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.
Category: Favorite Locations
Western Grebe Trickery – Turnabout Is Fair Play
Personally I think the male of this pair got exactly what he deserved. Tit for tat.
Male Red-winged Blackbird In Flight
Another reason I tend to shoot at higher shutter speeds than most bird photographers and this time it still wasn’t enough.
Willet Teasing Me Mercilessly
This is why I keep returning to that gnarly old stump used as a perch in yesterday’s post.
Singing Horned Lark Perched On A Gnarly Old Stump
A Weird Experience With A Coyote On Antelope Island
I’ve been photographing coyotes on Antelope Island and elsewhere for many years now and this was the most perplexing behavior I’ve ever seen.
American Avocet Circling Display
Familiarity with bird behaviors gives photographers a much better chance of capturing the shot we’re after.
Mourning Dove In Flight
American Bittern Taking Off And In Flight
The American Bittern is solitary and cryptically colored. Throw in its secretive nature and inaccessible habitats and you have a species that I rarely see so getting photos of one taking off and in flight made my day yesterday.
Are Predator Control Practices Used On Antelope Island Coyotes?
Coyote populations on Antelope Island have declined dramatically over the last few years and recent disturbing events had some of us wondering if Utah State Parks was practicing predator control on the island. Yesterday afternoon I was on a mission to find out.
An Update And Some Questions Regarding Low-flying Aircraft
Vesper Sparrow Perched And Taking Off From Sagebrush
An Ugly Photo With A Beautiful Function For Bird Lovers
Male and female Long-billed Curlews have identical plumage throughout the year so how do we tell them apart? This is the best single photo I’ve seen to show how.
American Avocet – An American Beauty When In Breeding Plumage
As simple as it is this photo from two days ago may become one of my favorite shots of an American Avocet for a variety of reasons.
Yesterday I Had A Two Merlin Morning At Bear River MBR
On average I photograph Merlins less often than once per year so to get two of them in my viewfinder on the same morning was a momentous occasion.
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Western Grebe Trickery – Turnabout Is Fair Play
Personally I think the male of this pair got exactly what he deserved. Tit for tat.
Male Red-winged Blackbird In Flight
Another reason I tend to shoot at higher shutter speeds than most bird photographers and this time it still wasn’t enough.
Willet Teasing Me Mercilessly
This is why I keep returning to that gnarly old stump used as a perch in yesterday’s post.
Singing Horned Lark Perched On A Gnarly Old Stump
A Weird Experience With A Coyote On Antelope Island
I’ve been photographing coyotes on Antelope Island and elsewhere for many years now and this was the most perplexing behavior I’ve ever seen.
American Avocet Circling Display
Familiarity with bird behaviors gives photographers a much better chance of capturing the shot we’re after.
Mourning Dove In Flight
American Bittern Taking Off And In Flight
The American Bittern is solitary and cryptically colored. Throw in its secretive nature and inaccessible habitats and you have a species that I rarely see so getting photos of one taking off and in flight made my day yesterday.
Are Predator Control Practices Used On Antelope Island Coyotes?
Coyote populations on Antelope Island have declined dramatically over the last few years and recent disturbing events had some of us wondering if Utah State Parks was practicing predator control on the island. Yesterday afternoon I was on a mission to find out.
An Update And Some Questions Regarding Low-flying Aircraft
Vesper Sparrow Perched And Taking Off From Sagebrush
An Ugly Photo With A Beautiful Function For Bird Lovers
Male and female Long-billed Curlews have identical plumage throughout the year so how do we tell them apart? This is the best single photo I’ve seen to show how.
American Avocet – An American Beauty When In Breeding Plumage
As simple as it is this photo from two days ago may become one of my favorite shots of an American Avocet for a variety of reasons.
Yesterday I Had A Two Merlin Morning At Bear River MBR
On average I photograph Merlins less often than once per year so to get two of them in my viewfinder on the same morning was a momentous occasion.