IN PRAISE OF AMERICAN BEAUTYBERRIES

September 28, 2026.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Actually all native fall-ripening berries New post on RUSHINGOUTDOORS ON SUBSTACK page

September 21, 2026.Reading time less than 1 minute.

New post on RUSHINGOUTDOORS ON SUBSTACK page

American Redstart: Nature’s ‘Flasher’

September 17, 2026.Reading time less than 1 minute.

New post on RushingOutdoors On Substack page.

RUSHINGOUTDOORS: I AM GOING TO DOWNPLAY MY INSTAGRAM PRESSENCE AND MOVE EMPHASIS TO RUSHINGOUTDOORS.NET AND RUSHINGOUTDOORS SUBSTACK

September 8, 2026.Reading time 3 minutes.

I started and began posting to my RushingOutdoors Instagram account April 4, 2018. I did this for the simple reason it was considered the best platform for photographers to share their work with other photographers and non-photographers interested in wildlife and bird natural history. Even though Instagram did not render a high-quality image and had […]

HOODED WARBLERS: DEFYING THE DOWNWARD POPULATION TRENDS OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS

September 8, 2026.Reading time 2 minutes.

Male Hooded Warbler in his preferred habitat of dense understory. In this case north GA rhododendron & mountain laurel along a small creek. Hooded Warblers are bucking the trend of declining populations. Their numbers are actually increasing as they expand their breeding ground range northward into New England & Ontario as average temperatures increase. This […]

NEW GALLERY ADDED TO IMAGES

September 8, 2026.Reading time 10 minutes.

Here are a few selections from spring and summer of 2026. I did not make any ‘exotic’ trips this spring or summer. Just common Georgia birds. That deserve as much appreciation and protection as any birds. In my opinion.

RushingOutdoors On Instagram

July 14, 2025.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Left click Read More tag below to go to my (almost) daily Instagram posts. You do not have to have an Instagram account.

MELOEPIZA MELODIA: STAGE NAME SONG SPARROW

July 14, 2025.Reading time less than 1 minute.

PAINTED BUNTINGS: NORTH AMERICA’S MOST BEAUTIFUL BIRD?

June 19, 2025.Reading time 4 minutes.

Honestly, this is a clickbait title. I don’t think there is a singular ‘most beautiful’. There is just too much unique beauty spread across all the bird taxonomic families. That being said, for me, Painted Buntings are on the top of the list for songbirds. Well again, in honesty, certainly they earn a place in […]

RED-COCKADED WOODPECKERS: ENDANGERED TO THREATENED

April 28, 2025.Reading time 4 minutes.

A Conservation Success Story In Progress In Oct 2024, Red-cockaded Woodpeckers were downlisted from endangered to threatened status under the Endangered Species Act. It is now April 2025. April is Earth Month. A month set aside to showcase all the days spent conserving, protecting, managing the nature that surrounds us. To showcase, with the 22nd […]