Depth of field – Feathered Photography

Chipping Sparrows And A Chipmunk

Lots of “chip” in today’s post. (5 photos)

Black-chinned Hummingbird – Bee Wars

Several species of bees love my trumpet vine as much as hummingbirds do, which sets the stage for conflict. (11 photos)

Killdeer In Flight

Persistence finally begins to pay off.

Great Blue Heron Flying Low Toward A Creek – A Long Series

A marathon of Great Blue Heron flight shots. 19 of them.

Red-tailed Hawk Nesting And Mating Behaviors

The rest of the story. (14 photos)

The Light-eyed Adult Red-tailed Hawk

This time on a perch that steals the show. (3 photos)

Brewer’s Blackbird On His Own Tiny Island

King of the hill. (2 photos)

Rufous Hummingbirds – They’re Already Gone, At Least Mine Are

I always miss the hummingbirds when they head south for the winter but this year I’m going to have a harder time of it than usual.

Female Hooded Merganser With A Hammerhead Reflection

Plus the only first winter drake Hooded Merganser I’ve ever seen.

Northern Shoveler Coming In For A Landing Over Ice

A grab shot that worked out pretty well. Usually my grab shots are nothing but garbage.

American Goldfinch – ‘Common’ Species Deserve More Respect

Another in my irregular series on the ‘common’ species.

Rufous Hummingbirds

Rufous Hummingbirds are known as “extremist” hummingbirds for a bunch of reasons.

Song Sparrow In Golden Light

For my tastes light doesn’t get much better than this.

Canada Goose Landing In A Snowstorm

A common species but the photo interests me on many levels.

Some Random Recent Birds And Critters

A potpourri of sorts on this Saturday morning. Each of the following photos was taken in the last couple of weeks and all but one were taken in the Wasatch Mountains.

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