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American Kestrel In The Warm Light Of Dawn
Magpie Carrying A Big Stick
White-throated Sparrow – A Lifer For Me Yesterday Morning
After all these years of photographing birds I don’t get a new ‘lifer’ very often but I got one yesterday.
Black-billed Magpie In A Laborious Ascent
Flying is a lot of work and sometimes it results in surprisingly little aerial progress.
Female American Kestrel With Prey And An Attitude
To say that a kestrel of either sex has an attitude probably approaches redundancy but this little lady had one in spades.
Black-billed Magpie Giving Me Practice At Photographing Takeoffs
Magpies – They’ll Try To Fake You Out Every Time
Black-billed Magpies just can’t be trusted and yesterday morning this bird proved it again. Twice.
Migrating Yellow-rumped Warblers
Among warblers this species migrates late but they’re here in good numbers now. I photographed these birds two days ago in Davis County, Utah.
It’s Nest-building Time For Black-billed Magpies
Magpies are usually my first nest building subjects in springtime and this year they didn’t disappoint.
Lazuli Bunting – A Swell Bird In “The Swell”
Lazuli Buntings are appropriately named after the blue gemstone lapis lazuli. I think it’s a perfect name for such a spectacularly plumaged bird.
A Meadowlark And A Bump In The Road
I don’t have a lot of “oomph” in me right now so the bird portion of this post will be brief. I don’t like to inject too much personal stuff into my blog but when it begins to affect Feathered Photography I feel like I should come clean.
Anatomy Of A Magpie Nest
Due to changing conditions I’m finally getting a better look at this interesting and complex nest.
Yet Another Reason Birds Need Appropriate Habitat
It’s well-known that birds need appropriate habitat to survive and thrive, particularly during the breeding season. But they need it during winter too.
A Clumsy Willet
Occasionally a bird will have trouble maintaining stability on its perch and the results can be entertaining.