I have so few quality images of stilts in flight I could count them on the legs of my tripod. But now I’d need an octopod just to count the nice flight images I captured yesterday of this single bird.
It’s a never-ending job for adult Western Grebes as they try to keep their chicks fed while back-brooding them at the same time.
Eared Grebes are by far the most abundant grebe species on the planet and we have gazillions of them here in northern Utah. But they sure can be difficult to approach.
Due to changing conditions I’m finally getting a better look at this interesting and complex nest.
Chances of photographic success with this hawk when it took off were low but I aimed my lens in its direction anyway.
The heat’s been dreadful in the valley for weeks now so yesterday morning we decided to go high into the nearby Wasatch Mountains for some relief.
In about nine years of photographing birds I’ve never found an American Bittern out in the open. Until last week…
It goes without saying that the appeal of a photo isn’t always universal. After all, viewers have varying tastes and tolerance for imperfection. I suspect this image will be one of those but I like it even though it’s far from perfect.
I’ll confess I don’t pay a lot of attention to gulls but when the brine flies are out their feeding antics can be both interesting and entertaining.
Sometimes you have to choose between optimal camera settings and getting the shot at all.
The differences between juvenile and adult Western Meadowlarks often go unrecognized by observers in the field but when you see them up close through a lens those differences become striking.
Yesterday morning they finally opened the east side road to Fielding Garr Ranch and I was among the first to drive it after the fire. What I saw was depressing but it certainly could have been worse.
There are two weasel species found in Utah. The Least Weasel isn’t supposed to be one of them.
Belted Kingfishers have always been one my most difficult avian subjects because they’re so very difficult to approach.
