utah – Page 3 – Feathered Photography

Red-tailed Hawk Perched, Taking Off And In Flight

Here’s another reason I tend to use very fast shutter speeds on birds. (7 photos)

Rock Wrens On, Of All Things, Rocks

Including several recent fledglings that are messy with spider silk, plant debris and brine flies. (9 photos)

Loggerhead Shrike – Sometimes This Is What It Takes To Get The Photo You Want

Yesterday morning on Antelope Island I did something I never do to get the shot. (2 photos)

Gulls ‘Bucket-mouthing’ Brine Flies

An amusing and highly effective feeding technique. (7 photos)

Lark Sparrow Upward Takeoff

And this brutal heat. (2 photos)

A Sage Thrasher With Chutzpah

I still don’t know if his aggression was directed at me, or his reflection, or both. (7 photos)

Mourning Dove Takeoff

My new favorite Mourning Dove takeoff posture.

Eastern Kingbird In An Olive Tree

And some ‘birds’ without feathers. (2 photos)

Female Brewer’s Blackbird Repeatedly Attacking An Adult Red-tailed Hawk In Flight

A series of aerial attacks that lasted for eight minutes. (9 photos)

Turkey Vulture Trying Hard To Cast A Pellet

Casting a pellet can be hard work, especially for large birds like vultures. (7 photos)

Say’s Phoebes Reacting To A Gopher Snake In A Small Cave

They weren’t happy about that snake. (6 photos)

A Small Songbird ‘Counting Coup’ On An Adult Red-tailed Hawk

In the tradition of the Plains Indians. (3 photos)

Black-crowned Night Heron – A Mystery Diet

I like to know what the birds I’m photographing are eating. Sometimes I can ID it and sometimes I can’t. (7 photos)

American Avocet Chick At Bear River MBR

Chicks of two species close together cause pandemonium in the wetlands. (3 photos)

A Cinnamon Teal Behavior I’d Never Seen Before

At least not up close. And maybe never. (8 photos)

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