My photograph of a Ruby-throated Hummingbird will be on display at the Festival de l’Oiseau et de la Nature, over in Le Crotoy, France, from April 9-17. It’s the Festival of Birds and Nature, for those who don’t know French. What an honor. I feel like a jazzman, appreciated on the Continent.
The Art of Backyard Bird Photography display for my shows, picked up at The Icon the other day. Photograph by Luis Diaz.
This bird photography festival in France would be great to get into. We’ll see. Le Festival de l’Oiseau et de la Nature.
They are doing an article about hummingbird gardening and butterfly gardening. I had a nice chat today with writer Kristina Mastrocola of Woman’s World and it brought back memories of working on these books. She asked some good questions about how to set up gardens for the hummingbirds and butterflies and we also talked about photography. The article will appear around May 12 and it will be widely available on newsstands. I’m looking forward to it. I was describing to Kristina the wide-brimmed hat I wear to hide me from the hummingbirds, and I decided to send her this photo to show what it’s like. That’s me at my garden in Adamant, VT. 
Some prints at my printer The Icon in LA, then me with labels to put on the back of the matted photographs for the Santa Monica Mountains Visitor Center exhibition in July 2016. Photos of me by Luis Diaz.
I enjoyed seeing all of the people that day, 12/5/15. Photo courtesy of Kerry Perkins/NPS.
