Sopping Wet And Preening Yellow Warbler Incredibly quick preening motions frozen in time by very fast shutter speeds. Continue reading
Two Kingfishers In Flight From Yesterday Morning The first flight sequence was anticipated and planned for but getting the second kingfisher in flight was nothing but reflexes and pure dumb luck. Continue reading
House Wren – Sometimes Simple (and short) Is Best Especially when so many of my recent posts have been long ones with many photos and lots of text to read. Continue reading
The Oversexed And Highly Aggressive Spotted Sandpiper While watching the sexual and pugnacious antics of these sandpipers I described the situation as a “sex circus” to my shooting companion. Not far from the truth if you ask me. Continue reading
Have You Ever Seen The Preen Gland (oil gland) Of A Yellow Warbler? Or the preen gland of any songbird for that matter? Well, now’s your chance. Continue reading
Willow Flycatcher And Nictitating Membranes When I start composing a blog post I never know where I’ll end up. Continue reading
Yesterday’s Surprise Osprey A surprise because it was fishing a small meandering stream instead of one of several nearby large bodies of water. Continue reading
Gray Catbird – Seemingly Hopeless Situations Can Still Be Worth Making The Effort Making lemonade out of a lemon, it’s a tired old cliché but sometimes it works. Continue reading
Male American Goldfinch Perched And In Flight A colorful bird on an attractive natural perch in the mountains and a lucky takeoff shot. Continue reading
Red-tailed Hawk Running The Gauntlet More evidence that raptors can be incredibly agile and quick when they need to be. Continue reading
Chukar In One Of My Favorite Poses So I’m surprised I haven’t posted the photo before. Continue reading
A Vivid Reminder From A Violet-green Swallow In photography, light matters. It really does. Continue reading