Category: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge
Western Grebe And Three Chicks – No Room On The Taxi
When Western Grebe chicks get large enough, back brooding all the siblings becomes problematic.
Western Grebe With A Channel Catfish?
Virginia Rail Actually Out In The Open
2 Black-crowned Night Herons (and the volatility of shutter speed)
These two images demonstrate how dramatically shutter speed can change in different lighting conditions when you’re shooting in aperture priority.
Great Blue Heron Repeatedly “Baptizing” A Large Fish
Big Birds In Flight
I don’t post images of these two species as often as I should. Both are common in my area and such large birds are relatively easy to photograph in flight so I hope the reason I’ve largely ignored them has nothing to do with snobbishness on my part.
Some Random, Recent Critters I’ve Photographed
This is an eclectic group of images but maybe that’s part of the appeal for me. They give me a sense of the variety of my subjects even when my primary goal is birds.
Black-necked Stilt Eating A Fish
The diet of Black-necked Stilts consists primarily of aquatic invertebrates but they’re also known to take the occasional small fish.
Why Parent Barn Swallows Stuff Food So Far Down Throats Of Their Offspring
Adult Barn Swallows stuff insects so far down the throats of their youngsters that it can almost look like the young birds are trying to swallow the head of their parent.
What A Difference A Camera Can Make – Canon 7D vs 7D Mark II
This is only a mediocre image at best and I’ll never use it for anything other than this post but I was impressed that I was able to get it at all.
Clark’s Grebe Trying To Feed A Fish To A Reluctant Juvenile
A juvenile grebe that wasn’t ravenous and begging loudly for an offered meal? That’s something I haven’t seen before.
Black-crowned Night Herons Lifting Off In Warm Light Caused By Smoke
Our smoky skies can be a real problem for bird photographers. For now I’ve pretty much given up on flight shots where the background is sky because the smoke makes that background uniformly gray and unappealing.
Western Grebe – Still Back-brooding A Youngster This Late In The Season
I’m always surprised when I see Western Grebes with young chicks this late in the year but it does happen.
Barn Swallows – Feeding Their Fledglings Isn’t An Exact Science
When a parent Barn Swallow stuffs food into the mouth of one of its fledglings it usually comes off flawlessly. But not always…