Sandhill Cranes – Comparing A Young Juvenile To An Adult Two days ago at Bear River MBR I photographed a young juvenile Sandhill Crane at a stage of development I’d never documented up close before. (2 photos) Continue reading
Blue-winged Teal In Flight At least I think it’s a Blue-winged Teal. I struggle with teal ID when they’re not in breeding plumage. Continue reading
Long-billed Curlew Swallowing An Egg Whole I had no idea that Long-billed Curlews are nest-raiders. (6 photos) Continue reading
A Painting Of One Of My Favorite Burrowing Owl Photos My reaction to requests to use my photos for paintings is usually lukewarm at best but there was something special about this one. (2 photos) Continue reading
Long-billed Curlew In Flight Over A Great Salt Lake Beach ‘Talking’ to another curlew as he flew. Continue reading
Sandhill Cranes Calling In The Marsh At Sunrise One of the very best ways to begin a morning. Continue reading
A Couple Of Immature Black-crowned Night Herons In Flight Yesterday was a night heron kind of day. (2 photos) Continue reading
Male American Kestrel Struggling To Stay On A Spindly Perch Poor guy couldn’t get his balance. Continue reading
Clark’s Grebe And Chick, Both Posing For The Photographer A little serendipity on Saturday morning. Continue reading
Western Grebes Having Difficulty Handling Slippery Fish – Part 2 Throw a thieving gull into the mix and things get complicated. (11 photos) Continue reading
Why Black-necked Stilts Can Only Swallow Very Small Fish If you’re a stilt, size matters. (4 photos) Continue reading
Western Grebes Having Difficulty Handling Slippery Fish – Part 1 As you’d expect, the kiddos were having even more difficulty than the adults. (11 photos) Continue reading
Black-necked Stilt Attacking A Great Blue Heron An avian version of David and Goliath. With a similar result because the little guy came out on top. (8 photos) Continue reading