Nesting American Avocets And Black-necked Stilts Yesterday I spent the morning at Bear River MBR. Nesting season continues and so do the inevitable conflicts between ground-nesting birds. (4 photos) Continue reading
Black-necked Stilt At Nest With Eggs Plainly Visible A different nest than the one I posted photos of recently. (2 photos) Continue reading
Nesting Black-necked Stilts – The Changing Of The Guard Including a snippet of endearing tern behavior that I’d never seen before. Or even heard of. (12 photos) Continue reading
Nesting Great Horned Owl – There Are Chicks! With a little home decorating thrown in for good measure. (4 photos) Continue reading
Male And Female Red-tailed Hawks Taking Off From Their Nest Nine days ago I spent some time (at a respectful distance) with a mated pair of Red-tailed Hawks as they were refurbishing their nest. (2 photos) Continue reading
Male Red-tailed Hawk Leaving His Mate At The Nest A difficult setting for photography but I like how this one turned out. Continue reading
Black-billed Magpie – An Interesting Flight Maneuver And some surprise magpie iridescence on an overcast morning. (2 photos) Continue reading
Western Kingbird Takeoff And Attempted Hijacking Of A Bullock’s Oriole Nest A surprising attempt at nest thievery. Continue reading
A Much Better Look At One Of The Red-tailed Hawk Chicks And a food exchange between their parents. Continue reading
Three Red-tailed Hawk Chicks Posing Perfectly In The Nest ‘Posing perfectly’ and raptor chicks almost never go together but this time was an exception. Continue reading
Black-billed Magpie In A Laborious Ascent Flying is a lot of work and sometimes it results in surprisingly little aerial progress. Continue reading
Female Short-eared Owl And Chick Near Their Nest A type of photo I rarely post. Or even take. Continue reading