A Western Meadowlark Performing In The Snow As a Montana farm boy I have a special affinity for meadowlarks in the snow – not because we had them there during winter but because we didn’t. Continue reading
A Short-eared Owl Flying Right At Me I think this owl might have been trying to intimidate me or maybe he was just curious about my pickup. Either way he sure did come in close. Continue reading
A High-key Flicker “High-key” images have a predominance of light or bright tones which in this case were provided by an ice and snow covered pond in the background. Continue reading
A Red-tailed Hawk And A Vole – Before And After The Meal Don’t worry, there’s nothing gory in this short “before and after the meal” series. And I’ve also included a bit of a raptor biology lesson. Continue reading
A Merriam’s Wild Turkey And Thoughts Of Family At Thanksgiving Two subspecies of Wild Turkey are found in Utah, Merriam’s Turkey and the Rio Grande Turkey. They’re very similar in appearance and are best distinguished by their distinctive habitat requirements. Continue reading
Mule Deer Buck In Rut This is one of the more handsome bucks I’ve seen in a very long time. Continue reading
Western Kingbird – To Clone Or Not To Clone In previous posts I’ve often mentioned that I dislike significant cloning. Continue reading
Grebe With A Big Fish And Two First-of-season Bird Species – Yay! Grebes sometimes “bite off” more than they can chew. Continue reading
“Just” A Horned Lark But I Sure Like It Complementary colors can make common species look uncommonly good. Continue reading
Possible Eastern Red-tailed Hawk (borealis) At Farmington Bay WMA I don’t believe I’ve ever photographed an Eastern Red-tailed Hawk before so this bird caught my attention. Continue reading
Grebes – Why They’re Such Good Swimmers Podiceps, the genus name for grebes, means “anus-foot”. Unlike some Latin names, this one is well-earned. Continue reading
Sage Grouse Performing And Fighting On A Lek This experience with Greater Sage Grouse was one of my most memorable in the field. Continue reading
Horned Larks – Common, Subtly Beautiful And A Little Bit Quirky Horned Larks are one of the most common and widespread bird species on earth but I don’t believe they get the respect they deserve. Continue reading
A Stumbling, Bumbling Burrowing Owl Young Burrowing Owls are pretty awkward when they’re still learning the ropes. In this case the “rope” was a wire. Continue reading
Magpie With A Praying Mantis Egg Case (and an ingenious food strategy) Yesterday morning I photographed a magpie with a new (for me) twist in its diet. Continue reading