Black-billed Magpie – An Interesting Flight Maneuver And some surprise magpie iridescence on an overcast morning. (2 photos) Continue reading
Black-crowned Night Heron In Flight – An Eight Image Series An interesting test of the autofocus capabilities of the Canon R-5. Continue reading
Black-billed Magpie – A Dramatic Flight Maneuver During Takeoff You just never know what kind of aerial maneuver a magpie might perform immediately after takeoff. Continue reading
A Sneaky Chukar I love Chukars, in part because they make hunters pay in blood, sweat and tears (literally) for every bird they get. If there’s such a thing as a hunt that is strictly “fair chase”, it’s Chukar hunting. It may be the only hunt that still is. Continue reading
Black-billed Magpie In Flight With Nesting Material A long overdue victory of sorts for this bird photographer. Continue reading
Black-billed Magpie Flashing Dominance With Its Nictitating Membranes Including my attempt at another documentary video clip. Continue reading
Chukar Calling From A 2.5 Billion Year Old Rock There’s old and then there’s really, really old. (2 photos) Continue reading
My First Long-billed Curlew Of The Season Nor the first one I’ve seen or heard but the first one I’ve managed to photograph. (4 photos) Continue reading
An Iridescent Magpie Takeoff Yesterday morning a twist of fate resulted in one of my most unusual Black-billed Magpie photos. (4 images) Continue reading
A Pronghorn Buck, A Rock Wren And Some Antelope Island Geology With a Red-tailed Hawk thrown in for good measure. Continue reading
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
Northern Shoveler Takeoff And Flight Series Photographing ‘puddle ducks’ exploding off the water is always a challenge. (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