Just A Shot That I Like… #18 – Fighting Ring-necked Pheasants

In this neck of the woods Ring-necked Pheasants start feeling frisky about this time of year.   Territories are being established, hormones flowing and feathers flying.  When fighting, these birds flutter up against each other breast to breast, bite each other’s wattles and sometimes make high leaps toward each other using claws, bills and spurs.  It [...]

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Just A Shot That I Like…#13 – Puffed-Up Chukar In Golden Light

During spring and early summer Chukars habitually call from large rock perches but in winter they’re secretive, elusive and very difficult to approach.  On the rare occasions I can get close to the species this time of year they’re buried in the vegetation and I can’t get a clear shot.

 

 1/800, f/8, [...]

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