Brent Pennington: Photographer

Mama wood duck and a gaggle of babies, living their best life in a quiet bay at the lake.  It’s amazing I was able to

So not exactly an airborne groundhog in the strictest sense, but the title was too good to pass up.  And this particular groundhog is likely

Early July saw the eastern bluebird family grown, with the fledglings nearly ready to depart.  I had been watching this family since they began nesting

It isn’t a pine warbler, but a warbler in a pine – a yellow warbler, by my identification, and possibly a juvenile male based on

A lucky capture while kayaking this summer – it’s a heavy crop, but still a reasonably good photo of a juvenile bald eagle.  There was

Encounters with cedar waxwings are always uplifting.  They are one of the first bird species I had the opportunity to work with as a burgeoning

Any patch of open land in proximity to water is fair game for the song sparrow throughout the summer.  Although they lack the vibrant colors

The gray catbird is a summer resident across all but the westernmost United States, and along the eastern coast it can be found year-round, south

BRENT PENNINGTON – A black-billed cuckoo preens in a tree at Lackawanna State Park, PA, on the morning of 05 June 2025. BRENT PENNINGTON –

BRENT PENNINGTON – An eastern phoebe with a caterpillar meal perches at Nescopeck State Park, PA, on the morning of 03 June 2025. BRENT PENNINGTON

The eastern towhee is a robin-sized bird, and a member of the sparrow family.  Their range spans the whole eastern United States; in the southern

Bird names are a fun subject all their own, ranging from fun and quirky to names that are flat-out wrong, and yet were kept regardless. 

Having a black & white warbler in a black & white image seemed appropriate, and stylistically it worked out, since the sun was directly behind

This isn’t an image I’d usually share – the warbler is looking away from the camera, and whether you’re photographing people or birds or bugs,

BRENT PENNINGTON – A chestnut-sided warbler forages for insects amid the scrub oak at the Eales Preserve on Moosic Mountain, near Scranton, PA, on the

BRENT PENNINGTON – Wild ponies near the causeway road at Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge in Chincoteague, VA, on 10 May 2025. BRENT PENNINGTON – Wild

BRENT PENNINGTON – A willet searches for breakfast on the beach at Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge, Chincoteague, VA, on the morning of 10 May 2025.

BRENT PENNINGTON – A great egret hunts in a canal at Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge in Chincoteague, VA, on 10 May 2025. BRENT PENNINGTON –

BRENT PENNINGTON – A ring-billed gull on the beach at Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge, Chincoteague, VA, on the morning of 10 May 2025. BRENT PENNINGTON

The best part about visiting the beach is the chance to work with shorebirds – at least, it is for me.  I am an equal