bear river migratory bird refuge – Page 15

Bathing Cinnamon Teal x Green-winged Teal Hybrid

Plus a question of ID.

Mated Pair Of Cinnamon Teals Having An Animated Conversation

I took a huge chance and used the dreaded Shadows/Highlights tool in Photoshop on this image in an effort to save it.

Western Grebe Trickery – Turnabout Is Fair Play

Personally I think the male of this pair got exactly what he deserved. Tit for tat.

American Avocet Circling Display

Familiarity with bird behaviors gives photographers a much better chance of capturing the shot we’re after.

American Bittern Taking Off And In Flight

The American Bittern is solitary and cryptically colored. Throw in its secretive nature and inaccessible habitats and you have a species that I rarely see so getting photos of one taking off and in flight made my day yesterday.

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.

Yesterday I Had A Two Merlin Morning At Bear River MBR

On average I photograph Merlins less often than once per year so to get two of them in my viewfinder on the same morning was a momentous occasion.

Singing Marsh Wren

Sometimes I think I focus on raptors too much and don’t give the songbirds their due. This little bundle of energy is my attempt at beginning to make amends.

Yesterday’s Tundra Swans And The Frustrations Of Bird Photography

A double whammy.

Swainson’s Hawk – The First Raptor I Ever Photographed Up Close

Until my encounter with this hawk I was beginning to seriously doubt that bird photography was for me.

Tundra Swan In Flight Against A Multilayered Background

I like bird photography that includes significant hints at habitat. That goal is typically more difficult to achieve with flight shots than static shots but it can be done and this image is an example.