The Owls That Convinced Me That I Need Cataract Surgery True story with no embellishments and nothing of significance left out, including some colorful language. (2 photos) Continue reading
Avian Potpourri From Antelope Island Three Days Ago Eight photos of five species plus a short video clip. Continue reading
Evening Grosbeaks Galore Plus, the reappearance of an old avian friend that I was absolutely delighted to see again. (7 photos) Continue reading
There’s Some Kind Of Magic Going On At My Feeders This Spring I’m seeing more birds, and a greater variety of bird species, than I’ve ever seen in my yard before. (4 photos) Continue reading
Yesterday’s Lifer Evening Grosbeaks To get a lifer is unusual by definition, but to get a lifer in my own back yard is unheard of. (3 photos) Continue reading
The Bizarre Biology Of The Eared Grebe The little Eared Grebe is one of the most biologically interesting bird species I’m aware of. (3 photos) Continue reading
Backyard California Quail Pair I’m hoping that the quail will be nesting beneath my shed. They’ve done it before. (2 photos) Continue reading
My First Of Year (FOY) Swainson’s Hawks Yesterday Morning And Swainson’s Hawks weren’t my only first birds of the year yesterday. I had two others. (7 photos) Continue reading
Antelope Island Mockingbird This is the time of year I start watching for Northern Mockingbirds on Antelope Island. A week ago today I found five of them and photographed two of them. (5 photos) Continue reading
Meadowlark Stuff Five days ago was a Western Meadowlark kind of day on Antelope Island. (7 photos) Continue reading
Common Raven ‘Skip-launch’ A takeoff technique that has almost been patented by ravens. (8 photos) Continue reading
Burrowing Owl Blunder After more than 15 years of photographing birds I’m still fine tuning my field ethics. (4 photos) Continue reading