Running Coyote Pup – More Legs Than It Knows What To Do With Canid pups are just plain cute but throw in a bushel of awkward long legs and I think the cuteness is amplified. Continue reading
Orange-crowned Warbler Parasitized By Cowbirds The Brown-headed Cowbird is North America’s best known brood parasite. Continue reading
Burrowing Owl In Flight Showing Flight Feather Fringing This image shows one of those unique adaptations of owls that I seldom see in my photos. Continue reading
Hummingbirds And Rocky Mountain Bee Plant Rocky Mountain Bee Plant is a hummingbird magnet. Continue reading
Male Western Kingbird Displaying, Then Taking Off The Western Kingbird is known for its belligerent behavior and at least 9 aggressive displays have been identified. The Wing Flutter is one of them. Continue reading
Sage Thrasher Rising Out Of Its Namesake Sagebrush This bird was playing peekaboo with me before it took off. Continue reading
Juvenile Burrowing Owl Walking The High-wire This gutsy little juvenile Burrowing Owl pulled off at least one maneuver that might make the Flying Wallendas jealous. Continue reading
A Burrowing Owl Bonanza A few days ago we found a family of Burrowing Owls in Box Elder County, Utah. Continue reading
Western Grebe On The Nest I seldom get an opportunity to photograph a grebe of any species on a nest so I’ll take the shot even if the bird has its back to me. At least this Western Grebe gave me a partial head turn in compensation. Continue reading
Kingbird In Flight With Horizontal Wings – And I Actually Like It I don’t often keep an image where the wings of a songbird in flight are in a horizontal position. Continue reading
The Male Western Kingbird In All His Glory Some flight poses are made to show off the “best” features of a species. Continue reading
Fighting Sage Grouse – From Photo Feast To Photo Famine Recently I’ve made two camping trips largely in pursuit of Sage Grouse. The first was a boom and the latter a huge bust. Continue reading
Sage Thrasher – Faster Than A Speeding Bullet I think it often takes a bird photographer to fully appreciate just how fast many small birds are at take-off Continue reading
Coyote Buddies – Both Of Them Survivors I love it when critters overcome a stacked deck and beat the odds against their survival. Continue reading
Northern Mockingbird Flight Display This “flight display” is one of three courtship displays known to Northern Mockingbirds. Continue reading