron - Juvenile	Black-crowned Night Heron - Juvenile	Black Skimmer
Brown Pelican	Black Skimmer	Black Skimmer	Snowy Egret	Great Egret with Snack
Great Egret	Black Skimmer	Black Skimmer	Reddish Egret	Least Tern
The Chase	Least Tern	Flaps Down	Least Tern	Least Tern
Least Tern	Least Tern	Least Tern	Least Tern	Least Tern
Least Tern	Least Tern	Great Blue Heron	Double-crested Cormorant	Double-crested Cormorant
Double-crested Cormorant	Great Blue Heron	051909_081.jpg	051909_050.jpg	051909_010.jpg
Golden Hour Light	Golden Hour Light	Golden Hour Light	Golden Hour Light	American Avocet
Friend Going Eye to Eye with the Birds	San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary	Scram!	Osprey with Dinner	Taking Off
Dowitcher	American Avocet Chick	American Avocet Chicks	Avocet	Avocet
Avocet	Eye to Eye	Flyby	Pair-O-Cets	Avocet
Killdeer	Avocet	Avocet	Avocet	Western Sandpiper
Avocet	Avocet	Avocet	Avocet	Avocet
Avocet	Avocet	Avocet	Avocet	Avocet
Avocet	0411_015.jpg	0224_135.jpg	0224_137.jpg	0224_127.jpg
0224_123.jpg	0224_082.jpg	0224_032.jpg	0224_028.jpg	0125_253.jpg
0125_248.jpg	0125_228.jpg	Red-tailed Hawk	Red-tailed Hawk	Rufous Hummingbird
Great Egret	Turkey Vulture	Black-necked Stilt	Afterglow	...Still Preening
Bragging to His Buddy	Still Preening	Still Preening	Still Preening	Still Preening
Preening	Still Calling	10 Seconds Later	Nature Calls	Boy Meets Girl
Cinnamon Teal - Male	Black Skimmer	Brown Pelican	Brown Pelican	Brown Pelican
Peregrine Falcon	Peregrine Falcon	Downy Woodpecker - Male	Peregrine Falcon	Downy Woodpecker - Male
Downy Woodpecker - Male	Peregrine Falcon	Snowy Egret Flyby	Loon at Sunset	Eye to Eye Contact
Common Loon	Brown Pelican	Osprey	Osprey	Osprey
Drying Off	Osprey	Brown Pelican	Cedar Waxwing	Cedar Waxwing
Male House Finch	Western Bluebird	Northern Harrier	Northern Pintail - Male	Long-billed Curlew
Long-billed Curlew	Red-shouldered Hawk	Mr. & Mrs. Wood Duck	Female Mallard - Late Afternoon Light	Great Blue Heron
Great Blue Heron	Great Blue Heron	Peregrine Falcon - Late Afternoon Light	Peregrine Falcon - Late Afternoon Light	Peregrine Falcon - Late Afternoon Light
Double-crested Cormorant	Female Belted Kingfisher	Female Belted Kingfisher	Female Belted Kingfisher	Cold and Windy Day at Bolsa Chica
Western Grebe	Snowy Egret	Northern Pintail - Male	Northern Pintail - Male	Northern Pintail - Male
Downy Woodpecker - Male	Usual Suspects	Mallard - Female	American Coot	Mallard - Male
Double-crested Cormorant	Female Grackle	Goose Feathers	Red Tail Hawk	Red Tail Hawk
Red Tail Hawk	Red Tail Hawk	Drying Off	Osprey with Shark	Osprey with Shark
Osprey with Shark	Osprey with Shark	Osprey with Shark	Osprey with Shark	Osprey with Shark
Osprey with Shark	Osprey with Shark	Osprey	Osprey	Osprey
Osprey	Osprey - Flaps Down	Osprey	Osprey	Osprey
Osprey	Osprey	Sandhill Crane	Green-winged Teal - Male	Northern Shoveler - Female
Brown Pelican Flyby	Double-crested Cormorant	Snowy Egret Flyby	Down The Hatch	Gotcha!
Missed That One	I'm Hungry	Reddish Egret - Soft Landing	Elegant Tern	In the Spotlight
Brown Pelican Banking Left	White Pelicans	Taking A Break	Focused	Brown Pelican
The Three Musketeers	Coming Through	Tern	Brown Pelican	Osprey with Lunch
Reddish Egret	Reddish Egret	Reddish Egret	Osprey with Lunch	Black-necked Stilt
Osprey - Backlit	White Faced Ibis	Female Belted Kingfisher	Female Belted Kingfisher	Dinner For One
Wingspan	Cleared for Takeoff	Great Blue Heron	Got It!	Tern
Reddish Egret	Portrait	No Luck This Time	Black Skimmer	In Unison
Up Close	At Rest	Great Egret with Snack	Black Skimmer - Full Frame	Dive Bomber
Snowy Egret	Dive Bombing Again	Hitting the Target	Choosing a Target	Brown Pelican
Soft Landing	Black Skimmer	Black Skimmer Skimming	Snowy Egret	Symmetry
Gliding In	Target Acquired	On the Hunt	On the Hunt	Gotcha!
On the Hunt	Gotcha!	On the Hunt	On the Hunt	Taking Off
Cleared for Takeoff	Black Skimmer	Green Heron with Snack	Black Skimmer	Black Skimmer
Brown Pelican	Dive Bomber	Help Meeeeeeee	Majestic	Great Egret and Snack
Least Tern	Elegant Tern	Black Skimmer	Black Skimmer	Brown Pelican
Brown Pelican	Brown Pelican	Beautiful Birds, Tough Exposure	Great Blue Heron	Elegant Tern
Great Blue Heron	Great Blue Heron	Great Blue Heron	Elegant Tern	Great Blue Heron
Strafing Run	BC_031608_100.jpg	Black-crowned Night Heron	Black-crowned Night Herons	Black-crowned Night Heron
BC_031608_054.jpg	BC_031608_035.jpg	BC_031608_034.jpg	BC_Kestrel03.jpg	BC_Kestrel07.jpg
BC_Kestrel02.jpg	GBH Looking for Dinner	Back lit	Gathering for the Nest	Great Blue Heron Portrait
Great Blue Heron	BC_Egret08.jpg	BC_Egret09.jpg	BC_Egret06.jpg	BC_Egret05.jpg
BC_Egret04.jpg	BC_Egret03.jpg	BC_Egret02.jpg	Willet	Huntington Beach Pier
Cooper's Hawk	Pintails	Great Blue Heron	American Kestrel	"That's Close Enough"
Cleaning Up	Brown Pelican Drying in the Sun

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Bob Pelkey	PM reply	09-Feb-2011 06:51
Impressive gallery.

Rich Strobel	PM reply	13-Jan-2011 05:12
An outstanding gallery Kirk, so many well done captures!!

Thang	PM reply	08-Sep-2010 20:32
excellent eye-level shots Kirk!

Aat Bender	PM reply	14-Jul-2010 07:18
Great collection of bird images, compliments!

Petros Labrakos	PM reply	05-Jul-2010 06:38
endless list of superb shots a worth notice collection Thanks for sharing! (V)

Steve Tagupa	PM reply	15-Apr-2010 04:31
Beautiful collection of bird images...

Guest		02-Apr-2010 04:51
great work and nice gallary

Sander Brostr�m	PM reply	25-Mar-2010 16:43
This gallery is just amazing! KEEP IT UP! Big Vote

Henrik		20-Mar-2010 03:58
Top notch work, Kirk. It a pleasure to visit your galleries.

Dante Dimarucot	PM reply	17-Mar-2010 03:43
Great collection of well composed images.

Alain Dejeans	PM reply	13-Mar-2010 04:12
Beautiful gallery, great diversity of birds photography, excellent work!

Giorgio Iorio	PM reply	05-Nov-2009 13:30
Excellent images. Great work!

Earl Arboneaux	PM reply	28-Dec-2008 13:27
irk, Amazing gallery, great shots..V

Bill McMullen	PM reply	28-Dec-2008 02:53
Amazing gallery! The "Dive Bomber" is a superb capture.

enny jameson	PM reply	10-Dec-2008 15:22
a wonderful, excellent gallery, chapeau!!!

Lorie Kelly		10-Nov-2008 02:04
Kirk ! What a beautiful job you have done, capturing God's wonderful feathered creations !!

Phil Krol		25-Oct-2008 21:50
Excellent images and a testiment to your photo composition and that great piece of pro glass. Phil Krol

ruthandpaul	PM reply	25-Oct-2008 11:41
Wonderfully clear captures of the osprey.

Debbie Stahre	PM reply	25-Oct-2008 09:54
Excellant gallery!

Allan Claybon	PM reply	04-Oct-2008 00:09
Beautiful images of birds and their behavior.

John Amato	PM reply	18-Sep-2008 06:06
Very enjoyable images. You have some great captures. But you need a Canon. Just kidding. V

jasonjg	PM reply	15-Sep-2008 20:37
Nice series of images!

Ann	PM reply	12-Sep-2008 07:29
Ecellent series of images.

Barry Ailetcher	PM reply	12-Sep-2008 01:33
very nice gallery

Ali Majdfar	PM reply	10-Sep-2008 17:40
Stunning captures, excellent. GMV

anthony	PM reply	27-Aug-2008 08:12
One word for this gallery - wow!

Karen Moen	PM reply	22-Feb-2008 05:27
Beautifully captured wildlife images. Excellent color and sharp detail. Voted.

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