Song Sparrow – Instant Fluff-butt
I don’t post as many sparrows as I should, especially the common ones. To make matters worse, yesterday was World Sparrow Day and I made no mention of it. Today’s post is my attempt at redemption. (4 photos)
Category: Birds
American White Pelican Spotlighted Against A Dark Background
Singing Western Meadowlark On Antelope Island
How do meadowlarks learn their distinctive and complex song? And what about that curious Latin name? (3 images)
Yesterday My Blog Followers Gave Me A Case Of The Warm Fuzzies
Bald Eagle Hunting Ducks
When they’re not scavenging for food Bald Eagles can be fierce and opportunistic predators. But they’re big and relatively slow so catching live prey isn’t easy for them.
A Second Banded Male American Kestrel On Antelope Island
Northern Shovelers Flying In Formation
Western Meadowlark Singing On Sagebrush (plus a video experiment)
Around here it isn’t springtime without singing meadowlarks. Yesterday I photographed my first one this year that was reasonably close.
Bald Eagle In Flight With Two Green-winged Teals In Its Crosshairs
Bathing Tundra Swan
Short-eared Owl In Flight With Prey
Two Bald Eagles And A Pesky, Persistent Intruder
Lots of action involving three raptors of two different species and there I sat with a new camera whose buttons and dials were unfamiliar to me. Talk about pressure to learn a new camera! (8 photos)
Yesterday’s Bald Eagle
A Willet And A Quirky Surprise
I’ve only seen something like this happen once and I’ll almost certainly never see it again.
Western Kingbird Taking Off From Sagebrush
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American White Pelican Spotlighted Against A Dark Background
Singing Western Meadowlark On Antelope Island
How do meadowlarks learn their distinctive and complex song? And what about that curious Latin name? (3 images)
Yesterday My Blog Followers Gave Me A Case Of The Warm Fuzzies
Bald Eagle Hunting Ducks
When they’re not scavenging for food Bald Eagles can be fierce and opportunistic predators. But they’re big and relatively slow so catching live prey isn’t easy for them.
A Second Banded Male American Kestrel On Antelope Island
Northern Shovelers Flying In Formation
Western Meadowlark Singing On Sagebrush (plus a video experiment)
Around here it isn’t springtime without singing meadowlarks. Yesterday I photographed my first one this year that was reasonably close.
Bald Eagle In Flight With Two Green-winged Teals In Its Crosshairs
Bathing Tundra Swan
Short-eared Owl In Flight With Prey
Two Bald Eagles And A Pesky, Persistent Intruder
Lots of action involving three raptors of two different species and there I sat with a new camera whose buttons and dials were unfamiliar to me. Talk about pressure to learn a new camera! (8 photos)
Yesterday’s Bald Eagle
A Willet And A Quirky Surprise
I’ve only seen something like this happen once and I’ll almost certainly never see it again.
