Tag: fighting
Female Brewer’s Blackbird Repeatedly Attacking An Adult Red-tailed Hawk In Flight
A Small Songbird ‘Counting Coup’ On An Adult Red-tailed Hawk
A Cinnamon Teal Behavior I’d Never Seen Before
Fighting Pronghorn
Hooded Merganser Shenanigans
Nine days ago I had my best day so far this winter with Hooded Mergansers. (13 photos)
Squabbling Cinnamon Teal Hens
Wilson’s Snipes – A Weird, Repeated Behavior And A Possible Explanation
Black-necked Stilt Attacking A Great Blue Heron
An avian version of David and Goliath. With a similar result because the little guy came out on top. (8 photos)
An Aerial Kerfuffle Between A Hapless And Vulnerable Northern Harrier And American Crows
Serious aerial combat or more light-hearted play? In this case I strongly suspect the former. (3 photos)
An Angry American Coot
American Coots are universally described as quarrelsome and belligerent but this time of year they crank it up a notch. Or two. (three photos)
Rough-legged Hawk Aerial Dogfight
An Angry Snowy Egret
Snowy Egrets Squabbling And Fighting
Our heat dome is finally gone so yesterday morning I got to play with fighting Snowy Egrets in deliciously cool weather. (7 photos)
Fighting Short-eared Owls – The Rest Of The Story
Three days ago I posted a single photo of fighting Short-eared Owls as a ‘teaser’ because, due to post-surgical discomfort, I couldn’t sit at my computer for long enough to process all of the fighting photos I intended to. Today I finish telling the story. (14 photos)