https://www.benjaminclock.com/home daily 1.0 2025-06-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5533e8cde4b0a33a05ada8b8/1441857501229-JSEEP2MZ90A8RS1PAFM3/IMG_3150.jpg Home - Snowy Plover - Goleta, California https://www.benjaminclock.com/news daily 0.75 2022-01-26 https://www.benjaminclock.com/news/2015/12/4/laysan-albatross-photo monthly 0.5 2018-12-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5533e8cde4b0a33a05ada8b8/1449217158363-C7H3EZC1C1ZRTZ1VUTOY/image-asset.jpeg News and Notes - Laysan Albatross on cover of Annual report https://www.benjaminclock.com/news/2015/12/4/49glodiohqhsyvl76pkhzz8na2m4hc monthly 0.5 2018-12-14 https://www.benjaminclock.com/news/2015/12/4/voices-semipalmated-sandpiper monthly 0.5 2019-03-19 https://www.benjaminclock.com/news/2016/10/28/freeze-that-avocet-high-speed-action monthly 0.5 2018-12-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5533e8cde4b0a33a05ada8b8/1477686671874-S81SOFXUJSO5TT8N5KX3/Andy+in+the+Mojave_sm.jpg News and Notes - Freeze action at 240 frames per second Andy Johnson shooting amongst the Joshua Trees in the Mojave National Preserve. https://www.benjaminclock.com/news/tag/Laysan+Albatross monthly 0.5 https://www.benjaminclock.com/news/tag/Photography monthly 0.5 https://www.benjaminclock.com/news/tag/Seabird+Conservation monthly 0.5 https://www.benjaminclock.com/news/tag/Cornell+Lab+of+Ornithology monthly 0.5 https://www.benjaminclock.com/news/tag/Seabirds monthly 0.5 https://www.benjaminclock.com/news/tag/Kauai monthly 0.5 https://www.benjaminclock.com/instagrambanner daily 0.75 2022-02-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5533e8cde4b0a33a05ada8b8/1643847900178-FKDZXCYBHTNQTEVL17LN/image.jpg Instagram Feature - Whimbrel on tundra nesting grounds Whimbrel on the grassy tundra of it’s arctic breeding grounds. Whimbrel on the Atlantic flyway migrate thousands of miles from their nesting grounds in the Canadian arctic to stopover locations like the salt marshes of Cape Cod. Please check out my new short film for @manometcenter featuring their research on staging of juveniles in the Fiddler Crab rich marshes of upper Cape Cod (find the link for the film in my Bio) Whimbrel rely on pivotal stopover locations and safe wintering habitat in order to survive. Manomet’s research aims to discover these important areas - especially for young birds on their first migration in order to help preserve critical habitat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5533e8cde4b0a33a05ada8b8/1643847900178-FKDZXCYBHTNQTEVL17LN/image.jpg Instagram Feature - Whimbrel on tundra nesting grounds Whimbrel on the grassy tundra of it’s arctic breeding grounds. Whimbrel on the Atlantic flyway migrate thousands of miles from their nesting grounds in the Canadian arctic to stopover locations like the salt marshes of Cape Cod. Please check out my new short film for @manometcenter featuring their research on staging of juveniles in the Fiddler Crab rich marshes of upper Cape Cod (find the link for the film in my Bio) Whimbrel rely on pivotal stopover locations and safe wintering habitat in order to survive. Manomet’s research aims to discover these important areas - especially for young birds on their first migration in order to help preserve critical habitat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5533e8cde4b0a33a05ada8b8/1644001194469-S90N1UAT2Q9KS9D95O0Q/American+Tree+Sparrow.jpg Instagram Feature - American Tree Sparrow American Tree Sparrow near it’s nest in the arctic Willow forests of Alaska in the Spring. This species nests in a mossy, grassy spot on the ground, often on a hummock, beneath shrubby Willows. You might be seeing Tree Sparrows right now foraging beneath your feeders where they spend the winter, south of their nesting areas across the northern and central US. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5533e8cde4b0a33a05ada8b8/1587580428397-LPJR1X5FIS9ZYMAD9H0L/DSC04656.jpg Instagram Feature Purple Sandpiper in breeding plumage from the Varanger peninsula in northern Norway. I am lucky to have this amazing species wintering just up the coast from my home in Massachusetts but I never see them in this plumage. Last Spring I found this bird, foraging beside a group of Bar-tailed Godwit in the Norwegian arctic where they nest. Seeing this bird was a highlight of the journey! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5533e8cde4b0a33a05ada8b8/1587581000245-LX6V0GRZTZWY2J9BDZYC/IMG_3985.jpg Instagram Feature Long-billed Curlew, one day late for #worldcurlewday and happy #earthday This remarkable bird with a massively long and incredible bill was foraging on the coast of Texas in winter, probing into crevices amongst the oysters, twisting and contorting it’s head and neck and pulling out small Mud crabs and swallowing them whole. @ibo_at_boisestate is involved in fantastic work on this species in recent years, tracking individuals between their wintering areas and nesting grounds in the Intermountain west. I was very troubled to learn recently from their work with Curlews outfitted with satellite transmitters that a major and continuing threat to these amazing creatures comes from shootings of birds - presumably from “varmint hunters” on the open country breeding areas in Idaho. I cannot fathom how anyone could shoot such a fantastic bird but with questionable programs that sanction the shooting of “undesirable” wildlife in these areas I can imagine scenarios where everything that moves on the open range landscapes could be getting shot. Check out the new issue of San Francisco Estuary news for a great description of the @ibo_at_boisestate Curlew work. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5533e8cde4b0a33a05ada8b8/1579901150997-PRY2W6536V9QF2RG184J/DSC01497-4.jpg Instagram Feature Golden-crowned Sparrow with a beak full of insects for his nestlings in the Willow woods of Nome, Alaska. This species breeds in copses of 5-10 foot tall trees along roadsides and in ridgeline creases, surrounded by open tundra. The zoomed in view in the second shot gives a bit more detail on the insect meal - a few giant Alaskan mosquitoes and even a Dipteran fly. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5533e8cde4b0a33a05ada8b8/1579653185970-PTUM7BIFPWTL4B25OPK9/DSC02905-2.jpg Instagram Feature A Red-throated Pipit snatching a tiny worm on the edge of a melting tundra pool in the high country of northern Norway. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5533e8cde4b0a33a05ada8b8/1579194471280-9RM74SM7YQUBHIMGOZSK/DSC03552_Insta.jpg Instagram Feature Eurasian Dotterel on the tundra in northern Finland. Processing my best images of this species I pondered the question of what, explicitly makes for a good wildlife portrait. I like the expressiveness of the first shot, the angle of the bird’s head and face and the view of both the breast and the curve of the gold-edged wing coverts. The second shot is clearer, full profile with excellent posture and positioning and great habitat. Which do you prefer and why? I would love to hear from anyone willing to share their thoughts! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5533e8cde4b0a33a05ada8b8/1579194597799-7KXFI76ZAQ0C3C3DP6DK/DSC03608_Insta.jpg Instagram Feature Eurasian Dotterel on the tundra in northern Finland. Processing my best images of this species I pondered the question of what, explicitly makes for a good wildlife portrait. I like the expressiveness of the first shot, the angle of the bird’s head and face and the view of both the breast and the curve of the gold-edged wing coverts. The second shot is clearer, full profile with excellent posture and positioning and great habitat. Which do you prefer and why? I would love to hear from anyone willing to share their thoughts! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5533e8cde4b0a33a05ada8b8/1545094339342-J63U3OHBXA15Z0QET36H/image-asset.jpeg Instagram Feature - Anianiau - foraging on Ohia blossoms https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5533e8cde4b0a33a05ada8b8/1578878156964-E9SYAMJOGCBUJA24KE5Y/DSC03493.jpg Instagram Feature A few weeks back I posted a nest photo from the alpine tundra of northern Finland. Here is the reveal - a beautiful Eurasian Dotterel, female, walking back to her nest from this past Spring. Second image is another shot of the nest with a clutch of three. I dreamed of seeing a Dotterel and beholding their display flights. We searched many slopes, in known breeding areas this year, some looked perfect, some were completely snow-bound. After many long walks atop the beautiful, yet silent tundra slopes - even running into birders who had been walking around broadcasting Dotterel song from a speaker, I was lucky enough to find a nest and watch the Dotterel return and incubate. Definitely one of the best moments of 2019! Happy New Year! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5533e8cde4b0a33a05ada8b8/1578878083693-ZM4RQ35I191OACJ32BGF/IMG_9247.jpg Instagram Feature Who's nest is this? Hint: a Shorebird of the Scandinavian alpine tundra. Only three eggs in this nest. Sometimes Shorebirds do lay a clutch of only three eggs but in this case I believe that the female was soon due to lay a fourth. When I found this nest, the incubating bird was the female. In this species, it is uncommon for females to incubate for long, beyond the time of a complete clutch - (another hint to the identity of this species). Finding Shorebird nests and glimpsing a window into their furtive lifestyles in the Arctic springtime is one of the most amazing and fascinating experiences I've ever had (and one I look forward to every year I am able to make it to the arctic). Stay tuned for the answer to this nests identity and for an upcoming photo story on my webpage about the experience of finding this nest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5533e8cde4b0a33a05ada8b8/1568508612149-LTV3DNGMLZRRW64J9N3J/DSC02978-3.jpg Instagram Feature Surfbird, foraging atop an eel grass covered block of ice on the Seward peninsula shore. Surfbirds sometimes gather at the shore of Norton Sound in the early Spring when their montane, alpine tundra nesting areas are still covered with snow. In these years Surfbird can sometimes be easily seen. Other years, they arrive more stealthily, disappearing into the high country where they nest on mostly inaccessible ridge tops. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5533e8cde4b0a33a05ada8b8/1568032197194-BREB51ORGGET4OM82CGJ/DSC01465Sm_Insta.jpg Instagram Feature Red Phalarope foraging in a meltwater pool on migration to the breeding grounds in the Alaskan arctic. The migration flights of Shorebirds are some of the most impressive feats in the animal kingdom. These Red Phalarope individuals likely arrived here on the shores of the Seward peninsula in Alaska after a winter spent in the pelagic zone of the Pacific Ocean, many miles from land. Unlike most of their cousins, Phalaropes are seabirds for much of their lives, spending time on land only during their nesting season. In this photo, three brightly colored females and a male (back-most individual) swim and forage for food items swirled around by the paddling of their lobed feet. #worldshorebirdsday was this week with Global Shorebird counts continuing all week - get out to your local wetland areas and submit your counts to eBird. You can Share any eBird checklists you submit with the username WorldShorebirdsDay for the tally. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5533e8cde4b0a33a05ada8b8/1566762226501-JQBN6G8X7L7EMQK29I5P/DSC00684.jpg Instagram Feature Red-necked Stint, Utqiagvik, Alaska. Watching this bird forage, I noticed a low-stepping, almost creeping posture as the bird moved forward. Foraging style can be diagnostic, just like flight or posture...a lesson learned from this encounter that I will try and apply in the future when scanning Shorebirds on migration, looking for different species on flats from afar, (when they're in far less noticeable plumage as this breeding plumed individual). Red-necked Stint breed primarily in arctic Russia but show up annually on migration and breed occasionally on the Alaskan side of the Bering Sea (as far as is known). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5533e8cde4b0a33a05ada8b8/1553203623201-KGMW48XC4U7SHRWEHRBX/image-asset.jpeg Instagram Feature - Red Knot foraging at sunrise on the South Carolina coast A massive flock of Red Knot with Sanderlings foraging at sunrise on the beautiful shores of South Carolina from this past Spring. In a couple of weeks I will return to continue work documenting Red Knots here for a project describing the importance of these areas for rufa Red Knot on their way to their arctic breeding grounds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5533e8cde4b0a33a05ada8b8/1550517197769-ULQY2D3A5SKUI26WUUGT/DSC03565.jpg Instagram Feature Purple Sandpiper foraging atop a seaweed covered rock along the rocky, Massachusetts coast. My favorite wintertime resident of my home coastline, these birds are always exciting to watch when you can get close. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5533e8cde4b0a33a05ada8b8/1545088891007-AX1F17SGCQCZYLCGSMWS/image-asset.jpeg Instagram Feature https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5533e8cde4b0a33a05ada8b8/1549590899256-2ES1LJC8JZ4ZPJRY4X4D/Buffy+dance_final.jpg Instagram Feature Buff-breasted Sandpiper display on a lek near Utqiagvik, Alaska from this past Spring. I was thrilled to learn that this photo has made it through to the final round of judging in the prestigious Wildlife Photographer of the Year Contest in England. Wish me luck! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5533e8cde4b0a33a05ada8b8/1545093466395-CQVL2KLUUWCH0TOUSQN1/DSC09539-3.jpg Instagram Feature - Sabine's Gull Sabine's Gull feasting close to shore on fish eggs after a spring spawn near the coast of Norton Sound near Nome, Alaska. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5533e8cde4b0a33a05ada8b8/1545089982389-HTDP7CGDTD1B7JKTA2IQ/DSC03324.jpg Instagram Feature I spent the cold afternoon with this Black-throated Gray Warbler - an unexpected visitor to the Massachusetts coast. This bird foraged intently, snatching insects along the edge of the beach, even devouring a pill bug pulled from the base of dune grasses. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5533e8cde4b0a33a05ada8b8/1547230625293-KVBNLIU9SRVDLK4CCB3E/Anianiau+Tnail_sm.jpg Instagram Feature - Anianiau - foraging The endemic Kauai Anianiau foraging in a blooming Ohia tree in the amazing Alakai preserve. Turn your sound up to hear the honeycreeper chorus in the background! The Kauai Forest Bird Recovery Project (who I worked with to film this threatened species a few years ago) has a fundraising campaign up right now called Songs Not Silence - Kauai Forest Birds Please consider giving a bit to help study and save Kauai's amazing native birds - they have great fund-raising t-shirts available on bonfire too! https://www.benjaminclock.com/new-gallery-instagram-test daily 0.75 2020-01-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5533e8cde4b0a33a05ada8b8/1579191663393-TIWKNR4NS5SV8QP6SBDP/DSC06979.jpg New Gallery - Instagram test https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5533e8cde4b0a33a05ada8b8/5e208bd0412c0663d191f794/5e208c00574a456916db773e/1579191296813/ New Gallery - Instagram test https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5533e8cde4b0a33a05ada8b8/1579191663393-TIWKNR4NS5SV8QP6SBDP/DSC06979.jpg New Gallery - Instagram test https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5533e8cde4b0a33a05ada8b8/1579191671056-AAEHXYBO9M3J3L36Q9KC/DSC07083+copy.JPG New Gallery - Instagram test https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5533e8cde4b0a33a05ada8b8/1579191680746-HPHZJITJCQQMHL6EAQ4W/DSC07481.jpg New Gallery - Instagram test https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5533e8cde4b0a33a05ada8b8/1579191681817-8SPA0P7ASHDZU06C429Q/DSC07684+copy.jpg New Gallery - Instagram test https://www.benjaminclock.com/about daily 0.75 2025-03-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5533e8cde4b0a33a05ada8b8/1448758699169-2UX73DYIGS8EFLCTQ864/MM8175_120910_35928.JPG About Benjamin Clock filming with Sony PMW-350 and Perfect Horizon stabilizer in Barataria Bay, Louisiana during the Gulf oil spill. Photo by Gerrit Vyn. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5533e8cde4b0a33a05ada8b8/1449193388841-GKX00Z1NFE5U14Y9L5FJ/image-asset.jpeg About Trekking in search of nesting Shorebirds, Nome, Alaska. 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Sandhill Crane, Aransas, Texas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5533e8cde4b0a33a05ada8b8/1449206672156-TTYHSGGZ07BYNRPQOYG8/6141930272_fa472be249_o.jpg Photography - Kirtland's Warbler, Grayling, Michigan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5533e8cde4b0a33a05ada8b8/1449206880809-IGANSZZXPBE6RR5J4L30/6145688718_2177bdccfb_o.jpg Photography - Caspian Tern, Iron Banks, Louisiana https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5533e8cde4b0a33a05ada8b8/1449206947922-R6CE2QTMZ9AEQKR5BESZ/4624056637_190cbc5271_o.jpg Photography - Masked Tityra, Sayulita, Mexico https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5533e8cde4b0a33a05ada8b8/1680112833112-AQT7HRCLJ9MSR73I2BOD/DSC06676+copy+2.jpg Photography https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5533e8cde4b0a33a05ada8b8/1464282282741-4O85KKGVB4BBUG12PW83/IMG_5237.jpg Photography - Musk Oxen, Nome, Alaska https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5533e8cde4b0a33a05ada8b8/1449206902459-76PPBMYR1KPMT9CDCNHW/4599409641_aeb5b502c6_o.jpg Photography - Orange-breasted Bunting, Sayulita, Mexico https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5533e8cde4b0a33a05ada8b8/1449208592538-TCRPRBH8CAAPL6NX4CA6/4629501555_95ee7d267d_o.jpg Photography - American Robin, Ithaca, New York https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5533e8cde4b0a33a05ada8b8/1478391034723-GXJI4MTT2B7N3GUXDNI9/DSC05096+%281%29.jpg Photography - Hoary Marmot, Eagle Summit, Alaska https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5533e8cde4b0a33a05ada8b8/1449209320942-KO0ZGESBYKQY4SHHLBD7/4942877257_97cab72364_o.jpg Photography - Common Nighthawk, Grand Isle, Louisiana https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5533e8cde4b0a33a05ada8b8/1449208922680-KQFMVM6XRDAD5LYUX1LR/4930069684_c2f54d1be4_o.jpg Photography - Brown Pelican, Whiskey Island, Louisiana https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5533e8cde4b0a33a05ada8b8/1449210378054-R9MBTDS7ARCSX449KWEM/6103780947_1d74ca7fc8_o.jpg Photography - American Tree Sparrow, Brooktondale, New York https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5533e8cde4b0a33a05ada8b8/1449209729187-MBREQLNTBHGSDMNKWCBD/6141354705_e4953ffd3c_o.jpg Photography - Black Swift on nest, Ouray, Colorado https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5533e8cde4b0a33a05ada8b8/1449210648946-68WAUSLSVVDY2W4OUAKD/IMG_0211.JPG Photography - Royal Tern, Breton Island, Louisiana https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5533e8cde4b0a33a05ada8b8/1449210792687-40J4UN7AF72AUR8BC5QQ/6144274978_25931cf230_o.jpg Photography - Orange-crowned Warbler, Aransas, Texas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5533e8cde4b0a33a05ada8b8/1449210906999-C1LXQ9QYUBZ8SG9MTGZP/6145137795_39f9e63bc4_o.jpg Photography - Caspian Tern, Iron Banks, Louisiana https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5533e8cde4b0a33a05ada8b8/1449211220275-B7VTWDV4U1591BNPE0RY/a_IMG_4494_3.jpg Photography - Green Jay, Laguna Atascosa, Texas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5533e8cde4b0a33a05ada8b8/1449211429310-1LKZUFZJNY92CODMQMIU/IMG_9056.jpg Photography - Laughing Gull, Barataria Bay, Louisiana https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5533e8cde4b0a33a05ada8b8/1449211599620-D48PTUIK3FLFH9DXB7N4/14067084925_2499eae05+small.jpg Photography - Rock Ptarmigan, Nome, Alaska https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5533e8cde4b0a33a05ada8b8/1449211934526-2GPLSMKAP3U60U1BZT37/8354971286_7e76d2b47c_o.jpg Photography - California Gnatcatcher, Laguna Beach, California https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5533e8cde4b0a33a05ada8b8/1449212882308-C4ZS8T28HLO8X0REWGO7/b_IMG_5024.jpg Photography - Mountain Plover, Sebastian, Texas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5533e8cde4b0a33a05ada8b8/1449212979483-UALW4LP6E1IHC0XXW399/IMG_4032.JPG Photography - Red-winged Blackbird, Ithaca, New York https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5533e8cde4b0a33a05ada8b8/1449213069076-P05AEUOSF0QSBS20W7LC/IMG_0526_2.JPG Photography - Sandhill Crane, Aransas, Texas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5533e8cde4b0a33a05ada8b8/1449213133273-MLJHFJBRTL03Y3F1BE63/IMG_3146.jpg Photography - Least Bittern, West Pointe a la Hache, Louisiana https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5533e8cde4b0a33a05ada8b8/1449213581170-M8N944KQTOBNSSB8CWB1/IMG_2699.JPG Photography - 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Russet-crowned Motmot, Sayulita, Mexico https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5533e8cde4b0a33a05ada8b8/1449274022487-OAVGF33TUQ9VPTU7AC9V/14067515034_527329efb5_o.jpg Photography - Common Ringed Plover, Gambell, Alaska https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5533e8cde4b0a33a05ada8b8/1449266798720-SIM2LJKGW78CKAG6AH5A/11177142704_41b810349a_o.jpg Photography - American Dipper, Yosemite, California https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5533e8cde4b0a33a05ada8b8/1449266837891-5MBHGB4RJ6Z9WVOUUDOW/IMG_1255.jpg Photography - Black Skimmer, Bastian Island, Louisiana https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5533e8cde4b0a33a05ada8b8/1580927580671-GHOBCZSYDQUP351N92Z2/IMG_5577.jpg Photography https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5533e8cde4b0a33a05ada8b8/1449273928283-7G7K0HXBG18XGOY494S9/13790804694_3457893cc8_o.jpg Photography - Yellow-rumped Warbler, Skilak Lake, Alaska https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5533e8cde4b0a33a05ada8b8/1449266421508-EAO5KATYXBSN2CACARK2/5202159085_0d1f80917d_o.jpg Photography - Royal Tern, Breton Island, Louisiana https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5533e8cde4b0a33a05ada8b8/1449287583622-IHNY99TAFLGDV091O7QO/5015954714_100433b751_o.jpg Photography - Red Knot, Nome, Alaska https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5533e8cde4b0a33a05ada8b8/1449274846600-J3J8JY88J3XHHX2YUPND/IMG_7475.jpg Photography - Sandwich Tern, Raccoon Island, Louisiana https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5533e8cde4b0a33a05ada8b8/1449287782372-BGX225ZOVOGHIS2U6EYP/4930087336_70da243e82_o.jpg Photography - Seaside Sparrow, West Pointe a la Hache, Louisiana https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5533e8cde4b0a33a05ada8b8/1449289932332-0HD8WKVMIFLATT11ZRQ2/IMG_2595.jpg Photography - Henslow's Sparrow, Waterloo, Michigan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5533e8cde4b0a33a05ada8b8/1449289518851-A4TBHM3WQHAMW1ZF6PSR/IMG_3950.jpg Photography - Acadian Flycatcher, Belleplain, New Jersey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5533e8cde4b0a33a05ada8b8/1449291137108-O8O2TVFBXV54MFH344AH/IMG_0594.jpg Photography - 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Arctic Warbler, Denali Highway, Alaska https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5533e8cde4b0a33a05ada8b8/1562869773279-8FL3NL7LK5UTBZPVHH72/DSC01465.jpg Photography https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5533e8cde4b0a33a05ada8b8/1562869794947-APD97M17YAOQDP1IWP9V/DSC01372-2.jpg Photography https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5533e8cde4b0a33a05ada8b8/1562869828174-8Z813P14QL5GS9R9W8DM/DSC02139.jpg Photography https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5533e8cde4b0a33a05ada8b8/1562869840515-LID4L9NFQI9IZL3DX565/DSC04656.jpg Photography https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5533e8cde4b0a33a05ada8b8/1680112791501-GSFSOFK7GCEY0G2QCGN5/DSC04848.jpg Photography https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5533e8cde4b0a33a05ada8b8/1562869873308-1VVFYX1B70XBJ8GRLS0C/DSC07481.jpg Photography https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5533e8cde4b0a33a05ada8b8/1578877301729-286LDU967QFH5AN0R2ZR/DSC04050.jpg Photography https://www.benjaminclock.com/videography daily 0.75 2024-04-07 https://www.benjaminclock.com/services daily 0.75 2023-02-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5533e8cde4b0a33a05ada8b8/1479071361908-Y4LKX15QLPZPV7QJU6WJ/MM8175_120925_42015.JPG Conservation Multimedia Filming a group of foraging Great Knot on Crab Island, Cape York, Australia. 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Click HERE to view my clips of these Great Knots in the MACAULAY LIBRARY archives https://www.benjaminclock.com/photostories/buff-breastedsandpiper daily 0.75 2022-02-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5533e8cde4b0a33a05ada8b8/1551461711490-MC19NM4O94BARSBEU1X8/DSC00183.jpg Buff-breasted Sandpiper courtship display https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5533e8cde4b0a33a05ada8b8/1551461802444-I6I2085VH0KD3B5PHFFL/DSC09923.jpg Buff-breasted Sandpiper courtship display https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5533e8cde4b0a33a05ada8b8/1551461819104-MMTB93FV67SSUK8D2U4T/DSC09978.jpg Buff-breasted Sandpiper courtship display https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5533e8cde4b0a33a05ada8b8/1551462115325-VTG7C8OX29F3FYYAB1R0/DSC09629.jpg Buff-breasted Sandpiper courtship display https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5533e8cde4b0a33a05ada8b8/1551461851421-WQWGOMALYFCVXYOSRGML/DSC09420.jpg Buff-breasted Sandpiper courtship display https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5533e8cde4b0a33a05ada8b8/1551462038066-BJA7UOQ8VFDE4NC6MCNI/DSC09504.jpg Buff-breasted Sandpiper courtship display https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5533e8cde4b0a33a05ada8b8/1551461839384-CDRWT8CIK01GWAYFILCH/DSC00146.jpg Buff-breasted Sandpiper courtship display https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5533e8cde4b0a33a05ada8b8/1551461880426-5IPHEHY3WYFFY70R7M4W/DSC09530.jpg Buff-breasted Sandpiper courtship display https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5533e8cde4b0a33a05ada8b8/1551461900801-G711CR3EDT8V70CIG4HK/DSC09539.jpg Buff-breasted Sandpiper courtship display https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5533e8cde4b0a33a05ada8b8/1551461971566-14BMV9ZCG0J1V6FBG7N9/DSC09799.jpg Buff-breasted Sandpiper courtship display https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5533e8cde4b0a33a05ada8b8/1551461956829-SEMW04WB6AQBPD98KHDO/DSC09785.jpg Buff-breasted Sandpiper courtship display https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5533e8cde4b0a33a05ada8b8/1555103858607-4T9ZGTYMMA7O6K0GJDJA/DSC09724.jpg Buff-breasted Sandpiper courtship display https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5533e8cde4b0a33a05ada8b8/1551462085185-J4KGLTVU17X2LWZWKWB4/DSC09927.jpg Buff-breasted Sandpiper courtship display https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5533e8cde4b0a33a05ada8b8/1551462085256-KKQUABLV8AL6HGMYAGQB/DSC09931.jpg Buff-breasted Sandpiper courtship display https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5533e8cde4b0a33a05ada8b8/1551462087279-P3NVLUFWADMF16RYNMSR/DSC09933.jpg Buff-breasted Sandpiper courtship display https://www.benjaminclock.com/instagramfeature daily 0.75 2020-01-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5533e8cde4b0a33a05ada8b8/1643847900178-FKDZXCYBHTNQTEVL17LN/image.jpg Instagram Gallery - Whimbrel on tundra nesting grounds Whimbrel on the grassy tundra of it’s arctic breeding grounds. Whimbrel on the Atlantic flyway migrate thousands of miles from their nesting grounds in the Canadian arctic to stopover locations like the salt marshes of Cape Cod. Please check out my new short film for @manometcenter featuring their research on staging of juveniles in the Fiddler Crab rich marshes of upper Cape Cod (find the link for the film in my Bio) Whimbrel rely on pivotal stopover locations and safe wintering habitat in order to survive. Manomet’s research aims to discover these important areas - especially for young birds on their first migration in order to help preserve critical habitat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5533e8cde4b0a33a05ada8b8/1644001194469-S90N1UAT2Q9KS9D95O0Q/American+Tree+Sparrow.jpg Instagram Gallery - American Tree Sparrow American Tree Sparrow near it’s nest in the arctic Willow forests of Alaska in the Spring. This species nests in a mossy, grassy spot on the ground, often on a hummock, beneath shrubby Willows. You might be seeing Tree Sparrows right now foraging beneath your feeders where they spend the winter, south of their nesting areas across the northern and central US. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5533e8cde4b0a33a05ada8b8/1587580428397-LPJR1X5FIS9ZYMAD9H0L/DSC04656.jpg Instagram Gallery Purple Sandpiper in breeding plumage from the Varanger peninsula in northern Norway. I am lucky to have this amazing species wintering just up the coast from my home in Massachusetts but I never see them in this plumage. Last Spring I found this bird, foraging beside a group of Bar-tailed Godwit in the Norwegian arctic where they nest. Seeing this bird was a highlight of the journey! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5533e8cde4b0a33a05ada8b8/1579901150997-PRY2W6536V9QF2RG184J/DSC01497-4.jpg Instagram Gallery Golden-crowned Sparrow with a beak full of insects for his nestlings in the Willow woods of Nome, Alaska. This species breeds in copses of 5-10 foot tall trees along roadsides and in ridgeline creases, surrounded by open tundra. The zoomed in view in the second shot gives a bit more detail on the insect meal - a few giant Alaskan mosquitoes and even a Dipteran fly. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5533e8cde4b0a33a05ada8b8/1579653185970-PTUM7BIFPWTL4B25OPK9/DSC02905-2.jpg Instagram Gallery A Red-throated Pipit snatching a tiny worm on the edge of a melting tundra pool in the high country of northern Norway. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5533e8cde4b0a33a05ada8b8/1579194471280-9RM74SM7YQUBHIMGOZSK/DSC03552_Insta.jpg Instagram Gallery Eurasian Dotterel on the tundra in northern Finland. Processing my best images of this species I pondered the question of what, explicitly makes for a good wildlife portrait. I like the expressiveness of the first shot, the angle of the bird’s head and face and the view of both the breast and the curve of the gold-edged wing coverts. The second shot is clearer, full profile with excellent posture and positioning and great habitat. Which do you prefer and why? I would love to hear from anyone willing to share their thoughts! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5533e8cde4b0a33a05ada8b8/1579194597799-7KXFI76ZAQ0C3C3DP6DK/DSC03608_Insta.jpg Instagram Gallery Eurasian Dotterel on the tundra in northern Finland. Processing my best images of this species I pondered the question of what, explicitly makes for a good wildlife portrait. I like the expressiveness of the first shot, the angle of the bird’s head and face and the view of both the breast and the curve of the gold-edged wing coverts. The second shot is clearer, full profile with excellent posture and positioning and great habitat. Which do you prefer and why? I would love to hear from anyone willing to share their thoughts! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5533e8cde4b0a33a05ada8b8/1578878156964-E9SYAMJOGCBUJA24KE5Y/DSC03493.jpg Instagram Gallery A few weeks back I posted a nest photo from the alpine tundra of northern Finland. Here is the reveal - a beautiful Eurasian Dotterel, female, walking back to her nest from this past Spring. Second image is another shot of the nest with a clutch of three. I dreamed of seeing a Dotterel and beholding their display flights. We searched many slopes, in known breeding areas this year, some looked perfect, some were completely snow-bound. After many long walks atop the beautiful, yet silent tundra slopes - even running into birders who had been walking around broadcasting Dotterel song from a speaker, I was lucky enough to find a nest and watch the Dotterel return and incubate. Definitely one of the best moments of 2019! Happy New Year! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5533e8cde4b0a33a05ada8b8/1578878083693-ZM4RQ35I191OACJ32BGF/IMG_9247.jpg Instagram Gallery Who's nest is this? Hint: a Shorebird of the Scandinavian alpine tundra. Only three eggs in this nest. Sometimes Shorebirds do lay a clutch of only three eggs but in this case I believe that the female was soon due to lay a fourth. When I found this nest, the incubating bird was the female. In this species, it is uncommon for females to incubate for long, beyond the time of a complete clutch - (another hint to the identity of this species). Finding Shorebird nests and glimpsing a window into their furtive lifestyles in the Arctic springtime is one of the most amazing and fascinating experiences I've ever had (and one I look forward to every year I am able to make it to the arctic). Stay tuned for the answer to this nests identity and for an upcoming photo story on my webpage about the experience of finding this nest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5533e8cde4b0a33a05ada8b8/1568508612149-LTV3DNGMLZRRW64J9N3J/DSC02978-3.jpg Instagram Gallery Surfbird, foraging atop an eel grass covered block of ice on the Seward peninsula shore. Surfbirds sometimes gather at the shore of Norton Sound in the early Spring when their montane, alpine tundra nesting areas are still covered with snow. In these years Surfbird can sometimes be easily seen. Other years, they arrive more stealthily, disappearing into the high country where they nest on mostly inaccessible ridge tops. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5533e8cde4b0a33a05ada8b8/1568032197194-BREB51ORGGET4OM82CGJ/DSC01465Sm_Insta.jpg Instagram Gallery Red Phalarope foraging in a meltwater pool on migration to the breeding grounds in the Alaskan arctic. The migration flights of Shorebirds are some of the most impressive feats in the animal kingdom. These Red Phalarope individuals likely arrived here on the shores of the Seward peninsula in Alaska after a winter spent in the pelagic zone of the Pacific Ocean, many miles from land. Unlike most of their cousins, Phalaropes are seabirds for much of their lives, spending time on land only during their nesting season. In this photo, three brightly colored females and a male (back-most individual) swim and forage for food items swirled around by the paddling of their lobed feet. #worldshorebirdsday was this week with Global Shorebird counts continuing all week - get out to your local wetland areas and submit your counts to eBird. You can Share any eBird checklists you submit with the username WorldShorebirdsDay for the tally. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5533e8cde4b0a33a05ada8b8/1566762226501-JQBN6G8X7L7EMQK29I5P/DSC00684.jpg Instagram Gallery Red-necked Stint, Utqiagvik, Alaska. Watching this bird forage, I noticed a low-stepping, almost creeping posture as the bird moved forward. Foraging style can be diagnostic, just like flight or posture...a lesson learned from this encounter that I will try and apply in the future when scanning Shorebirds on migration, looking for different species on flats from afar, (when they're in far less noticeable plumage as this breeding plumed individual). Red-necked Stint breed primarily in arctic Russia but show up annually on migration and breed occasionally on the Alaskan side of the Bering Sea (as far as is known). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5533e8cde4b0a33a05ada8b8/1550517197769-ULQY2D3A5SKUI26WUUGT/DSC03565.jpg Instagram Gallery Purple Sandpiper foraging atop a seaweed covered rock along the rocky, Massachusetts coast. My favorite wintertime resident of my home coastline, these birds are always exciting to watch when you can get close. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5533e8cde4b0a33a05ada8b8/1549590899256-2ES1LJC8JZ4ZPJRY4X4D/Buffy+dance_final.jpg Instagram Gallery Buff-breasted Sandpiper display on a lek near Utqiagvik, Alaska from this past Spring. I was thrilled to learn that this photo has made it through to the final round of judging in the prestigious Wildlife Photographer of the Year Contest in England. Wish me luck! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5533e8cde4b0a33a05ada8b8/1545093466395-CQVL2KLUUWCH0TOUSQN1/DSC09539-3.jpg Instagram Gallery - Sabine's Gull Sabine's Gull feasting close to shore on fish eggs after a spring spawn near the coast of Norton Sound near Nome, Alaska. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5533e8cde4b0a33a05ada8b8/1545089982389-HTDP7CGDTD1B7JKTA2IQ/DSC03324.jpg Instagram Gallery I spent the cold afternoon with this Black-throated Gray Warbler - an unexpected visitor to the Massachusetts coast. 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