Photography by Jay Peretz
These photographs were taken mainly in Northern California where I live, on walks in woods, on beaches and in my garden and around my neighborhood in Sonoma County. I am always amazed at the variety of form and color, songs and behavior of the birds that are everywhere around us. I hope you enjoy my photographs.
I have been taking photographs for fun since the 1970s, starting with 35MM SLR cameras and darkrooms. I've also always found nature to be fascinating and been increasing interested in understanding the lives of birds that we find everywhere we go. Over the past few years I have taken thousands of photographs of birds and I created this website to share some the photographs that I'm most proud of.