Feathered Photography

My First “Fresh Juvenile” Forster’s Tern

I’m enamored. (7 photos)

Two Cormorants And A Pelican – A Near Head-on Collision In Flight

If there’s a possibility you’re going to collide head-on with another bird in flight, you don’t want it to be with a 16 lb. pelican. (4 photos)

A Pair Of Blue-winged Teals Exploding Off The Water

Plus individual flight shots of each of them. (4 photos)

A Marsh Wren And A Couple Of Unfortunate Quirks Of The Canon R5

I’ve been putting this post off because I don’t like to talk about it. (2 photos)

Great Blue Heron – Old Stoneface

Too much “cooperative” can be the same as uncooperative. (3 photos)

Yellow-headed Blackbird On Sunflowers

Sometimes it’s the little things that make or break a photo.

Solitary Sandpipers – An Unusual Species For Me

And a chance encounter with an old friend. (6 photos)

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)

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.

Swainson’s Hawks – Sleeping Unihemispherically?

A pretty nifty trick that even allows birds to sleep while they’re migrating over water. (6 photos)