Belted Kingfisher, Up Close And Preening
Tweaking an image to get a background I like using methods I’m comfortable with. (2 versions of the same photo)
Category: Miscellaneous
Two Cormorants And A Pelican – A Near Head-on Collision In Flight
If there’s a possibility you’re going to collide head-on with another bird in flight, you don’t want it to be with a 16 lb. pelican. (4 photos)
Swainson’s Hawks – Sleeping Unihemispherically?
A pretty nifty trick that even allows birds to sleep while they’re migrating over water. (6 photos)
Green-tailed Towhee Making Me Wonder If I Was Losing My Marbles
For a few seconds I was as confused as I’ve ever been with a camera in my hand. (3 photos)
Finally, A Juvenile Male Black-chinned Hummingbird
Including some of the stinging insects hummingbirds encounter while they’re nectaring on flowers. (6 photos)
More Western And Clark’s Grebes Back-brooding Babies
Young grebe chicks are nearly always entertaining, for the viewer and for themselves. (3 photos)
Drake Cinnamon Teal ‘Puddle Jumping’
High-steppin’ Black-necked Stilt
Female Mountain Bluebird Showing Her Mate Who’s Boss
Yellow-headed Blackbird Mystery Behavior
I’ve spent a lot of time around birds over the years and this combination of behaviors was a new one for me, for any species. (7 photos)
The Songs Of A Mockingbird
Red-tailed Hawk Nesting And Mating Behaviors
Wild Turkey Vertical Takeoff
Yesterday morning I finally found some Wild Turkeys on the “good light” side of the road. One of the hens impressed me with her athletic prowess. (2 photos)
Leucistic American Coot – A Potentially Useful Tool For Researchers
A dramatically leucistic American Coot has been resident at a local pond for nearly the entire winter.
Red-tailed Hawk Pre-takeoff Regimen, Including A Poop To Be Proud Of
I’ve mentioned before that larger buteos often signal imminent takeoff with one or more of four behaviors. This bird gave me three of the four so I’d have had to be asleep to have missed the takeoff. (5 photos)