American Kestrel – “AOM” Is Still Thriving I had a productive morning on Antelope Island yesterday, including seeing, hearing and/or photographing multiple bird species for the first time this year. (3 photos) Continue reading
Black Necked Stilts – Mating Rituals And Copulation This was my first observation of mating birds of any species this season. As you can imagine, it made my day. (16 photos) Continue reading
Drake Northern Shoveler In Flight It’s springtime so things are getting exciting at our bird refuges. Continue reading
Black-crowned Night Heron In Flight Series Sometimes ‘grab shots’ turn out better than I expect them to. (3 photos) Continue reading
Yellow-headed Blackbird “Singing”, Taking Off And In Flight The Neil Young bird. (3 photos) Continue reading
Western Grebes, An Optical Illusion And An Unusual Behavior A ‘twofer’ that includes an optical illusion and a behavior that was new to me in the same series of images. (10 photos) Continue reading
The Importance Of Getting Bids On Projects Today you get bids instead of birds. (2 photos) Continue reading
Some Recent Birds And Some Minor Grossness The “minor grossness” partially explains why I I’ve been posting to Feathered Photography less often recently. (6 photos) Continue reading
Just Before A Meadowlark Takeoff, Problem Mysteriously Solved The Canon R5’s animal/eye detection isn’t infallible but sometimes it surprises me with an incredibly quick recovery. (3 photos) Continue reading
West Desert Chukar This bird was most definitely not one of the relatively ‘tame’ Chukars on Antelope Island. (2 photos) Continue reading
A Northern Harrier Photo Of Mine And An Image Thief Exposed How blatant (and clueless) can these image thieves get? (3 photos including screen shots) Continue reading
Drake Ruddy Duck In Breeding Plumage It’s been a while since I’ve photographed a “stiff-tail”. (7 photos) Continue reading
Yesterday’s Unilaterally Leucistic Red-winged Blackbird I’ve seen a couple of other leucistic Red-winged Blackbirds in the past but none were as boldly marked as this one. (five photos) Continue reading
Pied-billed Grebe – A Unique Diving Technique I’ve photographed this behavior before but never as well as this. (8 photos) Continue reading