Swainson’s Hawk Kama Sutra
I had a wonderful morning with raptors yesterday but a mating pair of Swainson’s Hawks stole the show.
Category: Behaviors
Yellow-headed Blackbird Snagging Midges Out Of The Air
Clark’s Grebe – Drying Off That Foot
An Osprey Behavioral Mystery – Any Thoughts?
Long-billed Curlew Courtship Displays
These curlews performed some intense and protracted courtship displays that were fascinating to watch and photograph.
Bathing Meadowlark – It Pays To Learn To Anticipate Behavior
Predicting the behavior of this Western Meadowlark allowed me to get a boat-load of very interesting action shots.
Sage Thrasher Bilateral Wing Display
For the bird species I typically photograph the courtship displays of Sage Thrashers are unique.
The Swainson’s Hawk And The Vole
Red-tailed Hawk – A Two Stage Delivery To The Nest
A Chukar Grazing Enthusiastically On Grass
Chukars actually eat and digest grass. When you think about it that’s a pretty neat trick.
Male Long-billed Curlew Attempting To Mount A Female
Long-billed Curlew Eating A Horned Lark Egg
Yesterday morning this curlew gave me a lesson on what “opportunistic foraging” really means.
A Few Recent Birds and Field Observations
Today’s post is a mixed bag of recent birds I’ve photographed and some observations (with photos) from the field.
Turkey Vulture In Spread-wing Postures
A Nervous Northern Flicker
There can be significant drama in the back story of an image that we miss when looking at a single photo.
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Yellow-headed Blackbird Snagging Midges Out Of The Air
Clark’s Grebe – Drying Off That Foot
An Osprey Behavioral Mystery – Any Thoughts?
Long-billed Curlew Courtship Displays
These curlews performed some intense and protracted courtship displays that were fascinating to watch and photograph.
Bathing Meadowlark – It Pays To Learn To Anticipate Behavior
Predicting the behavior of this Western Meadowlark allowed me to get a boat-load of very interesting action shots.
Sage Thrasher Bilateral Wing Display
For the bird species I typically photograph the courtship displays of Sage Thrashers are unique.
The Swainson’s Hawk And The Vole
Red-tailed Hawk – A Two Stage Delivery To The Nest
A Chukar Grazing Enthusiastically On Grass
Chukars actually eat and digest grass. When you think about it that’s a pretty neat trick.
Male Long-billed Curlew Attempting To Mount A Female
Long-billed Curlew Eating A Horned Lark Egg
Yesterday morning this curlew gave me a lesson on what “opportunistic foraging” really means.
A Few Recent Birds and Field Observations
Today’s post is a mixed bag of recent birds I’ve photographed and some observations (with photos) from the field.
Turkey Vulture In Spread-wing Postures
A Nervous Northern Flicker
There can be significant drama in the back story of an image that we miss when looking at a single photo.