The Absolute Vulnerability Of A Yellow Warbler Fledgling I can think of no better descriptor for this recently fledged Yellow Warbler than “vulnerable”. Continue reading
The Supracoracoideus – An Ingenious Adaptation For Flight In Birds This is one of the marvelous anatomical adaptations of birds for flight. Continue reading
Fledgling Red-tailed Hawk Practicing More Skills – Clumsily Landing must be one of the more difficult skills very young raptors need to learn because they spend considerable time practicing it. Continue reading
Red-tailed Hawk Showing Off New Skills – Part 2 Part 2 focuses on what I call the “pipe dance” of this young hawk. Continue reading
Fledgling Red-tailed Hawk Showing Off New Skills – Part 1 This quite young and still clumsy youngster almost seemed to enjoy showing off for me. Continue reading
Western Kingbirds Putting A Poor Beetle Through Hell These photos aren’t high quality but I got a big kick out of them anyway. Continue reading
Western Kingbird Delivering A Cricket To A Hungry Mouth It isn’t easy to get two birds sharp at these focal lengths and when one of them is in flight the degree of difficulty increases exponentially. Continue reading
Yellow Warbler Fledgling Being Fed By A Parent This little guy didn’t know which direction his (or her) next meal was going to be coming from. Continue reading
Why The Killdeer Doesn’t Perch I remember when I finally realized that I’d never seen a Killdeer perched and eventually figured out why. Continue reading
A Wet Yellow Warbler Fledgling Photographing small songbirds flitting around in dense foliage is a different game than I usually play. Continue reading
Fledgling Mountain Bluebirds – “Frick And Frack” These two siblings seemed almost joined at the hip. Even their movements were choreographed. Continue reading
An Indicator Of Red-naped Sapsucker Chick Maturation Rates I was surprised by how quickly this sapsucker chick’s behavior changed. Continue reading
Spiders, Deer And Phalaropes On Antelope Island Photographing large spiders on mule deer isn’t an everyday occurrence for me. Continue reading
Red-naped Sapsucker Landing At The Nest Cavity I don’t believe I’ve ever worked harder to get a photo than I did for this one. Continue reading