Category: Birds
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.
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
Red-tailed Hawk Showing Off Its “Britches”
The Highs And Lows Of My Morning On Antelope Island
Yesterday morning there were extremes of both including a case of mentoring gone bad.
Green-tailed Towhee As An Example Of Why I Prefer Fast Shutter Speeds
Overall I gain more than I lose when I use relatively fast shutter speeds for birds.
Black-necked Stilt (+ an interesting leveling/rotation technique)
Sometimes we have to be creative to come up with leveling cues when an image needs rotation.
Yellow Warbler – A Compositional Conundrum
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.
Prairie Falcon Faux Pas
This is a pose I seldom post on my blog or even like very much but somehow it works for me with this young Prairie Falcon.
Male Red-naped Sapsucker – An Interloper
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.
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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.
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
Red-tailed Hawk Showing Off Its “Britches”
The Highs And Lows Of My Morning On Antelope Island
Yesterday morning there were extremes of both including a case of mentoring gone bad.
Green-tailed Towhee As An Example Of Why I Prefer Fast Shutter Speeds
Overall I gain more than I lose when I use relatively fast shutter speeds for birds.
Black-necked Stilt (+ an interesting leveling/rotation technique)
Sometimes we have to be creative to come up with leveling cues when an image needs rotation.
Yellow Warbler – A Compositional Conundrum
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.
Prairie Falcon Faux Pas
This is a pose I seldom post on my blog or even like very much but somehow it works for me with this young Prairie Falcon.
Male Red-naped Sapsucker – An Interloper
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.