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Photo by @TimLaman | Flying Through the Snow - Mallard | A male Mallard flies through falling snow. (Anas platyrhynchos). 4th of July Flash Sale! 25% off my American Collection which includes this mallard photograph taken in Connecticut. Get one of my hummingbird photos or my Backyard Beauties collection 25% off through Monday July 4th. Have a great weekend everyone! #birds, #birdphotography, #mallard

Photo by @TimLaman | A male Black Sicklebill (Epimachus fastosus) perches at his display pole, which is a broken off tree deep in the cloud forest of the Arfak Mountains Nature Reserve. West Papua, Indonesia. He is lifting his "epaulette" feathers on his shoulders, which become the cape around his head in display posture. Today is the last day to sign up for my newsletter to be entered into my free giveaway. You could win a 12” square Goldie’s Bird-of-Paradise print with my digital signature. Sign up for my Wildlife Diaries newsletter today with link in bio! #BirdPlanetBook, #TimLamanBook, #birds, #birdphotography, #TimLaman_BirdPlanet, #birdsofparadise

Photo by @TimLaman | Heron at Dusk. A great blue heron (Ardea herodias) hunts at dusk in the shallows of Walden Pond during a storm. My assistant’s favorite image is hanging over my office computer. The blue looks amazing printed on metal and it is available in my online fine art print store. Do you think this image made the cut for my upcoming book, Bird Planet? #BirdPlanetBook, #TimLamanBook, #birds, #birdphotography, #TimLaman_BirdPlanet

Photo by @TimLaman | Portrait of an Antarctic Shag (Phalacrocorax bransfieldensis). I love the color of the solid blue background of this portrait. Photographing this bird straight on makes him look a little…..what do you think? Another contender for my new book, Bird Planet, arriving in October. #BirdPlanetBook, #TimLamanBook, #birds, #birdphotography, #TimLaman_BirdPlanet

Photo by @TimLaman | A White-vented Storm Petrel (Oceanites gracilis) walking on water. (also known as Elliot's Storm-petrel). Isabela Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. This image made the cut in my #BirdPlanetBook! You can learn more by signing up for my Wildlife Diaries Newsletter, link in Bio. If you sign up before the end of the month you will be entered into my Birds-of-Paradise print giveaway! #TimLamanBook, #birds, #birdphotography, #TimLaman_BirdPlanet

Photo by @TimLaman | Mallards In The Mist. The first rays of the sun illuminate the mist hovering over Walden Pond on a chilly morning, Concord, Massachusetts. Mallards In The Mist is part of my Walden Pond Collection that I continue to work on when I am home between assignments. It was in the running for my #BirdPlanetBook but I can only have so many Walden Pond pictures. Do you think it is good enough to make the cut? If you would like this image in your home, it is available in my Wonder of Birds gallery on my fine art site. Link in bio. #TimLamanBook, #birds, #birdphotography, #TimLaman_BirdPlanet

Photo by @TimLaman | Verdin Among The Aloe. This image was taken in the Palm Springs area of California some years back and is a contender for my #BirdPlanetBook. What I love about this image is the atmosphere created by the soft out-of-focus highlights on the aloe stems in the background that really give it a unique feel. It is available in my fine art store as wall art for your home. See link in bio. #TimLamanBook, #birds, #birdphotography, #timlaman_birdplanet

Photo by @TimLaman | Kelp Gull (Larus dominicanus) in snow, Brown Bluff, Antarctic Peninsula. Another one of my archive shots that was in consideration for my upcoming book, BIRD PLANET, a collection of my best bird photography from all over the world. See the link in bio to learn about a special offer for a signed edition bundled with a print. This offer is limited to 100 copies, and half have already been purchased, so order now if you are interested. Books will ship in October. Thanks for your interest! Wild birds are ambassadors for a healthy environment - help spread the word! #TimLaman_BirdPlanet #birds #birdphotography

Video by @TimLaman | Did you know that hummingbirds can’t walk at all? Their little legs and feet are used only for perching. But who needs to walk when you can fly and land this precisely? Check out these landing shots of female and male Costa's, and juvenile rufous hummingbirds. How did I know where they would land? It’s all about being a patient observer of nature. Birds are creatures of habit and often come back to the same perch.  #TL_WildlifePhotoTips #hummingbird #birds, #wildlifephotography #sunnylands #coachellavalley #coachella #palmsprings #shotonred Follow my linkinbio to sign up for my newsletter and get more in-depth behind the scenes stories about my work every month.

Photo by @TimLaman | Here is a creature who really deserves its name - the “flamboyant cuttlefish”. I photographed this small cuttlefish (this one was only about an inch long) on a night dive off the coast of West Papua, Indonesia. Like with many boldly colored creatures like caterpillars or nudibranchs, it turns out that this cuttlefish is advertising its toxicity with its bright pattern. One of the things I like the most about exploring the marine realm are the otherworldly creatures that one can encounter. This, my first encounter with the flamboyant cuttlefish was especially exciting as I had been hoping to see and photograph one for some time. It was toward the end of a dive when I found it, and I spent as much time as I could photographing it, but eventually had to surface because I was running out of air. During this #worldoceanweek, I’m especially reminded of the wonders our oceans hold, and how we need to do a much better job protecting them. I hope you find some inspiration from all the great posts on social media this week, and do what you can to be better stewards of our oceans. #worldoceanday2022 #worldoceanday #worldoceanweek #rajaampat #indonesia

Photo by @TimLaman. Flew past the Alaska Range, with Denali in the distance on my way north to a new project in the Arctic. Excited to explore a new area for me. #windowseat #alaska #denali #iphone

Photos by @TimLaman | You know its spring time in New England when wild Pink Lady’s Slipper Orchids are blooming in the woods! Shot these yesterday in the woods behind my house in Lexington, Massachusetts. Do you like the tight portrait, or the environmental shots? What’s springing to life in your area? #orchid #spring #pinkladysslipper #newengland #wildflowers

Photo by @TimLaman. Western Parotia Bird-of-Paradise Print Giveaway! I hope you are all staying safe wherever you are hunkering down during these crazy times. I’m continuing my celebration of Birds-of-Paradise by diving into my archive again this week, and have chosen the Western Parotia to be featured. Found only in the mountains of far West Papua, Indonesia, this is not the most colorful of the birds-of-paradise, but the male makes up for it with his amazing dance moves, including what is called the ballerina dance, that you see here. My latest Wildlife Diaries newsletter has the behind-the-scenes story of how I photographed this bird. Follow the link in my bio (or go to www.timlamanfineart.com/bop-giveaway) to enter the drawing for the print and get the newsletter. If you already subscribe, then you are automatically entered! Winner announced next Sat (April 11). Stay tuned to @TimLaman, because for the coming days and weeks, I’m going to keep sharing Birds-of-Paradise coverage and stories, and giving away a print every week as a way to add a little fun to your days of social distancing. #Parotia #BirdsofParadise @birdsofparadiseproject #Papua #Indonesia

Photo by @TimLaman. A male Western Parotia Bird-of-Paradise performs a display called the “ballerina dance” on his arena in the rain forest of the Arfak Mountains in West Papua, Indonesia. The feathers the male holds out to form the skirt are not his wings at all, but special long feathers on his upper chest that he fans out… all to impress the females. This is an archival shot, but I’m back in the Arfak mountains right now on another bird-of-paradise trip! #Parotia, #ArfakMountains, #WestPapua, #Indonesia, #IndonesiaBiodiversity, @BirdsofParadiseProject, #CornellLabofOrnithology, #birdsofparadise, #birdofparadise, #birds, @natgeocreative, @thephotosociety.