Category: Behaviors
A Western Grebe, A Chick And A Feather
Grebes eat feathers. Lots of feathers. In fact grebes are the only birds known to regularly and deliberately eat their own feathers.
Two More Red-tailed Hawk Chicks Have Fledged
With the tough times raptors and other birds are going through these days two more successfully fledged Red-tailed Hawks is good news indeed.
Hummingbird Takeoff Series Illustrating The Fickleness of Gorget Colors
Newly Fledged Yellow Warbler
Just Part Of The Price Of Being A Turkey Vulture
Short-eared Owl In Flight With Prey Being Chased By Another Owl
A double dose of serendipity with the two related events being separated from each other by eight years. To the day.
House Wren Harrassed By A Hummingbird And Throwing A Pellet
I’ve photographed a variety of songbirds, wading birds and raptors throwing pellets but yesterday was the first time I’ve been able to document a wren of any species exhibiting the behavior.
Western Tanager With A Bug
The tanagers often manipulated their insect prey in their bills for quite a while before gulping it down and I wondered why
The Wilds Of Montana And Idaho, Here I Come!
Yellow Warbler Foraging And Singing Enthusiastically
Landing Broad-tailed Hummingbird
Photographing hummingbirds during the landing process is more difficult than one might think so of course I missed the shots of the most incredible landing I’ve ever seen, from any bird of any species.
Yellow Warbler Sunning and Preening
A Perfectly Adorable ‘Humpback’ Yellow Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler Perched On A Rock
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A Western Grebe, A Chick And A Feather
Grebes eat feathers. Lots of feathers. In fact grebes are the only birds known to regularly and deliberately eat their own feathers.
Two More Red-tailed Hawk Chicks Have Fledged
With the tough times raptors and other birds are going through these days two more successfully fledged Red-tailed Hawks is good news indeed.
Hummingbird Takeoff Series Illustrating The Fickleness of Gorget Colors
Newly Fledged Yellow Warbler
Just Part Of The Price Of Being A Turkey Vulture
Short-eared Owl In Flight With Prey Being Chased By Another Owl
A double dose of serendipity with the two related events being separated from each other by eight years. To the day.
House Wren Harrassed By A Hummingbird And Throwing A Pellet
I’ve photographed a variety of songbirds, wading birds and raptors throwing pellets but yesterday was the first time I’ve been able to document a wren of any species exhibiting the behavior.
Western Tanager With A Bug
The tanagers often manipulated their insect prey in their bills for quite a while before gulping it down and I wondered why
The Wilds Of Montana And Idaho, Here I Come!
Yellow Warbler Foraging And Singing Enthusiastically
Landing Broad-tailed Hummingbird
Photographing hummingbirds during the landing process is more difficult than one might think so of course I missed the shots of the most incredible landing I’ve ever seen, from any bird of any species.
