Juvenile Western Tanager Checking Me Out
I don’t see Western Tanagers all that often and it’s even more unusual for me to be close to one of these usually spooky birds. (2 photos)
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Recently Fledged Western Kingbird Taking Off And In Flight
Yesterday morning I finally got out again and actually found some birds, including a fun encounter with a family of Western Kingbirds. (4 photos)
Recently Fledged Gray Catbird
This is the price I pay for my preferred style of bird photography. At times it can be a steep one.
Juvenile And Adult Sage Thrashers
And some very good news about migrating Rough-legged Hawks, especially for local photographers and birders.
My First Ever Say’s Phoebe Takeoff And Flight Shots
Yesterday morning we found a family of at least four Say’s Phoebes in the Wasatch Mountains. The adults were feeding their hungry fledglings.
Pied-billed Grebe – A Strategy For A Fish Too Big
Rough-legged Hawk – Perched vs. Takeoff
It isn’t often that I prefer shots of a perched raptor over images of it taking off.
Why Parent Barn Swallows Stuff Food So Far Down Throats Of Their Offspring
Adult Barn Swallows stuff insects so far down the throats of their youngsters that it can almost look like the young birds are trying to swallow the head of their parent.
Black-billed Magpie Fledglings
I’ve been watching a Black-billed Magpie nest in a greasewood bush on Antelope Island all spring but the adults are very spooky and always fly off as I approach (the nest is very near a road and I stay in my vehicle on the road). But I’ve been looking forward to seeing the fledglings and I finally got a good look at all five of them last week.