Some Recent Common And (mostly) Interesting Birds
Nine days ago I spent some time photographing some of our most abundant (for those readers who don’t like the word “common” applied to birds) songbirds at my favorite greasewood bush.
Category: Birds
A Short Flight Series Of A Molting Barn Owl
A Squadron Of White-faced Ibises Flying Low Over The Great Salt Lake
Groups of birds in flight are hard to photograph well but I like the way this one turned out.
The Most Expensive Water I’ve Ever Bought
Honest mistakes I can easily tolerate but deliberate cheating makes me angry (probably a leftover from my teaching days when I had absolutely no tolerance for cheating in my classroom) so I’m on a rant. And yes, there are birds involved. Or at least parts of them.
An Entire (large) Family Of Western Grebes
This is one of the very few times I’ve ever been able to get three Western Grebe chicks and both of their parents in the same photo and get them all sharp. The whole fam damily.
Mallard Doing A Somersault And A Partial Barrel Roll While Bathing
Bathing birds are fast. Even larger birds like ducks are surprisingly fast while bathing, so fast that the observer is often unaware of what’s really going on. That’s where photography comes in handy.
A Burrowing Owl And An Ocular Mystery
My First Rough-legged Hawk(s) Of The Year
White-throated Sparrow – A Lifer For Me Yesterday Morning
After all these years of photographing birds I don’t get a new ‘lifer’ very often but I got one yesterday.
Mallard Bathing Frenzy
Incoming Tundra Swan – Duck!
It’s time to start looking for migrating Tundra Swans in northern Utah. But other swans need to keep an eye out for them too, for their own safety.
Red-breasted Nuthatch About To Drop Into The Void
An Anniversary And A Lesson Learned.
Starting Tomorrow Feathered Photography Will Be Taking An Unwanted Break
Adult White-crowned Sparrow Framed By Greasewood
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A Short Flight Series Of A Molting Barn Owl
A Squadron Of White-faced Ibises Flying Low Over The Great Salt Lake
Groups of birds in flight are hard to photograph well but I like the way this one turned out.
The Most Expensive Water I’ve Ever Bought
Honest mistakes I can easily tolerate but deliberate cheating makes me angry (probably a leftover from my teaching days when I had absolutely no tolerance for cheating in my classroom) so I’m on a rant. And yes, there are birds involved. Or at least parts of them.
An Entire (large) Family Of Western Grebes
This is one of the very few times I’ve ever been able to get three Western Grebe chicks and both of their parents in the same photo and get them all sharp. The whole fam damily.
Mallard Doing A Somersault And A Partial Barrel Roll While Bathing
Bathing birds are fast. Even larger birds like ducks are surprisingly fast while bathing, so fast that the observer is often unaware of what’s really going on. That’s where photography comes in handy.
A Burrowing Owl And An Ocular Mystery
My First Rough-legged Hawk(s) Of The Year
White-throated Sparrow – A Lifer For Me Yesterday Morning
After all these years of photographing birds I don’t get a new ‘lifer’ very often but I got one yesterday.
Mallard Bathing Frenzy
Incoming Tundra Swan – Duck!
It’s time to start looking for migrating Tundra Swans in northern Utah. But other swans need to keep an eye out for them too, for their own safety.
