Photographing Birds In My Garden Yesterday Morning And the main reason birds show up in my garden? Amaranth. Continue reading
A Pine Siskin, ‘Wild’ Thistle Seeds And That Amazing Beak Preparing wild thistle seeds for consumption is more complicated and delicate than one might think. Continue reading
This Is What An Unlucky Morning Photographing Kingfishers Looks Like The potential was there but except for some interesting behavior near the end I might as well have stayed home. Continue reading
Gray Catbirds With Spiders On The Menu Arachnids for breakfast. Have you ever wondered what spiders taste like? Continue reading
Male Yellow Warbler – Fluffed Up, Singing and… Happy? Here we go again. You know, that anthropomorphism thing. Continue reading
The ‘True’ Eyelids Of A Swainson’s Hawk Since the eyelids of birds aren’t used in blinking we don’t get to see them very often. Continue reading
Long-billed Curlew Courtship Display – Bill-stroking An intimate curlew behavior I’ve only seen once and I was lucky enough to document it with photos. Continue reading
Male Belted Kingfisher Reacting To A Swallow Attack His reactions seemed a little overdramatic if you ask me. After all, kingfishers are 9 times larger (heavier) than Cliff Swallows. Continue reading
Lazuli Buntings And More Mink Sightings From Yesterday Morning Another “feathers and fur” post. Continue reading
Cedar Waxwing – Another Mysterious Behavior Recently I’ve been posting a few photos documenting bird behaviors I don’t understand. Earlier this week it happened again, this time with Cedar Waxwings. Continue reading
A Strange And Completely Unexpected Kingfisher Behavior Over the years I’ve spent countless hours watching kingfishers through my lens but until a few days ago I’d never seen this. Continue reading
Sopping Wet And Preening Yellow Warbler Incredibly quick preening motions frozen in time by very fast shutter speeds. Continue reading