Downy Woodpecker On Mullein I thought mullein was an unusual perch for the species but I guess Downy Woodpeckers aren’t picky about where they find their ‘bugs’. Continue reading
A Young Cedar Waxwing And The Mosquito Hawk That Kept On Giving When it comes to legs crane flies have a lot to give. Continue reading
Yellow Warblers On Thistle Thistle, especially when flowering, can provide an attractive setting for bird photographs but it does have its challenges. Continue reading
Prairie Falcon Struggling With Large Prey A Northern Shoveler is unusually large prey for a Prairie Falcon but this young female pulled off the kill in spectacular fashion. Continue reading
Loggerhead Shrikes, Spiders And Great Salt Lake Institute And a memory jog from my friend Jaimi Butler. Continue reading
Juvenile Mountain Bluebirds On Three Different Natural Perches Plus an adult male ‘wearing to dark’. Continue reading
Willow Flycatcher – Now That’s A Pretty Neat Trick I’m regularly dazzled by the athletic abilities of birds. It happened again yesterday and this time it involved prey. Continue reading
American Goldfinches Don’t Eat Insects. Or Do They… American Goldfinches aren’t supposed to be insect eaters but apparently this male didn’t get the memo. Continue reading
Yellow Warbler On Thistle Young birds are popping up all over the place in the mountains right now. Continue reading
Wilson’s Phalaropes Along The Antelope Island Causeway Yet another bird that takes advantage of the Great Salt Lake’s brine flies and brine shrimp as a food source and they do so in huge numbers. Continue reading
The Antelope Island Brine Fly Feeding Frenzy Is In Full Swing An annual insectivorous smorgasbord laid out for birds and other critters. Continue reading
A Yellow Warbler Leads Me To A Probable Example Of Insect Mutualism I love it when lessons I taught in my biology and zoology classes play out in my photography. Continue reading
Rufous Hummingbirds Rufous Hummingbirds are known as “extremist” hummingbirds for a bunch of reasons. Continue reading
A Delayed Surprise From A Yellow Warbler I should review my older photos more often. And more carefully. Continue reading