Tag: nictitating membrane
Black-billed Magpie Taking Off And In Flight
Black-crowned Night Heron – A Mystery Diet
I like to know what the birds I’m photographing are eating. Sometimes I can ID it and sometimes I can’t. (7 photos)
An American Pipit Doing Pipit Things
Red-tailed Hawk Pre-takeoff Regimen, Including A Poop To Be Proud Of
I’ve mentioned before that larger buteos often signal imminent takeoff with one or more of four behaviors. This bird gave me three of the four so I’d have had to be asleep to have missed the takeoff. (5 photos)
Short-eared Owl In An Interesting Pose
Red-tailed Hawk – Perched, Stretching And Soaring Overhead
An Iridescent Magpie Takeoff
Yesterday morning a twist of fate resulted in one of my most unusual Black-billed Magpie photos. (4 images)
Adult Bald Eagle In Flight Rising From The Water With A Carp
A Couple Of Short-eared Owls With Two Versions Of Each Photo
The ‘True’ Eyelids Of A Swainson’s Hawk
Since the eyelids of birds aren’t used in blinking we don’t get to see them very often.
Willow Flycatcher And Nictitating Membranes
My First Hummingbird Photos Of The Season
Dark Morph Swainson’s Hawk Eating A Snake
The last Swainson’s Hawk I photographed this year turned out to be more interesting than I initially thought it was.
