Behaviors – Page 67 – Feathered Photography

Red-tailed Hawk In Flight With Prey

This cooperative adult Red-tailed Hawk with prey was a huge challenge under difficult conditions yesterday morning.

Greater Scaup – Using Knowledge Of Behaviors To Get The Shot You’re After

I’ve been yammering for years about the advantages to bird photographers of being familiar with the behaviors of our subjects. Here’s yet another example.

California Quail By The Jordan River

Three days ago I found a covey of California Quail down by the Jordan River. I watched them forage for food for a while and then something interesting happened.

Fighting Common Goldeneyes – The Rest Of The Story

This is a continuation of a previous post.

Northern Harriers Not Seeing Eye To Eye

I’m speaking figuratively in my title of course. Literally they were doing exactly that.

Loggerhead Shrikes Impaling Prey

Shrikes are called “butcher birds” for good reason.

Five Coyotes Attempt To Take Down A Deer On Antelope Island

In almost ten years of regular trips to Antelope Island (roughly 600-700 trips total) I’ve never had a wildlife encounter like this one!

Common Goldeneye Pair – A Vicious Lover’s Quarrel?

This was one of the longest and most intense bird fights I’ve ever witnessed.

Ducks Fighting, Mergansers Flying And Geese Mating

There was lots of excitement on one of my local ponds yesterday morning.

Swainson’s Hawk Regurgitating Pellets, Then I Dissected Them

This hawk actually expelled two pellets and I was able to photograph (and dissect) both of them.

My Half-baked Theory Regarding The Mechanics Of A Goldeneye Dive

Occasionally the frozen moments in my photographs allow me to see something that really piques my curiosity. And makes me wonder about the relationships between natural selection, behaviors and structural adaptations.