A Sphinx Moth And Friends Only rarely does a single photo of mine have so many positive attributes. Continue reading
Hummingbird Wars And Sphinx Moths At The Bee Plant Patch I finally found some birds yesterday, with a few White-lined Sphinx Moths thrown in for good measure. Continue reading
White-faced Ibises Fighting A species I rarely see in serious fights and this one was a knock-down, drag-out. Continue reading
Loggerhead Shrikes On Antelope Island – Then And Now Loggerhead Shrikes used to be abundant on the island and man were they ever fun to photograph. Continue reading
Rufous Hummingbirds – They’re Already Gone, At Least Mine Are I always miss the hummingbirds when they head south for the winter but this year I’m going to have a harder time of it than usual. Continue reading
Lamenting The Disappearing Great Salt Lake And Its Effect On Our Falcons Especially Peregrine Falcons and Prairie Falcons but other falcons too. Continue reading
Black-capped Chickadee On Mullein In The Mountains In celebration of another ‘common’ species. Continue reading
Rufous Hummingbird In Flight Against A Clean Background But still with plenty of attractive, natural habitat. Continue reading
Hummingbird Wars In The Mountains Yesterday Morning The wildfire smoke finally subsided enough for me to get up into the mountains yesterday. Once again hummingbirds were on the agenda and this time they were really feeling their oats…err, nectar. Continue reading
Do Hummingbirds Cast Pellets? Yesterday morning I may have photographed a hummingbird casting tiny pellets. I’d never heard of such a thing in hummers. Continue reading
Photographing Birds In My Garden Yesterday Morning And the main reason birds show up in my garden? Amaranth. Continue reading
A Pine Siskin, ‘Wild’ Thistle Seeds And That Amazing Beak Preparing wild thistle seeds for consumption is more complicated and delicate than one might think. Continue reading