American Avocet And Nest With A Single Egg Yesterday morning I was excited to find my first nesting American Avocets of the year. (5 photos) Continue reading
American Avocet Flying At Me Diagonally Lesson learned: don’t stop photographing avocets just because they’re no longer in breeding plumage. Continue reading
Baby Bird Bonanza At Bear River MBR And the skirmishes that break out when adult birds think their kids need protecting. (12 photos) Continue reading
Female American Avocet In Flight So, how do I know this avocet is a female? (2 photos) Continue reading
Nesting American Avocets And Black-necked Stilts Yesterday I spent the morning at Bear River MBR. Nesting season continues and so do the inevitable conflicts between ground-nesting birds. (4 photos) Continue reading
American Avocet Pair Beginning Their Nesting Activities Baby avocets on the way? (5 photos) Continue reading
American Avocet Chick At Bear River MBR At this age avocet chicks are fluffy-butt cuties. Continue reading
American Avocet Takeoff Series Getting three takeoff shots in a series like this is pretty unusual for me, especially since I didn’t clip any body parts. Yesterday was mostly a good day at Bear River MBR but I saw some very disturbing conditions while I was there. Continue reading
American Avocet Circling Display Familiarity with bird behaviors gives photographers a much better chance of capturing the shot we’re after. Continue reading
American Avocet – An American Beauty When In Breeding Plumage As simple as it is this photo from two days ago may become one of my favorite shots of an American Avocet for a variety of reasons. Continue reading
American Avocet Sexual Behaviors American Avocets may have the most complex and reliably choreographed sexual behaviors of any bird species I photograph. Continue reading