Steven Marx

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Two female ducks are walking towards the camera, almost in perfect sync with the left feet up/forwards. They are walking on green grass, with more grass and green foliage behind them and bright red flower in the upper right. Ducks are mostly centered in the frame, slightly to the left. Both appear to be looking at the camera with the right eyes.
A black winged stilt is viewed from below, flying overhead, its wings outstretched and legs straight behind. White sky fills the rest of frame while light shows through the trailing edges of its wings
A crowned woodnymph is sitting on a hummingbird feeder, seen in profile facing right. Bird is purple with green neck feathers.
A greater yellowlegs is seen wading in shallow water at the shoreline in evening light. Bird is seen largely in profile, walking to the right with the camera slightly in front and its right leg bent up as it wades. Orange/yellow setting sunlight lights the scene from behind and to the right of the bird. Foreground is muddy shore, background is mostly calm water.
A lessons motmot is seen from behind and to the left, looking up with its beak open. Bird is standing on a branch at the bottom of the frame, body and head visible, bottom of the tail out of frame.
A great egret is seen in profile flying from left to right low over water. Its wings are down mid-bear, hiding most of its body, but the head and part of the curled up neck are visible. Seen in mid distance on the left third of the frame
A. Lerner. Flicker
A buff throated saltator is perched on a bench, seen in profile slightly from behind right. Its head is turned to the right some, looking at the camera. Picture is shaft with a mostly dark green background with lighter green spots. Branch runs horizontally across the lower third of frame.
A gray catbird is standing on a black metal fence, seen in profile and slightly from behind on its right. Its head is slightly tilted to the right and up, maybe looking up.
A bald eagle is seen in profile flying to the right, wings outspread. Bird is just short of fully mature. Sky is washed out white.
About a dozen seagulls are sitting on a thin ice floe with open water visible behind them. One gull in the foreground is landing.
A ruby throated hummingbird is sitting on a clothesline, viewed from three quarters behind to the left. Its head is turned to its left and looking up. A clothespin is on the right of the frame while the background is blurred ornamental grasses. Scene is sunlit from behind and to the right.
A house wren is in flight going to the left, seen in profile just to left of center of frame. Seen in silhouette with sun highlighting its wings, which are down mid-beat. Immediately behind and to the left of the bird is blurred green leaves while a bright blue sky fills the rest of the background. A telephone wire runs horizontally from center right to bottom left.
A great horned owl is perched on a tree branch looking forward. Branches and bright sky fill the rest of the frame.
A northern flicker is sitting on a tree branch with its back to the camera, its head turned slightly to its right, part of side of head visible. Tree branches and blue sky fill the frame.
An American white pelican sits on the we’re, in profile facing right. Shoreline is visible at the top of the frame while rippled water fills the rest.
A deep sky picture of M51, the Whirlpool Galaxy.
A group of five emperor penguins are standing in a line on the ice, seen from about 3/4 view on their left. One in front has its left flipper up, stopping the others, while there’s a gap between the first two and last three. Third penguin has its head down as if looking for something, others are just waiting in line.
Two juvenile bald eagles are fighting mid-flight, on a foggy morning. They appear to be chest to chest with talons locking and unlocking.
Closeup of an emu’s head, facing to the viewers left, in profile.
A brown throated parakeet is hanging sideways from a branch with its wings out, seemingly prepared to take flight.
A great kiskadee is seen face on looking very puffed up and round. The very bottom of its body and its legs are cut off.
A gray catbird is standing on black metal fence, seen mostly in profile but slightly from behind, right side visible, appearing to look up a little bit.
A dickcissel is perched on a small branch, in profile facing left, with an insect on its mouth. Its body is partially blocked by the leaves of the bush/tree it is perched on, while the background is light blue sky. Emiquon NWR
Black chinned hummingbird is approaching a feeder above some roses that are showing the dawn light. The background is light blue sky with clouds colored by the rising sun
A blue jay is perched on a branch looking and facing g right. One yellow leaf is visible at the left edge of the frame, the rest of the branches bare. Blurred background of green and brown
An American robin is perched on a telephone wire with lots of mostly brown nesting material in its beak. The rest of the frame is filled with blue sky.
A male ashy headed goose is walking to the left, seen in profile with its left leg up. It is walking next to some water, with blurred brush in the immediate foreground and brown foliage in the background and rest of the frame, with a few spots of green.
A neotropic cormorant is flying right to left across the frame, seen in profile with waves crashing on the beach filling the rest of the frame.
A pair of red tailed hawks are sitting on a tree branch, facing away from the camera the one on the right has its head turned to the right, making it visible to the camera. Branches in front and behind fill the frame with washed out light blue sky fills the background.
Four turkey vultures sit on tall fence posts in the middle distance, catching the morning sun. Green grass fills most of the rest of the frame, with fence posts including those the vultures are on going from the top right to bottom center of the picture.
A ruby throated hummingbird is seen mid hover as it prepares to feed from a feeder. Its wings are back mid beat, bird seen in profile facing left with its red throat visible.
Four ducks are floating on water, mostly facing to the right. A mallard couple is in front with the male behind the female, closest to the camera. Slightly more distant is a northern pintail couple, with the male facing to the left, mostly in shadow, and the female in profile facing right. Water is brown and choppy and fills the frame
A blue and white swallow is sitting on a telephone wire seen from a three quarters view behind and to its left. Its head is turned to the left.
A group of four wild turkeys are seen in some grass at the edge of some woods.
A northern pintail couple is flying away from the camera, the male in front and to the right. Both have their wings down mid beat. Rest of frame is filled with darkish blue sky.
A rufous tailed hummingbird is perched on a tree branch looking towards the camera with its right eye, body facing slightly to the left. A drop of water can be seen where the bill meets the head, while the background is blurred green and brown foliage.
A female scarlet rumped tanager is taking a bite of papaya that has been placed out on a branch. Its breast is mostly visible as it turns its head to the right and reaches to take a bite, its beak still in the papaya as it’s taking its bite.
An Adélie penguin is facing the camera with its head turned to the left, right eye looking at camera. Wings are straight out and bottom of body and feet are out of frame. Ice fills the rest of frame.
A great egret is flying to the right over water, seen in profile. Wings are up mid beat
A mallard duck couple are seen in water swimming to the left, male in front and slightly ahead. Male is lifting its head up from being underwater, and a trail of water comes from its bill to the water surface.
A northern giant petrel is flying to the right and slightly towards the camera, right side of head visible. Wings are partially down mid beat while the frame is filled with ocean water showing small swells.
A red bellied woodpecker is standing at what appears to be a squirrel’s, its back to the camera, head turned slightly to the left, its beak and left eye visible. Branches fill the foreground and background along with light blue sky.
A pair of immature bald eagles are standing on the mostly frozen Illinois River with the remains of a fish next to them.
Cormorants and seagulls are standing on a large rock in water, with most of the seagulls taking off while the cormorants watch. Rocky green and brown covered hills form the background with some water visible to the right in the foreground