Category: Behaviors
My First Of Year (FOY) Swainson’s Hawks Yesterday Morning
And Swainson’s Hawks weren’t my only first birds of the year yesterday. I had two others. (7 photos)
Antelope Island Mockingbird
This is the time of year I start watching for Northern Mockingbirds on Antelope Island. A week ago today I found five of them and photographed two of them. (5 photos)
Meadowlark Stuff
Common Raven ‘Skip-launch’
American Kestrel – “AOM” Is Still Thriving
I had a productive morning on Antelope Island yesterday, including seeing, hearing and/or photographing multiple bird species for the first time this year. (3 photos)
Black Necked Stilts – Mating Rituals And Copulation
This was my first observation of mating birds of any species this season. As you can imagine, it made my day. (16 photos)
Drake Northern Shoveler In Flight
Fighting Coots
Western Grebes, An Optical Illusion And An Unusual Behavior
A ‘twofer’ that includes an optical illusion and a behavior that was new to me in the same series of images. (10 photos)
Fighting Chukars
Normally I try to avoid publishing photos of the same species in back-to-back posts but I’ll make an exception for a Chukar fight. (5 photos)
Drake Ruddy Duck In Breeding Plumage
Yesterday’s Unilaterally Leucistic Red-winged Blackbird
I’ve seen a couple of other leucistic Red-winged Blackbirds in the past but none were as boldly marked as this one. (five photos)
Pied-billed Grebe – A Unique Diving Technique
Western Meadowlark Aggressive Upward Takeoff And Flight Series
And another series to show what I was up against while attempting to photograph fighting meadowlarks. (7 photos)
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My First Of Year (FOY) Swainson’s Hawks Yesterday Morning
And Swainson’s Hawks weren’t my only first birds of the year yesterday. I had two others. (7 photos)
Antelope Island Mockingbird
This is the time of year I start watching for Northern Mockingbirds on Antelope Island. A week ago today I found five of them and photographed two of them. (5 photos)
Meadowlark Stuff
Common Raven ‘Skip-launch’
American Kestrel – “AOM” Is Still Thriving
I had a productive morning on Antelope Island yesterday, including seeing, hearing and/or photographing multiple bird species for the first time this year. (3 photos)
Black Necked Stilts – Mating Rituals And Copulation
This was my first observation of mating birds of any species this season. As you can imagine, it made my day. (16 photos)
Drake Northern Shoveler In Flight
Fighting Coots
Western Grebes, An Optical Illusion And An Unusual Behavior
A ‘twofer’ that includes an optical illusion and a behavior that was new to me in the same series of images. (10 photos)
Fighting Chukars
Normally I try to avoid publishing photos of the same species in back-to-back posts but I’ll make an exception for a Chukar fight. (5 photos)
Drake Ruddy Duck In Breeding Plumage
Yesterday’s Unilaterally Leucistic Red-winged Blackbird
I’ve seen a couple of other leucistic Red-winged Blackbirds in the past but none were as boldly marked as this one. (five photos)
Pied-billed Grebe – A Unique Diving Technique
Western Meadowlark Aggressive Upward Takeoff And Flight Series
And another series to show what I was up against while attempting to photograph fighting meadowlarks. (7 photos)