Male Northern Mockingbird Flight Display – Another Performance Lightning didn’t just strike once that morning. (13 photos) Continue reading
Birds Using Bison Hair As Nesting Material The almost perfect lining material for bird nest cups. (7 photos) Continue reading
Magpie Carrying A Big Stick Probably not what TR had in mind but whatever works. (two images) Continue reading
Male Western Kingbird Tossing His Potentially Dangerous Breakfast Into The Air Recently I’ve been having better luck photographing this behavior. (3 photos) Continue reading
Willets In The Desert Including a video clip, taken yesterday on Antelope Island. (3 photos) Continue reading
Male Red-tailed Hawk Leaving His Mate At The Nest A difficult setting for photography but I like how this one turned out. Continue reading
Female Magpie Showing Her Mate Who’s Boss There’s a price to be paid if you shirk your familial duties during nesting season. (2 photos) Continue reading
Northern Mockingbird Flight Display – An Entire Performance Finally, a goal achieved but it took me almost ten years. (14 photos) Continue reading
A Little Excitement Involving An Oriole, A Vole And A Red-tailed Hawk When you’re ‘out there’ you just never know what’s going to happen. (5 photos) Continue reading
Western Kingbird Playing Catch With His Breakfast, Repeatedly I’ll document interesting behaviors even when the bird is far away and the late morning light is becoming harsh. (2 photos) Continue reading
Long-Billed Curlew In Flight Against A Blue Sky Background That Isn’t Plus, by request, some Black-billed Magpie “mate-feeding” photos related to yesterday’s post. Today’s post is kind of like two posts crammed into one. I blame it on Stephen C. And Chris Sanborn. And Marty K. (6 photos) Continue reading
Black-billed Magpie – An Unconventional Takeoff Having plenty of room in the frame comes in handy with bird takeoffs, especially when your subject has a ridiculously long tail. (3 photos) Continue reading
Northern Mockingbird Flight Display It’s been years since I’ve seen this courtship display and yesterday I had an opportunity to photograph it. (7 photos) Continue reading