Jamie Burning Freelance Nature Photography

Name: Jamie Burning Freelance Nature Photography
Address: Gettysburg, PA, 17325, US
Telephone: +15709069964

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Jamie Burning Freelance Nature Photography

Nature Photographer with a love for birds. Nikon Professional photographer since 2018.

06/20/2025

6-20-2025, Gettysburg National Military Park, Gettysburg PA. Eastern Kingbird, anyone see any other subject in this shot??? Nice surprise!!! Did you know? It’s not called a kingbird for nothing. The Eastern Kingbird has a crown of yellow, orange, or red feathers on its head, but the crown is usually concealed. When it encounters a potential predator the kingbird may simultaneously raise its bright crown patch, stretch its beak wide open to reveal a red gape, and dive-bomb the intruder. Now you know!! I hope you seen the insect as well..

06/15/2025

6-15-2025, Gettysburg National Military Park, Gettysburg PA. American Robin,, even the common birds need love sometimes. Did you know? An American Robin can produce three successful broods in one year. On average, though, only 40 percent of nests successfully produce young. Only 25 percent of those fledged young survive to November. From that point on, about half of the robins alive in any year will make it to the next. Despite the fact that a lucky robin can live to be 14 years old, the entire population turns over on average every six years. Now you know!!

06/11/2025

6-11-2025, Male and Female American Goldfinches, (Lemon Drops). Did you know? American Goldfinches breed later than most North American birds. They wait to nest until June or July when milkweed, thistle, and other plants have produced their fibrous seeds, which goldfinches incorporate into their nests and also feed their young. Now you know! Gettysburg National Military park, Gettysburg PA.

06/10/2025

6-10-2025, Gettysburg National Military Park, Gettysburg PA. Chipping Sparrow, Did you know why birds Preen?
Feather Maintenance:
Preening helps align individual strands of feathers, repair minor damage, and ensures the correct overlap for waterproofing and insulation.
Waterproofing:
Birds use oils from their uropygial gland (preen gland) to coat their feathers and make them waterproof, especially important for swimming birds.
Parasite Removal:
Preening helps remove parasites like lice, mites, and fleas from feathers, preventing skin problems and disease transmission.
Social Bonding:
Mutual preening, where birds groom each other, strengthens social bonds and pair bonds.
Health Indicator:
Birds spend significant time preening, and changes in their preening behavior (over-preening, under-preening, or not preening at all) can be a sign of illness or stress.
Insulation:
Well-maintained feathers provide insulation, helping birds regulate body temperature in different climates. Now you know!!

06/09/2025

6-9-2025, Gettysburg National Military Park, Gettysburg PA. Barn Swallow, Did you know? Although the killing of egrets is often cited for inspiring the U.S. conservation movement, it was the millinery (hat-making) trade’s impact on Barn Swallows that prompted naturalist George Bird Grinnell’s 1886 Forest & Stream editorial decrying the waste of bird life. His essay led to the founding of the first Audubon Society. Now you know! If we enjoy them, we must protect them!!

06/08/2025

6-8-2025, Field Sparrow. Did you know? The clear, “bouncing-ball” trill of the Field Sparrow is a familiar summer sound in brushy fields and roadsides of the East and Midwest. The singer is a small, warm-toned sparrow with a rusty cap, neat white eyering, and pink bill. Though still common, Field Sparrows have declined sharply in the last half-century, partly because of the expansion of suburbs, where Field Sparrows will not nest. Now you know!

06/07/2025

6-06-2025, Grasshopper Sparrow at Gettysburg National Military Park in Gettysburg PA. Did you know? Appropriately for this species, grasshoppers are the primary prey. Adults prepare grasshoppers for chicks by removing the legs of the insects, vigorously shaking them off pair by pair. Now you know!

06/05/2025

6-5-2025, Prairie Warbler, Gettysburg National Military Park, Gettysburg PA. Did you know? Like most warblers, Prairie Warbler sings two similar, but distinct, song types. The faster “A Song” is directed at the female for courtship and the “B Song” is sung at territorial boundaries to deter other males. Now you know!! BTW, this is another lifer bird for me.. Not for lack of trying to find one, but they seamed to avoid me until today..

06/03/2025

6-3-2025, Indigo Bunting poses in on a battlefield fence in Gettysburg PA. Did you know? Like all other blue birds, Indigo Buntings lack blue pigment. Their jewel-like color comes instead from microscopic structures in the feathers that refract and reflect blue light, much like the airborne particles that cause the sky to look blue. Now you know!!

06/01/2025

6-1-2025, Gettysburg National Military Park, Gettysburg PA. Blue Grosbeak, Lifer for me!!! Did you know? Blue Grosbeaks breed along roads and open areas, building their nests low in small trees, shrubs, tangles of vines, or briars. At least one pair of grosbeaks has nested in a bluebird nest box.
Blue Grosbeaks have expanded northward in the United States in the past century or two, possibly taking advantage of forest clearing. Now you know..

05/31/2025

5-30-2025, Red-Bellied Woodpecker at Gettysburg National Military Park, Gettysburg PA. Did you know? A Red-bellied Woodpecker can stick out its tongue nearly 2 inches past the end of its beak. The tip is barbed and the bird’s spit is sticky, making it easier to sn**ch prey from deep crevices. Males have longer, wider-tipped tongues than females, possibly allowing a breeding pair to forage in slightly different places on their territory and maximize their use of available food. Now you know!!

02/06/2025

2-4-2025, "Spot of Color". Eastern Bluebird looks over the battlefields in Gettysburg PA. Did you know? Eastern Bluebirds occur across eastern North America and south as far as Nicaragua. Birds that live farther north and in the west of the range tend to lay more eggs than eastern and southern birds. Now you know!!

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