I am a biologist & sheep owner living in northern New Jersey. Many of my pictures (including most of the bird ones) were taken while while I was at work.

My pictures are licensed as "creative commons," and have been used in the places listed below. You don't need to ask for permission to use them for non-commercial uses, but please let me know.

2012

** Birds of North America, Eastern Meadowlark account - nest photo

** Birds of North America, Upland Sandpiper account - nest photo

** Vermont eBird - bank swallow colony

** The Post-Journal (Mar. 31, 2012), Jamestown, NY - meadowlark nest

** Cornell's All About Birds website - screech owl adult and babies

2011

**Birds of North America, Common Nighthawk account (need subscription) - eggs and young

**Encyclopedia of Life - scarlet ibis, various other birds / nests

** Chicago's Field Museum, "Restoring Earth" exhibit - grasshopper sparrow nest

** www.arkive.org - eastern meadowlark and field sparrow nests

** The Post-Journal (Apr. 4, 2011), Jamestown, NY - bobolink nest

** The Times Observer (Apr. 2, 2011), Warren, PA - same bobolink nest

** Birds of North America, Blue Grosbeak account (need subscription) - nest with young

2010

** Kiosk at Pressey Wildlife Mgmt. Area, Nebraska - upland sandpiper nest

** Cornell's All About Birds website - great black-backed gull

** Cornell's Birdscope newsletter - Summer 2010 (same gull photo)

** AvianWeb: field sparrow nest, nighthawk nest and nestlings

** Gnezdilnice (a Slovenian bird website) - barn swallow nest