A Confrontation Between A Hummingbird And A Skipper
Perhaps this hummingbird was getting tired of being pushed around by monarch butterflies and took its frustrations out on this little guy.
Category: Behaviors
Hummingbirds And Bee Plant – Finally Again!
The Absolute Vulnerability Of A Yellow Warbler Fledgling
I can think of no better descriptor for this recently fledged Yellow Warbler than “vulnerable”.
The Supracoracoideus – An Ingenious Adaptation For Flight In Birds
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.
Red-tailed Hawk Showing Off New Skills – Part 2
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.
Western Kingbirds Putting A Poor Beetle Through Hell
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.
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.
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.
A Wet Yellow Warbler Fledgling
Photographing small songbirds flitting around in dense foliage is a different game than I usually play.
Fledgling Mountain Bluebirds – “Frick And Frack”
These two siblings seemed almost joined at the hip. Even their movements were choreographed.
Juvenile Black-billed Magpie In Flight With Food
An Indicator Of Red-naped Sapsucker Chick Maturation Rates
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Hummingbirds And Bee Plant – Finally Again!
The Absolute Vulnerability Of A Yellow Warbler Fledgling
I can think of no better descriptor for this recently fledged Yellow Warbler than “vulnerable”.
The Supracoracoideus – An Ingenious Adaptation For Flight In Birds
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.
Red-tailed Hawk Showing Off New Skills – Part 2
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.
Western Kingbirds Putting A Poor Beetle Through Hell
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.
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.
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.
A Wet Yellow Warbler Fledgling
Photographing small songbirds flitting around in dense foliage is a different game than I usually play.
Fledgling Mountain Bluebirds – “Frick And Frack”
These two siblings seemed almost joined at the hip. Even their movements were choreographed.
