A Couple Of Engaging Rodents In The Mountains Yesterday Morning When I’m out in nature I think of myself as a ‘watcher’ as I try to take in all the small details of my environment (remember Tyler, the biologist in Never Cry Wolf?). But sometimes the watcher becomes the watched. (4 photos) Continue reading
Turkey Vulture Showing Off What I Think Is Their Best Field Mark By “best” field mark, I mean the field mark that is most easily seen while they’re in flight and most reliable in confirming their ID from a distance. 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
One-winged Hummingbird In Flight? Another disappearing wing, but for a different reason. (3 photos) Continue reading
An Interesting Effect Of Shutter Speed On A Hummingbird In Low Light Some bird photographers may see this effect to this degree more often than I do. (3 photos) 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
Spotlit Black-chinned Hummingbird Taking Off Vertically Including an alternate composition. (2 images) Continue reading