Behaviors – Page 22 – Feathered Photography

Female Red-tailed Hawk – Perched, Taking Off And In Flight

This female light morph red-tail is the mate of the male rufous morph I posted photos of yesterday.

Black-billed Magpie In Flight

It’s been a while since I’ve posted any magpie flight shots.

Snowy Egret Soon After Takeoff

A quickly composed blog post this morning. But I have an excuse and I’m going to use it.

One More Rufous Hummingbird

I figured I’d posted my last hummingbird photo for a good long time but yesterday morning I had unexpected inspiration from a late migrator.

Killdeer Double (or quadruple) Intimidation Display

Occasionally a photo with obvious and significant flaws grabs me and won’t let go. This is one of them.

Photographing Fighting Snowy Egrets Is Hard

All fighting birds are difficult to photograph well but fighting Snowy Egrets are harder than most.

White Crowned Sparrows On Greasewood

Another in my irregular series in tribute to the common species.

This Is What A Progressively Angry Snowy Egret Looks Like

I didn’t find any raptors to speak of yesterday at Farmington Bay but I did find some highly agitated Snowy Egrets. This is one of them.

Pied-billed Grebes With Crayfish

When other kleptoparasitic birds are around there are easier prey to swallow than crayfish, especially with all their legs and defensive pincers.

The Rufous Hummingbird And The Crane Fly (mosquito hawk)

Unusual flower-fellows.

Young Burrowing Owl Siblings Doing Their ‘Cute’ Thing

In case you thought yawning is contagious only in humans.

My Last Hummingbird Photos Of The Season (probably)

This hummingbird season started out slowly before it eventually grew to a crescendo and now, at least for me, it seems to be ending abruptly

A Sphinx Moth And Friends

Only rarely does a single photo of mine have so many positive attributes.

Hummingbird Wars And Sphinx Moths At The Bee Plant Patch

I finally found some birds yesterday, with a few White-lined Sphinx Moths thrown in for good measure.

White-faced Ibises Fighting

A species I rarely see in serious fights and this one was a knock-down, drag-out.

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