A Couple Of Antelope Island Birds
A Chukar overlooking the Great Salt Lake and the fattest meadowlark you’ve ever seen. I’d bet the farm on it.
Tag: antelope island
Black-billed Magpie Takeoff From A Thicket
Calling Chukar
Western Meadowlark Taking Off With Prey
Loggerhead Shrike Courtship Feeding Behavior
I don’t know precisely which courtship stage this pair was in but they were clearly having a bonding moment.
Preening Rough-legged Hawk
I can often thank the uropygial gland of birds for providing me with some interesting poses.
Three Barn Owl Siblings Photographed in Near Darkness
Pronghorn Fawn Frolicking In The Grass
In my opinion this is the cutest baby mammal of any species I’ve ever photographed.
Sunflowers – Goldfinch Gold This Time Of Year
Critters use sunflowers for a variety of reasons. They don’t have to be in bloom to be useful to birds and wildlife but when they are they sure brighten up some of my photos. When they aren’t they allow me to photograph feeding behavior like I did yesterday.
Black-billed Magpie With An Apparent Small Color Anomaly
Willet In Flight Showing Off Those Flashy Wing Patterns
Sometimes I should be much more careful when choosing a single image from a series to post on Feathered Photography.
Western Kingbird With Unusual Nesting Material
A Burrowing Owl And Second Chances
Sometimes a bad habit can give us a second chance and allow us to avoid making a mistake.
Lark Sparrow With Prey (Plus A ‘Red’)
A few of the birds on Antelope Island are still in the late stages of nesting, including this Lark Sparrow and a female Bullock’s Oriole I saw at a distance feeding a recent fledgling.
A Celebratory Lark Sparrow
Some folks might wonder why I would celebrate a Lark Sparrow but for me this classy looking (for a sparrow at least) songbird was a bit of a milestone.
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Black-billed Magpie Takeoff From A Thicket
Calling Chukar
Western Meadowlark Taking Off With Prey
Loggerhead Shrike Courtship Feeding Behavior
I don’t know precisely which courtship stage this pair was in but they were clearly having a bonding moment.
Preening Rough-legged Hawk
I can often thank the uropygial gland of birds for providing me with some interesting poses.
Three Barn Owl Siblings Photographed in Near Darkness
Pronghorn Fawn Frolicking In The Grass
In my opinion this is the cutest baby mammal of any species I’ve ever photographed.
Sunflowers – Goldfinch Gold This Time Of Year
Critters use sunflowers for a variety of reasons. They don’t have to be in bloom to be useful to birds and wildlife but when they are they sure brighten up some of my photos. When they aren’t they allow me to photograph feeding behavior like I did yesterday.
Black-billed Magpie With An Apparent Small Color Anomaly
Willet In Flight Showing Off Those Flashy Wing Patterns
Sometimes I should be much more careful when choosing a single image from a series to post on Feathered Photography.
Western Kingbird With Unusual Nesting Material
A Burrowing Owl And Second Chances
Sometimes a bad habit can give us a second chance and allow us to avoid making a mistake.
Lark Sparrow With Prey (Plus A ‘Red’)
A few of the birds on Antelope Island are still in the late stages of nesting, including this Lark Sparrow and a female Bullock’s Oriole I saw at a distance feeding a recent fledgling.
A Celebratory Lark Sparrow
Some folks might wonder why I would celebrate a Lark Sparrow but for me this classy looking (for a sparrow at least) songbird was a bit of a milestone.