Red-tailed Hawk Trying To Fake Me Out Despite the hawk’s efforts, this time I prevailed. (6 photos) Continue reading
It’s Molting Time On Antelope Island Many of the birds I saw yesterday morning on Antelope Island were in one stage or another of the molting process. (4 photos and 1 video clip) Continue reading
A Sage Thrasher With Chutzpah I still don’t know if his aggression was directed at me, or his reflection, or both. (7 photos) Continue reading
Turkey Vulture Trying Hard To Cast A Pellet Casting a pellet can be hard work, especially for large birds like vultures. (7 photos) Continue reading
A Cinnamon Teal Behavior I’d Never Seen Before At least not up close. And maybe never. (8 photos) Continue reading
Turkey Vulture Spread-wing Postures – From One Extreme To Another I had a busy day yesterday. (2 photos) Continue reading
Black-crowned Night Heron With An Unusual Eye Reflection That turned out to not be a reflection at all. (6 photos) Continue reading
Turkey Vulture In An Unusual Stretching Pose An exaggerated stretching pose if there ever was one. Continue reading
The Bizarre Biology Of The Eared Grebe The little Eared Grebe is one of the most biologically interesting bird species I’m aware of. (3 photos) Continue reading
Common Raven ‘Skip-launch’ A takeoff technique that has almost been patented by ravens. (8 photos) Continue reading
Western Grebes, An Optical Illusion And An Unusual Behavior A ‘twofer’ that includes an optical illusion and a behavior that was new to me in the same series of images. (10 photos) Continue reading
Yesterday’s Unilaterally Leucistic Red-winged Blackbird I’ve seen a couple of other leucistic Red-winged Blackbirds in the past but none were as boldly marked as this one. (five photos) Continue reading
Pied-billed Grebe – A Unique Diving Technique I’ve photographed this behavior before but never as well as this. (8 photos) Continue reading