Bathing Western Meadowlark – Curtain Call And no, the “curtain call” reference isn’t for reasons of modesty… Continue reading
Clumsy Young Prairie Falcon In Low Light It’s rare for a Prairie Falcon to allow a close approach but this young bird was an exception. Continue reading
Ferruginous Hawk In Flight With Nesting Material The mystery continues as to what this nesting material actually is but I think I have a pretty good guess. Continue reading
Deep-diving Kingfisher Shaking Mud Off Her Bill When kingfishers dive for fish in shallow ponds they run the risk of bottoming out. Continue reading
A Few Recent Great Blue Herons In Flight (+ a discussion of shutter speed) Last month while photographing birds on the water at Bear River MBR I’d get the occasional and unexpected Great Blue Heron fly-by. Continue reading
Saying Goodbye To The Old Farmington Nature Center And Welcoming The New I cut my photographic teeth at Farmington Bay and the Great Salt Lake Nature Center played a pivotal role in my activities out there. Continue reading
Good News For Some Of The Raptors In My World Two days ago I received very welcome news on several fronts in an email from HawkWatch International (HWI) Trustee Mike Shaw. Continue reading
A Red-tailed Hawk Image I’ve Changed My Mind About Occasionally I have second (or even third or fourth) thoughts about an image. This is one of them. Continue reading
Western Grebe – Swallowing A Catfish Can Be Dangerous Business I suspect this Western Grebe may have had a previous and unpleasant experience with a catfish. Continue reading