It’s Molting Time On Antelope Island Many of the birds I saw yesterday morning on Antelope Island were in one stage or another of the molting process. (4 photos and 1 video clip) Continue reading
Belted Kingfisher, Up Close And Preening Tweaking an image to get a background I like using methods I’m comfortable with. (2 versions of the same photo) Continue reading
Young Red-tailed Hawk Preening, Or Attempting To Because of their goofy behaviors, young raptors may be my favorite photo subjects. (3 photos) Continue reading
Yellow-rumped Warbler Preening And Acting A Little Nuts After His Bath There must have been something in the water. (12 photos) Continue reading
Two Moderate Successes On A Slow Day For Birds A Snowy Egret with a fish and a grooming Yellow-rumped Warbler. (2 photos) Continue reading
A Preening, Posing And Very Curious Immature Red-tailed Hawk It’s the time of year for young red-tails acting goofy. (4 photos) Continue reading
Pied-billed Grebe In The Most Gorgeous Water I’ve Seen In My Photos Yes, plain old water can be gorgeous – especially when it’s reflecting beautiful colors in whirly-swirly patterns and soft textures. Continue reading
A Burrowing Owl And An Ocular Mystery A mystery to me anyway but then maybe I’m missing something obvious. Continue reading
Rufous Red-tailed Hawk Showing Off His Red Tail Yesterday morning I found the rufous male red-tail and his mate again. Continue reading
Sopping Wet And Preening Yellow Warbler Incredibly quick preening motions frozen in time by very fast shutter speeds. Continue reading
Have You Ever Seen The Preen Gland (oil gland) Of A Yellow Warbler? Or the preen gland of any songbird for that matter? Well, now’s your chance. Continue reading
House Wrens At And Near Their Nest Yesterday in the mountains was a House Wren kind of day. Continue reading