Two days ago, not long before I became involved with the new developments at Farmington’s Great Blue Heron rookery, I spent some up-close time with a male Red-winged Blackbird that seemed determined to show off his best side while he was strutting his stuff. (4 photos)
You never know what you’ll find, or see for the first time, when you go back and look at older images.
Yesterday morning on my way to Bear River MBR I mused out loud about visiting another area in Utah where I’ve had interesting experiences with Sandhill Cranes, even though I thought it was likely too early to have a good chance of seeing them now. But I was in for a delightful surprise.
I don’t know for sure what the display meant but I doubt the performer was happy about the presence of the other catbird.
I was so enamored by the smoke morph hen Wild Turkey I photographed in the west desert mountains two days ago I went back yesterday to see if I could find the same turkeys again. I found them and her but it was a different turkey in the same flock that turned out to be the star of the show.
