Hooded Merganser Shenanigans Nine days ago I had my best day so far this winter with Hooded Mergansers. (13 photos) Continue reading
A Hooded Merganser With A Fish And A Thieving Gull I try to avoid applying human standards to birds but sometimes I can’t help myself. (10 photos) Continue reading
A Pied-billed Grebe And A Coot Competing For The Same Fish These two birds duked it out for nearly three minutes. (22 photos) Continue reading
Bald Eagle Being Mobbed By A Murder Of Crows Yesterday Morning It wasn’t a good time or place to be an eagle. (10 photos) Continue reading
Squabbling Cinnamon Teal Hens Plus, evidence that I can do something other than photograph birds. (2 photos) Continue reading
Wilson’s Snipes – A Weird, Repeated Behavior And A Possible Explanation I’d never seen anything quite like this before, from any species. (13 photos) Continue reading
A Great Egret, A Great Blue Heron And A Serious Territorial Dispute With birds you just never know what might happen. (12 photos) Continue reading
Western Grebes Having Difficulty Handling Slippery Fish – Part 2 Throw a thieving gull into the mix and things get complicated. (11 photos) Continue reading
Black-necked Stilt Attacking A Great Blue Heron An avian version of David and Goliath. With a similar result because the little guy came out on top. (8 photos) Continue reading
Coyotes Stealing A Jackrabbit From Two Golden Eagles Some highly unexpected excitement on Antelope Island. (9 photos) Continue reading
Baby Bird Bonanza At Bear River MBR And the skirmishes that break out when adult birds think their kids need protecting. (12 photos) Continue reading
Same Broad-tailed Hummingbird As Yesterday, Different Attack Takeoff Including one photo where his gorget is fully lit up in all its glory. (5 photos) Continue reading
Male Broad-tailed Hummingbird In Full Attack Mode At Takeoff A photo I’ve lusted after for a very long time. (2 photos) Continue reading
Common Loon Threat Display And Victory Wing Flap Loon fights can be deadly. Thankfully, this one wasn’t. (2 photos) Continue reading
An Aerial Kerfuffle Between A Hapless And Vulnerable Northern Harrier And American Crows Serious aerial combat or more light-hearted play? In this case I strongly suspect the former. (3 photos) Continue reading