Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge – Page 2

Western Grebe Greeting Ceremony

In bird photography, timing is often everything.

Northern Shoveler Flight Series

Including what I call a “peekaboo shot”. (3 photos)

White-faced Ibis On Landing Approach

With the Canon R5 I’m getting significantly more grab shots of birds in flight than I used to. (3 photos)

Black Necked Stilts – Mating Rituals And Copulation

This was my first observation of mating birds of any species this season. As you can imagine, it made my day. (16 photos)

Drake Northern Shoveler In Flight

It’s springtime so things are getting exciting at our bird refuges.

Black-crowned Night Heron In Flight Series

Sometimes ‘grab shots’ turn out better than I expect them to. (3 photos)

Fighting Coots

Testosterone wars. (4 photos)

Yellow-headed Blackbird “Singing”, Taking Off And In Flight

The Neil Young bird. (3 photos)

Western Grebes, An Optical Illusion And An Unusual Behavior

A ‘twofer’ that includes an optical illusion and a behavior that was new to me in the same series of images. (10 photos)

Tundra Swan Takeoff

Sometimes I wonder how these heavy birds ever get airborne. (3 photos)

Sleepyhead American Kestrel

A wing and tail stretch followed by an enthusiastic yawn. (2 photos)

Drake Gadwall Taking Off And In Flight – A Series

A ten-photo series, plus a different version of two of them.

Two Mallards – Tandem Takeoff In Alternate Styles

Hunters at Bear River MBR have made ducks jumpy as hell so yesterday I decided to try to take advantage of the situation.

Golden Eagle Sideways Takeoff

A golden oldie, in more ways than one.

Great Egret – A Strike And A Miss

This is the Great Egret that’s been hanging around the Bear River east of Bear River MBR for some time now. (2 photos)

Category: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge