An Intimate Look At Some California Quail Behaviors The first time I’ve ever photographed mating behavior in California Quail. (14 photos) Continue reading
Bathing Wilson’s Phalarope Yesterday morning at Bear River MBR I had several ‘firsts’ with Wilson’s Phalaropes. Bathing was one of them. (3 photos) Continue reading
Double-crested Cormorant – An Irritating Inconvenience And Then A Bath I love documenting bird behaviors, even the mundane ones. (13 photos) Continue reading
Yellow-rumped Warbler Preening And Acting A Little Nuts After His Bath There must have been something in the water. (12 photos) Continue reading
Bathing Vesper Sparrow – My Small Contribution To A Body Of Knowledge Which provided a lot of personal satisfaction. (5 photos) Continue reading
Mallard Doing A Somersault And A Partial Barrel Roll While Bathing Bathing birds are fast. Even larger birds like ducks are surprisingly fast while bathing, so fast that the observer is often unaware of what’s really going on. That’s where photography comes in handy. Continue reading
Male Yellow Warbler – Fluffed Up, Singing and… Happy? Here we go again. You know, that anthropomorphism thing. Continue reading
Sopping Wet And Preening Yellow Warbler Incredibly quick preening motions frozen in time by very fast shutter speeds. Continue reading
Have You Ever Seen The Preen Gland (oil gland) Of A Yellow Warbler? Or the preen gland of any songbird for that matter? Well, now’s your chance. Continue reading