Tag: nesting material
Lark Sparrow Trying To Manhandle Nesting Material
I often enjoy the little dramas in the lives of birds just as much as I do the bigger ones.
Red-tailed Hawk In Flight With Nesting Material
I seldom photograph raptors with nesting material because I won’t closely approach their nests but I got lucky with this female Red-tailed Hawk.
Red-tailed Hawk – A Two Stage Delivery To The Nest
Magpies Building Nests Already And Ice-fishing Herons
I photographed two interesting bird behaviors yesterday morning on Antelope Island and at Farmington Bay WMA.
Red-tailed Hawk With Nesting Material, In Late October!
Raptors carrying nesting material in late fall is something I rarely see or photograph.
Kingbird Diving After Nesting Material
A few days ago I was pleased to photograph a Western Kingbird in a flight posture and flight angle that was just a bit unusual.
Sage Thrashers In A Springtime Frenzy
It seems that one species or another usually predominates on my trips to Antelope Island. Four days ago it was Sage Thrashers demonstrating springtime behaviors.
Magpie – Anticipating Take-off Direction And Getting Lucky
Typically this is a shot I would have missed because I’d have anticipated the wrong direction for take-off.
Magpie Ballet With A Stick
Ballet and sticks may not typically go together but that combination still comes to mind whenever I see this image.
Birds Using Bison Hair As Nesting Material
For millennia a variety of North American bird species used bison hair during nest construction but when the “buffalo” was brought to the brink of extinction by hunters in the late 1800’s that resource was essentially gone. Today there are relatively few places where bison hair is available to birds and Antelope Island is one of them.
Nest-building Western Kingbird
Yesterday morning we photographed an industrious female Western Kingbird as she worked at constructing her nest. In this species the sexes are similar but only the female builds the nest. The male hung around nearby as he watched over the laborious construction process and offered his mate encouragement (that was good of him don’t you think?).
A Wren On A Mission
Last week on our Montana camping trip the House Wrens were incredibly persistent when trying to get long or awkwardly-shaped twigs into the nest holes in the aspen.
One Red-tailed Hawk, Six Canada Geese and One Huge Commotion
Last week, Mia and I enjoyed our first camping/photo trip of the season. We explored some remote areas of northern Utah and even found some interesting birds. But the incident I’m reporting on here still has me a bit perplexed.
Northern Harrier with Nesting Material
I’ve been photographing Northern Harriers in northern Utah for five years now and until earlier this week I’d only seen this species carrying nesting material once before and wasn’t able to photograph it. Harriers are very common here during winter but most of them head north for the breeding season and those that stay usually build their nests in inaccessible areas of the marsh, so it’s rare for me to see any nesting activities. Canon 7D, 500 f/4, 1.4 tc, 1/2000, f/7.1, ISO 400 Two days ago Mia and I were photographing birds at Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge. We were about to call it a day because it was late in the morning and light was no longer optimal when we spotted this harrier flying at a distance. We figured it would veer off before it got close, as they always seem to do out there, but this one kept coming toward us. We were watching it through our lenses and soon noticed that it had nesting material in its beak. Canon 7D, 500 f/4, 1.4 tc, 1/2000, f/7.1, ISO 400 By chance we happened to be at a place on the dirt road that was within 100′ or so of the nest of this bird. It decided to ignore us and come in to complete its delivery. Canon 7D, 500 f/4, 1.4 tc, 1/2000, f/7.1, ISO 400 The nest is apparently in this bed of last year’s dead Phragmites. The dark spots you see in the last three images of this…
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Lark Sparrow Trying To Manhandle Nesting Material
I often enjoy the little dramas in the lives of birds just as much as I do the bigger ones.
Red-tailed Hawk In Flight With Nesting Material
I seldom photograph raptors with nesting material because I won’t closely approach their nests but I got lucky with this female Red-tailed Hawk.
Red-tailed Hawk – A Two Stage Delivery To The Nest
Magpies Building Nests Already And Ice-fishing Herons
I photographed two interesting bird behaviors yesterday morning on Antelope Island and at Farmington Bay WMA.
Red-tailed Hawk With Nesting Material, In Late October!
Raptors carrying nesting material in late fall is something I rarely see or photograph.
Kingbird Diving After Nesting Material
A few days ago I was pleased to photograph a Western Kingbird in a flight posture and flight angle that was just a bit unusual.
Sage Thrashers In A Springtime Frenzy
It seems that one species or another usually predominates on my trips to Antelope Island. Four days ago it was Sage Thrashers demonstrating springtime behaviors.
Magpie – Anticipating Take-off Direction And Getting Lucky
Typically this is a shot I would have missed because I’d have anticipated the wrong direction for take-off.
Magpie Ballet With A Stick
Ballet and sticks may not typically go together but that combination still comes to mind whenever I see this image.
Birds Using Bison Hair As Nesting Material
For millennia a variety of North American bird species used bison hair during nest construction but when the “buffalo” was brought to the brink of extinction by hunters in the late 1800’s that resource was essentially gone. Today there are relatively few places where bison hair is available to birds and Antelope Island is one of them.
Nest-building Western Kingbird
Yesterday morning we photographed an industrious female Western Kingbird as she worked at constructing her nest. In this species the sexes are similar but only the female builds the nest. The male hung around nearby as he watched over the laborious construction process and offered his mate encouragement (that was good of him don’t you think?).
A Wren On A Mission
Last week on our Montana camping trip the House Wrens were incredibly persistent when trying to get long or awkwardly-shaped twigs into the nest holes in the aspen.
One Red-tailed Hawk, Six Canada Geese and One Huge Commotion
Last week, Mia and I enjoyed our first camping/photo trip of the season. We explored some remote areas of northern Utah and even found some interesting birds. But the incident I’m reporting on here still has me a bit perplexed.
Northern Harrier with Nesting Material
I’ve been photographing Northern Harriers in northern Utah for five years now and until earlier this week I’d only seen this species carrying nesting material once before and wasn’t able to photograph it. Harriers are very common here during winter but most of them head north for the breeding season and those that stay usually build their nests in inaccessible areas of the marsh, so it’s rare for me to see any nesting activities. Canon 7D, 500 f/4, 1.4 tc, 1/2000, f/7.1, ISO 400 Two days ago Mia and I were photographing birds at Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge. We were about to call it a day because it was late in the morning and light was no longer optimal when we spotted this harrier flying at a distance. We figured it would veer off before it got close, as they always seem to do out there, but this one kept coming toward us. We were watching it through our lenses and soon noticed that it had nesting material in its beak. Canon 7D, 500 f/4, 1.4 tc, 1/2000, f/7.1, ISO 400 By chance we happened to be at a place on the dirt road that was within 100′ or so of the nest of this bird. It decided to ignore us and come in to complete its delivery. Canon 7D, 500 f/4, 1.4 tc, 1/2000, f/7.1, ISO 400 The nest is apparently in this bed of last year’s dead Phragmites. The dark spots you see in the last three images of this…