My Attempt At Photographing Multiple (4) Northern Mockingbird Vertical Flight Displays A Vertical Flight Display is a courtship display of the male Northern Mockingbird. (14 photos) Continue reading
Cinnamon Teal Takeoff Progression Based On Sex A half-baked theory that just might have some validity in aiding bird photographer’s attempts at capturing takeoffs. Continue reading
The Female Red-winged Blackbird And Some Kamikaze Midges Midges with a death wish. (4 photos) Continue reading
American Avocet Pair Beginning Their Nesting Activities Baby avocets on the way? (5 photos) Continue reading
Long-billed Curlew Takeoff And Flight Series The first nine photos below are sequential without any skips. After that there are skips and I’ll tell you where they are. (13 photos) Continue reading
Male Long-billed Curlew Taking Off One of two shorebird species I think of as “Cinderella birds”. Here’s why. (3 photos) Continue reading
Nesting Great Horned Owl – There Are Chicks! With a little home decorating thrown in for good measure. (4 photos) Continue reading
Common Loon Threat Display And Victory Wing Flap Loon fights can be deadly. Thankfully, this one wasn’t. (2 photos) Continue reading
Mated Loggerhead Shrikes Courtship Feeding And Acting Goofy Six days ago I managed to document some interesting and fun behaviors of a mated pair of Loggerhead Shrikes. (10 photos) Continue reading
Black-crowned Night Heron Takeoff And Flight Series A busy and rather unattractive background but I like the bird in spite of it. (13 photos) Continue reading
Great Blue Heron Flying Low Toward A Creek – A Long Series A marathon of Great Blue Heron flight shots. 19 of them. Continue reading
Three Ospreys And My First Of Year Swainson’s Hawks Yesterday was full of pleasant surprises. And one not so pleasant. (6 photos) Continue reading