Sunrise Performance By A Male Yellow-headed Blackbird A fun ‘first bird’ on my trip to Bear River MBR two days ago. In some ways he turned out to be my best bird. Continue reading
Male Ring-necked Pheasant Displaying In A Rustic Setting Plus some light at the end of the tunnel for this anxious bird photographer. Continue reading
Male Yellow-headed Blackbird Displaying In Low Light A species I should post more often than I do. Continue reading
Williamson’s Sapsuckers Performing Their Endless Domestic Duties For this species raising chicks is an unusually exhausting job. Continue reading
Male Red-tailed Hawk Struggling To Gather Nesting Material Hard work and a stubborn streak eventually paid off when the male of the pair went looking for suitable nest-building materials. Continue reading
Red-naped Sapsuckers – Dietary Preferences And Breaking Bad Habits When I’m in the field photographing birds I have to constantly remind myself to avoid making assumptions. Continue reading
Naturally Spotlit Short-eared Owl In Flight With Prey A pleasant surprise hidden deep in my photo files. Continue reading
Male Sage Grouse – Symmetry Taken To Extremes You won’t catch me using camera settings like these very often. Continue reading
An Unusually Handsome Male Rough-legged Hawk Crystal clear air, sunny skies, cold temps, fairly remote country and several raptor species to photograph – yesterday was a good day to be alive. Continue reading
Male American Kestrel Taking Requests More than most birds kestrels are known for listening to the beat of their own personal drummer. So on Christmas morning I was flabbergasted when this male immediately filled my stated request when asked. Continue reading
Drake Common Goldeneye Feeling Frisky My most interesting Common Goldeneye photos so far this year, thanks in part to the early courtship behavior of the species. Continue reading
Further Evidence That Kestrels Become ‘Sticky’ In Cold Weather American Kestrels are notoriously difficult to approach but bring on the cold and sometimes I think they must have glue on their feet. Continue reading