Some Different Strategies For Documenting Mockingbird Flight Displays (a type of courtship display) Strategies that should give the viewer a sense of the speed of the display and how high they fly. (8 photos and one video) Continue reading
Loggerhead Shrike Regurgitating A (sticky) Pellet Including an up-close look at the still wet and warm pellet. (7 photos) Continue reading
Beauty, Birds, Buddies And Bugs Yesterday On Antelope Island Including a video clip. (9 photos) Continue reading
Yellow-rumped Warbler Preening And Acting A Little Nuts After His Bath There must have been something in the water. (12 photos) Continue reading
Two Moderate Successes On A Slow Day For Birds A Snowy Egret with a fish and a grooming Yellow-rumped Warbler. (2 photos) Continue reading
My Attempt At Photographing Multiple (4) Northern Mockingbird Vertical Flight Displays A Vertical Flight Display is a courtship display of the male Northern Mockingbird. (14 photos) Continue reading
Northern Mockingbird Landing And A Surprise Gang Of Cuteness In my book, landing shots are at a premium because I like the postures they typically involve and because they’re so very hard to get (the old ‘degree of difficulty’ factor). (4 photos) Continue reading
Cinnamon Teal Takeoff Progression Based On Sex A half-baked theory that just might have some validity in aiding bird photographer’s attempts at capturing takeoffs. Continue reading
The Female Red-winged Blackbird And Some Kamikaze Midges Midges with a death wish. (4 photos) Continue reading
American Avocet Pair Beginning Their Nesting Activities Baby avocets on the way? (5 photos) Continue reading
A Midge Smorgasbord At Bear River MBR Everyone seemed to be eating midges, including me. (10 photos) Continue reading
Long-billed Curlew Takeoff And Flight Series The first nine photos below are sequential without any skips. After that there are skips and I’ll tell you where they are. (13 photos) Continue reading