Yesterday morning I found another pair of nest-building Red-tailed Hawks. Neither bird is a rufous color morph (like the female in the pair I’ve been photographing recently) but they’re still great photo subjects and I was able to document several interesting behaviors.
It’s that time of year folks, Sage Grouse are displaying on the lek. But photographers had best be prepared for extreme changes in lighting conditions and action from the displaying and fighting males.
After the unpleasantness of yesterday’s blog post I needed something fresh and cheerful to get the bad taste out of my mouth. For me a singing warbler will do it every time.
American Avocets may have the most complex and reliably choreographed sexual behaviors of any bird species I photograph.
Both are of Black-billed Magpies taking off but I think they’re quite different from each other.
I rarely post photos of the same species two days in a row but yesterday I spent more time with magpies and I like these two images well enough to make an exception. More than well enough, actually.
Magpies are usually my first nest building subjects in springtime and this year they didn’t disappoint.
Three days ago I spent the morning on Antelope Island and for the first time this year I noticed a significant increase in bird presence and activity.
