Water Management And Phragmites Control Issues At Bear River MBR Yesterday I had a meeting with the new manager of Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge regarding questions and concerns I had about recent management decisions affecting the refuge. Here’s what I found out. Continue reading
Warbling Vireo In The Willows Plus a challenge for wannabe bird photographers. How fast are your reflexes? Continue reading
A Flight Shot, A Takeoff And A Squabble From Yesterday Morning Cedar Waxwings and a Pine Siskin. Sort of a mixed bag today. Continue reading
Cedar Waxwing In Flight – A Work In Progress Live and learn is what they say but on this occasion a brain fart led to my downfall. I should have known better. Continue reading
Sage Thrasher And Rose Hips – What Is A “Perfect” Shot? This first photo is about as close to a “perfect” shot as I ever get. Continue reading
A Possible Yellow Warbler Strategy For Feeding On Aphids It’s only a working theory but I believe it’s based on fairly strong circumstantial evidence. Continue reading
Black-headed Grosbeak In Flight Sometimes a dreadfully inadequate photo can be a treasure as inspiration. For me this image fits that description but prepare yourself, it’s a mess. Continue reading
Willow Flycatcher? – Another Compositional Conundrum A double conundrum, actually – composition and ID. Continue reading
American Goldfinch on Musk Thistle And an interesting goldfinch strategy for combating brood parasitism of the Brown-headed Cowbird. Continue reading
A Hiatus From Birds… Shannon’s Here! For me few things supersede birds and my blogging but a visit from my daughter Shannon is one of them so this will likely be a short post. Continue reading