Bits And Pieces From A Recent Day In The Field
Unfortunate timing with a Golden Eagle and a minor mystery with a mated pair of Red-tailed Hawks.
Category: Bird Oddities
A Bald Eagle Mystery
Yesterday while reviewing my older photos I made a double discovery in a short Bald Eagle flight series – a photo I like very much that I didn’t know existed and a mystery.
Young Loggerhead Shrike Practicing His Prey-impaling Skills
The Towhee Twostep
When it’s done in snow the results of the ‘towhee twostep’ can be pretty spectacular.
The First Short-eared Owl I Ever Photographed
The day I realized that spending a king’s ransom on one of the best and most expensive birding lenses on the market hadn’t been a mistake.
Female American Kestrel Looking Down Her Nose Sideways At Me
One Of The More Unusual Canada Geese I’ve Photographed
Pied-billed Grebe Mystery Behavior
I’ve spent hundreds of hours with Pied-billed Grebes over the years and this is one of the few times I’ve managed to document this fairly unusual behavior. Its purpose/function still eludes me.
American Coot With Multiple Foot Anomalies
Coots have strange feet anyway so when one or both of them has defects things can get a little weird.
Injured Red-tailed Hawk Coming In For A Landing
On those occasions when I see injured birds surviving and even thriving it makes my day.
Red-tailed Hawk – Life Repeating Itself
Two days ago this Red-tailed Hawk had me wondering if I was in some kind of time warp.
Canada Geese – Bathing Upside Down
Hermit Thrush Acting Weird And A Possible Explanation
Plus a huge coincidence related to my daughter Shannon’s accident and resulting brain injury.
Pale Male Red-tailed Hawk
Canvasbacks – Is It Love Or Is It War?
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A Bald Eagle Mystery
Yesterday while reviewing my older photos I made a double discovery in a short Bald Eagle flight series – a photo I like very much that I didn’t know existed and a mystery.
Young Loggerhead Shrike Practicing His Prey-impaling Skills
The Towhee Twostep
When it’s done in snow the results of the ‘towhee twostep’ can be pretty spectacular.
The First Short-eared Owl I Ever Photographed
The day I realized that spending a king’s ransom on one of the best and most expensive birding lenses on the market hadn’t been a mistake.
Female American Kestrel Looking Down Her Nose Sideways At Me
One Of The More Unusual Canada Geese I’ve Photographed
Pied-billed Grebe Mystery Behavior
I’ve spent hundreds of hours with Pied-billed Grebes over the years and this is one of the few times I’ve managed to document this fairly unusual behavior. Its purpose/function still eludes me.
American Coot With Multiple Foot Anomalies
Coots have strange feet anyway so when one or both of them has defects things can get a little weird.
Injured Red-tailed Hawk Coming In For A Landing
On those occasions when I see injured birds surviving and even thriving it makes my day.
Red-tailed Hawk – Life Repeating Itself
Two days ago this Red-tailed Hawk had me wondering if I was in some kind of time warp.
Canada Geese – Bathing Upside Down
Hermit Thrush Acting Weird And A Possible Explanation
Plus a huge coincidence related to my daughter Shannon’s accident and resulting brain injury.
