Western Meadowlark On Rabbitbrush In Dappled Light It isn’t a spectacular photo but I like everything about it including its overall quality, the dappled light and the sharpness of the bird. Continue reading
What Happened To Most Of The Pronghorn On Antelope Island? I don’t know a definitive answer to that question but I think I have a pretty good guess. (4 photos) Continue reading
Singing Western Meadowlark On Antelope Island How do meadowlarks learn their distinctive and complex song? And what about that curious Latin name? (3 images) Continue reading
Yesterday My Blog Followers Gave Me A Case Of The Warm Fuzzies It’s kind of a long and convoluted story but it deserves to be told. (3 photos) Continue reading
Bald Eagle Hunting Ducks When they’re not scavenging for food Bald Eagles can be fierce and opportunistic predators. But they’re big and relatively slow so catching live prey isn’t easy for them. Continue reading
A Second Banded Male American Kestrel On Antelope Island And now I know the banding info about this kestrel too. Continue reading
Northern Shovelers Flying In Formation Speedy and erratic ducks in flight are a good test for a new camera. (3 images) Continue reading
Western Meadowlark Singing On Sagebrush (plus a video experiment) Around here it isn’t springtime without singing meadowlarks. Yesterday I photographed my first one this year that was reasonably close. Continue reading
Bald Eagle In Flight With Two Green-winged Teals In Its Crosshairs Bald Eagle + thousands of ducks = instant pandemonium. Continue reading
A Willet And A Quirky Surprise I’ve only seen something like this happen once and I’ll almost certainly never see it again. Continue reading
Yesterday’s American Kestrel Was Banded By HawkWatch International I heard back from HWI already. (2 photos, 2 maps) Continue reading
Update On What Was Causing Ducks To Be Disabled On The Antelope Island Causeway Yesterday morning I had two goals when I made a trip to Antelope Island as a snowstorm was moving in from the north. Continue reading
Drake Northern Pintail Flying Through Some Nasty Flak Maybe he forgot her birthday. Whatever he did, or didn’t do, it must have been a doozy. Continue reading
Green-winged Teal In Flight Looking For An Open Landing Spot Landing amongst the masses isn’t easy. Continue reading