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An Intimate Look At Some California Quail Behaviors

The first time I’ve ever photographed mating behavior in California Quail. (14 photos)

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May 15, 2025 May 15, 2025

American Kestrel Mating Series

I was at the right place at the right time for an appropriate Valentine’s Day post. (16 photos)

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February 14, 2025 February 14, 2025

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)

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April 11, 2024 April 11, 2024

Mating Swainson’s Hawks

A 15-image series.

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April 5, 2023 April 5, 2023

Red-tailed Hawk Nesting And Mating Behaviors

The rest of the story. (14 photos)

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March 18, 2023 March 18, 2023

The Cloaca And A Lesson In Bird Poop

One of my crappiest posts ever.  (7 photos)

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January 13, 2023 January 13, 2023

Meet The Mated Pair Of Red-tailed Hawks, Together This Time

In two of my recent posts readers met the male and female individually but in this series we see them interacting as a pair, including mating..

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April 1, 2020 April 1, 2020

Bald Eagles – Sex On The Ice

With a voyeuristic magpie and evidence of additional drama on the ice thrown in for good measure.

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March 17, 2020 March 17, 2020

Mating Red-tailed Hawks – Déjà vu All Over Again

Sometimes history repeats itself, even when birds are involved.

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April 10, 2018 April 10, 2018

Ducks Fighting, Mergansers Flying And Geese Mating

There was lots of excitement on one of my local ponds yesterday morning.

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January 17, 2017 January 17, 2017

Mating Golden Eagles

Recently I headed for higher ground to get out of our inversion. I was rewarded with sunshine, clean air and a pair of mating Golden Eagles.

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February 15, 2016 February 15, 2016

Mating Swainson’s Hawks Sequence

Five days ago I photographed an entire mating sequence of a pair of Swainson’s Hawks in Beaverhead County, Montana.

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May 8, 2015 May 8, 2015

Mating Swainson’s Hawks

Two days ago as I was photographing this dark morph Swainson’s Hawk on a power pole something completely unexpected happened and this time I was ready for it.

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June 1, 2014 June 1, 2014

Avocet Mating Rituals

Mating behaviors of American Avocets are complex, ritualized, predictable and quite fascinating.

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March 13, 2014 March 12, 2014

Some Interesting Hummingbird Biology

Some of the hummingbird images I’ve taken the last few days on Antelope island illustrate a few of their fascinating adaptations for their rather unique lifestyle.

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August 30, 2013 August 30, 2013
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