Spotted Sandpiper In Flight After A Bath I find flight shots of these little ‘teeter-bobs’ difficult to come by but recently I took advantage of a known behavior to get one I like. Continue reading
A Yellow Warbler Leads Me To A Probable Example Of Insect Mutualism I love it when lessons I taught in my biology and zoology classes play out in my photography. Continue reading
Preening Belted Kingfisher Up Close Prior to this bird a week ago today I’d never had such a prolonged session with a preening kingfisher up close. Continue reading
Belted Kingfisher In A Variety Of Interesting Poses This male, photographed near a mountain stream three days ago, might have been my most prolific posing kingfisher ever. Continue reading
Recently Fledged Red-tailed Hawk Learning His Limits Some things just aren’t meant to be climbed so soon after leaving the nest. Continue reading
Western Grebes With Chicks I decided to post baby grebe hitchhikers this morning in the hope they will have a positive effect on my current funk. I suspect some of my readers could use a similar attitude adjustment. Continue reading
Sidelit And Unusually Tame Northern Harrier Without question this is the “tamest” Northern Harrier I’ve ever photographed and I’ve had thousands of them in my viewfinder over the years. Continue reading
Male Red-Winged Blackbirds Are Singing On Territory Again But it’ll be a while before I join in the chorus. Or even talk much. Continue reading
A Crow’s Revenge? Or perhaps it was a combination of revenge, anger and frustration. Or something else but I doubt it was simply play. Continue reading
Red-tailed Hawk Posing, Preening And Calling One of the more cooperative hawks I’ve photographed in what I think is an attractive natural setting. Continue reading
Male American Kestrel Trying To Balance In The Wind Good light and a cooperative bird is a combination I haven’t had in a very long time but it happened yesterday at Bear River MBR. Continue reading
Rough-legged Hawk – The (very) Big Yawn This might have been the most gaping yawn I’ve ever seen in a raptor. Continue reading
Preening Juvenile Red-tailed Hawk A handsome raptor in an attractive natural setting performing an interesting behavior. Continue reading