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Tag: nictitating membrane

Red-tailed Hawk Trying To Fake Me Out

Despite the hawk’s efforts, this time I prevailed. (6 photos)

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November 15, 2024 November 15, 2024

Black-billed Magpie Taking Off And In Flight

My first decent magpie flight shots in quite a while. (4 photos)

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October 22, 2024 October 22, 2024

Black-crowned Night Heron – A Mystery Diet

I like to know what the birds I’m photographing are eating. Sometimes I can ID it and sometimes I can’t. (7 photos)

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June 23, 2024 June 23, 2024

An American Pipit Doing Pipit Things

My good luck charm. (8 photos)

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November 19, 2023 November 19, 2023

Red-tailed Hawk Pre-takeoff Regimen, Including A Poop To Be Proud Of

I’ve mentioned before that larger buteos often signal imminent takeoff with one or more of four behaviors. This bird gave me three of the four so I’d have had to be asleep to have missed the takeoff. (5 photos)

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March 7, 2023 March 7, 2023

Short-eared Owl In An Interesting Pose

And a little mystery involving the physics of light. (two images)

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June 5, 2022 June 5, 2022

Red-tailed Hawk – Perched, Stretching And Soaring Overhead

More evidence that immature buteos tend to be less wary than adults.

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May 13, 2022 May 13, 2022

An Iridescent Magpie Takeoff

Yesterday morning a twist of fate resulted in one of my most unusual Black-billed Magpie photos. (4 images)

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March 30, 2022 March 30, 2022

Adult Bald Eagle In Flight Rising From The Water With A Carp

Serendipity strikes again.  (a series of six flight shots)

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February 3, 2022 February 3, 2022

A Couple Of Short-eared Owls With Two Versions Of Each Photo

And a bit of a mystery.

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September 12, 2021 September 12, 2021

The ‘True’ Eyelids Of A Swainson’s Hawk

Since the eyelids of birds aren’t used in blinking we don’t get to see them very often.

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July 22, 2021 July 22, 2021

Willow Flycatcher And Nictitating Membranes

When I start composing a blog post I never know where I’ll end up. 

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July 3, 2021 July 3, 2021

My First Hummingbird Photos Of The Season

Mostly female Broad-tailed Hummingbirds. I think. 

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May 26, 2021 May 26, 2021

Dark Morph Swainson’s Hawk Eating A Snake

The last Swainson’s Hawk I photographed this year turned out to be more interesting than I initially thought it was. 

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November 10, 2020 November 10, 2020

Young Red-tailed Hawk Calling

Plus a close up look at the nictitating membrane in action.

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August 24, 2020 August 24, 2020
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