Yellow-headed Blackbird Mystery Behavior
I’ve spent a lot of time around birds over the years and this combination of behaviors was a new one for me, for any species. (7 photos)
Category: Favorite Locations
Black-necked Stilt At Nest With Eggs Plainly Visible
Gadwall Drake In Flight
The Songs Of A Mockingbird
Forster’s Tern – A Dive And Then Something Special
One of these shots immediately became one of my favorite bird photos and we can’t even see the bird’s head. (4 photos)
Nesting Black-necked Stilts – The Changing Of The Guard
Including a snippet of endearing tern behavior that I’d never seen before. Or even heard of. (12 photos)
Forster’s Tern Aerial Gymnastics
A couple of flight postures I doubt I’ll ever see again. Almost certainly I’ll never photograph them again. (2 photos)
Some Recent Birds
Occasionally I post some recent bird photos that didn’t quite measure up to standalone status on my blog but they’re of reasonably qood quality and collectively they show my readers some of what I’ve been up to in the field lately. Including making silly mistakes. (6 photos of 5 species)
Pronghorn Doe Portrait
Some Different Strategies For Documenting Mockingbird Flight Displays (a type of courtship display)
Strategies that should give the viewer a sense of the speed of the display and how high they fly. (8 photos and one video)
Loggerhead Shrike Regurgitating A (sticky) Pellet
A Pronghorn’s Predicament
Beauty, Birds, Buddies And Bugs Yesterday On Antelope Island
My Attempt At Photographing Multiple (4) Northern Mockingbird Vertical Flight Displays
A Vertical Flight Display is a courtship display of the male Northern Mockingbird. (14 photos)
Northern Mockingbird Landing And A Surprise Gang Of Cuteness
In my book, landing shots are at a premium because I like the postures they typically involve and because they’re so very hard to get (the old ‘degree of difficulty’ factor). (4 photos)
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Black-necked Stilt At Nest With Eggs Plainly Visible
Gadwall Drake In Flight
The Songs Of A Mockingbird
Forster’s Tern – A Dive And Then Something Special
One of these shots immediately became one of my favorite bird photos and we can’t even see the bird’s head. (4 photos)
Nesting Black-necked Stilts – The Changing Of The Guard
Including a snippet of endearing tern behavior that I’d never seen before. Or even heard of. (12 photos)
Forster’s Tern Aerial Gymnastics
A couple of flight postures I doubt I’ll ever see again. Almost certainly I’ll never photograph them again. (2 photos)
Some Recent Birds
Occasionally I post some recent bird photos that didn’t quite measure up to standalone status on my blog but they’re of reasonably qood quality and collectively they show my readers some of what I’ve been up to in the field lately. Including making silly mistakes. (6 photos of 5 species)
Pronghorn Doe Portrait
Some Different Strategies For Documenting Mockingbird Flight Displays (a type of courtship display)
Strategies that should give the viewer a sense of the speed of the display and how high they fly. (8 photos and one video)
Loggerhead Shrike Regurgitating A (sticky) Pellet
A Pronghorn’s Predicament
Beauty, Birds, Buddies And Bugs Yesterday On Antelope Island
My Attempt At Photographing Multiple (4) Northern Mockingbird Vertical Flight Displays
A Vertical Flight Display is a courtship display of the male Northern Mockingbird. (14 photos)
Northern Mockingbird Landing And A Surprise Gang Of Cuteness
In my book, landing shots are at a premium because I like the postures they typically involve and because they’re so very hard to get (the old ‘degree of difficulty’ factor). (4 photos)