utah – Page 62 – Feathered Photography

Juvenile Mountain Bluebird – An Aborted Takeoff Or Something Else?

Sometimes it’s hard to assign motivation or intention to a behavior, especially when it involves an ungainly and inexperienced young bird.

Juvenile Mountain Bluebirds On Three Different Natural Perches

Plus an adult male ‘wearing to dark’.

Male Western Tanager Perched And Then Coming Straight At Me

A species I’ve had very little luck with this year but yesterday morning my track record with them ticked up a little higher.

More Belted Kingfisher Reactions To A Barn Swallow Attack

Same kingfisher and swallow as before but this time both the perch and background are different and the setting is much less cluttered.

Willow Flycatcher Up Close

And a better explanation of why I like to crop significantly to get even better detail in my sharper images.

Barn Swallow Repeatedly Attacking A Belted Kingfisher

A couple of weeks ago I documented a Belted Kingfisher being repeatedly attacked by a Barn Swallow. Yesterday morning it happened again but this time I managed to get the attacking swallow in several of the photos.

House Finch – How In The World Do Birds Do Stuff Like This?

Yet another example of the almost unbelievable athleticism of birds.

Twelve-spotted Skimmer – ‘Macro’ Photography With A Telephoto Lens

Something a little different from me this morning. Quite a bit different, actually.

Willow Flycatcher – One Of The Aggravating Empids

A species deserving of more attention than it gets.

Recently Fledged Red-tailed Hawk Coming At Me

Recently I reported the possible untimely demise of two Red-tailed Hawk fledglings from what I called “nest B”. Yesterday I discovered that both siblings are doing just fine.

Spotted Sandpiper In Flight After A Bath

I find flight shots of these little ‘teeter-bobs’ difficult to come by but recently I took advantage of a known behavior to get one I like.

Belted Kingfisher Reacting To Repeated Barn Swallow Attacks

Lately I’ve been on a roll when it comes to photos of birds being attacked by other birds. Yesterday morning in the mountains the victim was once again a kingfisher but this time the image quality is very good.