Red-breasted Nuthatch Foraging For Seeds On Douglas Fir Cones
The Tikit
If you’re ever annoyed by those highly irritating audible seat belt alarms in your vehicle this little piece of hardware is your ticket to some blessed relief. It’s literally saving this bird photographers ass (explanation to follow). And if you ever haul groceries or pets in your pressure-sensitive passenger seat it may be the perfect solution to a huge annoyance.
Red-breasted Nuthatch In Upside Down Flight
Northern Harriers – Surprise Attack
A Mixed Bag Of Recent Birds
Rufous Red-tailed Hawk – An Unconventional And Unpredictable Takeoff
In birds behavioral tendencies can often be predicted with reasonable accuracy but individuals sometimes fake me right out of my shoes.
Hummingbird In Flight In A Field Of Pink
I believe it’s a female Black-chinned Hummingbird but I can’t be sure of the species.
More Yellow-rumped Warblers
I’ve finally seen and culled the 1900+ photos I took of these butter-butts a week ago today. The following day I posted two of them but since then I found more that I like so I’m including some of them today.
A One-eyed Pelican And A One-eared Weasel
It’s no surprise that it’s tough to make a living out there in the wild but I was surprised to find this much stark evidence of it on the same morning.
Green Heron Seeming To Defy The Laws Of Gravity
Technically Green Heron’s aren’t considered to be rare in Utah but they’re close. This one was a lifer for me.