A Confrontation Between A Hummingbird And A Skipper Perhaps this hummingbird was getting tired of being pushed around by monarch butterflies and took its frustrations out on this little guy. Continue reading
Sphinx Moths In Flight At The Bee Plant Patch Sphinx moths are almost as much fun (and at least as challenging) to photograph in flight as hummingbirds. Continue reading
Hummingbirds And Bee Plant – Finally Again! I prefer to photograph birds in natural settings and that includes hummingbirds. Continue reading
The Absolute Vulnerability Of A Yellow Warbler Fledgling I can think of no better descriptor for this recently fledged Yellow Warbler than “vulnerable”. Continue reading
Green-tailed Towhee As An Example Of Why I Prefer Fast Shutter Speeds Overall I gain more than I lose when I use relatively fast shutter speeds for birds. Continue reading
Yellow Warbler – A Compositional Conundrum Despite the unconventional pose I love the intimacy of this image. Continue reading
Fledgling Red-tailed Hawk Practicing More Skills – Clumsily Landing must be one of the more difficult skills very young raptors need to learn because they spend considerable time practicing it. Continue reading
Prairie Falcon Faux Pas This is a pose I seldom post on my blog or even like very much but somehow it works for me with this young Prairie Falcon. Continue reading
Red-tailed Hawk Showing Off New Skills – Part 2 Part 2 focuses on what I call the “pipe dance” of this young hawk. Continue reading
Fledgling Red-tailed Hawk Showing Off New Skills – Part 1 This quite young and still clumsy youngster almost seemed to enjoy showing off for me. Continue reading
Yellow Warbler Fledgling Being Fed By A Parent This little guy didn’t know which direction his (or her) next meal was going to be coming from. Continue reading
Juvenile Red-tailed Hawk Looking Fierce For me this image epitomizes nature in the raw and it does it without blood, guts or gore. Continue reading
Juvenile Red-tailed Hawk – The Lone Survivor A one out of three survivor rate sure isn’t as high as I hoped for but I do think this one’s going to make it. Continue reading
A Rehabbed Burrowing Owl Release That Meant A Lot To Me It’s always heartwarming when an injured raptor can be released back into the wild but this one was special. Continue reading
Multiple Leucistic Eared Grebes Along The Antelope Island Causeway I photographed eight Leucistic Eared Grebes in 14 minutes yesterday morning and at least one more later on. Continue reading