Category: Waterfowl
Redhead After The Storm
Sometimes only subtle differences separate an unremarkable photo from one that makes me take a second look and appreciate it far more. For me this one did just that.
Drake Hooded Merganser Out Of The Water
Female Mallard In Flight Series
A species too often ignored by bird photographers. I’m guilty of it myself so it’s time for atonement.
A Good Samaritan At A Local Pond
A Few Recent Birds
This is one of my roughly semiannual attempts to give my readers a feel for some of the birds I’ve been photographing recently that didn’t make it to my blog.
Some Seasonal Plumage Changes In Male Cinnamon Teals
Yesterday morning at Bear River MBR I encountered a male Cinnamon Teal that had me a little confused at first.
Bathing Cinnamon Teal x Green-winged Teal Hybrid
Mated Pair Of Cinnamon Teals Having An Animated Conversation
I took a huge chance and used the dreaded Shadows/Highlights tool in Photoshop on this image in an effort to save it.
Yesterday’s Tundra Swans And The Frustrations Of Bird Photography
A Bird In Flight Enigma And A Surgical Update
Two unrelated post subjects this morning, one mysterious and one clinical. Clinical comes first so we can get it out of the way.
Tundra Swan In Flight Against A Multilayered Background
I like bird photography that includes significant hints at habitat. That goal is typically more difficult to achieve with flight shots than static shots but it can be done and this image is an example.
Odds And Ends From Recent Trips To Farmington Bay WMA
Blackbirds, grebes, eagles, assorted ducks and a photographic calamity – bits and pieces of recent shooting forays to Farmington Bay.
Tundra Swan In Flight Against The Promontory Mountains
Male Common Goldeneye Becoming Boxed In By An Ice Trap
I’ve documented a relatively insignificant but interesting and even amusing event in the life of a bird and I even managed to get a shot that I often attempt but rarely get with this species.