I have fewer opportunities with hummingbirds than many bird photographers because I won’t photograph them at setups (or flash them). I much prefer a natural setting, natural light and behaviors that haven’t been coerced.
This morning I felt like reminiscing a little about the old days at Farmington Bay and the Bald Eagles there in winter.
It’s a never-ending job for adult Western Grebes as they try to keep their chicks fed while back-brooding them at the same time.
Eared Grebes are by far the most abundant grebe species on the planet and we have gazillions of them here in northern Utah. But they sure can be difficult to approach.
I’ll confess I don’t pay a lot of attention to gulls but when the brine flies are out their feeding antics can be both interesting and entertaining.
Belted Kingfishers have always been one my most difficult avian subjects because they’re so very difficult to approach.
There are obvious advantages to raising your family in a nesting cavity but doing so also has its challenges.
During my Montana camping trip last week I was able to photograph two of the tiniest birds of their types in the world.
A lifer of any species will make my week but a Northern Pygmy Owl with prey literally gave me buck fever I was so excited.
Like most days in the field yesterday had its ups and downs. I was excited to photograph a phalarope chick but a glitch with my primary camera really threw me for a loop.
Watching juvenile Loggerhead Shrikes learning to hunt insects on the fly can be pretty entertaining.
I love my 1.4 teleconverter but it sure is painful when I make the wrong decision about using it.
Yesterday morning I photographed a pair of Red-naped Sapsuckers as they attended to familial duties at their nest cavity in the Uinta Mountains.
Stealing food from spiders can be a risky business. Bullock’s Orioles are known to do it but from the reaction of this bird I’d say he’s aware of the potential danger of doing so.
