Canvasback- A Feeding Behavior With Hilarious Results
Canvasbacks are supposed to be our “aristocrats of ducks” but it’s pretty hard to maintain that dignified facade when you look like this.
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Eight Of My Favorite Rough-legged Hawk Photos
This is the time of year I start to get antsy about the return of the Rough-legged Hawks.
White-crowned Sparrow – Why Don’t Sparrows Get More Respect?
When it comes to appreciation from humans this species already has two strikes against it when it steps up to the plate. It’s a sparrow and it’s “common”.
A Bull Moose I Worked Long And Hard To Get
In nature photography sometimes hard work and perseverance pay off and sometimes they don’t. This time my results were mixed.
Ruby-crowned Kinglet Beginning A Rouse
A Sage Thrasher Fakes Out The Photographer
I pride myself on my ability to predict bird behaviors but as they say, pride goeth before a fall.
Sage Thrasher Regurgitating A Sumac Pit
A Northern Mockingbird And Wild Rose Hips
Yesterday I had one of those mornings that bird photographers usually only dream about.
Chipping Sparrow Takeoff Series
Even though this bird from yesterday morning is what some folks would call “only a sparrow” two of the photos in this short series are already among my favorite takeoff or flight shots of any songbird species, ever.
Male American Kestrel In A Setting I Adore
Dusky Flycatcher Killing and Eating A Yellowjacket
In my book any critter that beats the snot out of a yellowjacket deserves more than faint praise.
Great Basin Fritillary? On Blooming Rabbitbrush
These butterflies were absolutely drenched in pollen, to the point that when I first opened one of my photos my first reaction was “Where in the hell did all that digital noise come from”?
Wild Turkeys Feeding On Mystery Berries
These turkeys were using a feeding strategy that was both new to me and highly entertaining.
Dusky Flycatcher – The ‘Best’ Bird I’ve Photographed In Quite A While
By ‘best’ I mean that this flycatcher gave me more poses yesterday, on more perches, over more time than any other small bird in longer than I can remember. And “he” even allowed me a bunch of shots with prey for good measure, including a yellowjacket.
Yellow-rumped Warblers – Predicting Long-term Behaviors
I like both of these photos at least in part because the namesake “butter butt” of the species is so very obvious – often it isn’t. But last night on closer inspection something else of interest caught my eye.
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Eight Of My Favorite Rough-legged Hawk Photos
This is the time of year I start to get antsy about the return of the Rough-legged Hawks.
White-crowned Sparrow – Why Don’t Sparrows Get More Respect?
When it comes to appreciation from humans this species already has two strikes against it when it steps up to the plate. It’s a sparrow and it’s “common”.
A Bull Moose I Worked Long And Hard To Get
In nature photography sometimes hard work and perseverance pay off and sometimes they don’t. This time my results were mixed.
Ruby-crowned Kinglet Beginning A Rouse
A Sage Thrasher Fakes Out The Photographer
I pride myself on my ability to predict bird behaviors but as they say, pride goeth before a fall.
Sage Thrasher Regurgitating A Sumac Pit
A Northern Mockingbird And Wild Rose Hips
Yesterday I had one of those mornings that bird photographers usually only dream about.
Chipping Sparrow Takeoff Series
Even though this bird from yesterday morning is what some folks would call “only a sparrow” two of the photos in this short series are already among my favorite takeoff or flight shots of any songbird species, ever.
Male American Kestrel In A Setting I Adore
Dusky Flycatcher Killing and Eating A Yellowjacket
In my book any critter that beats the snot out of a yellowjacket deserves more than faint praise.
Great Basin Fritillary? On Blooming Rabbitbrush
These butterflies were absolutely drenched in pollen, to the point that when I first opened one of my photos my first reaction was “Where in the hell did all that digital noise come from”?
Wild Turkeys Feeding On Mystery Berries
These turkeys were using a feeding strategy that was both new to me and highly entertaining.
Dusky Flycatcher – The ‘Best’ Bird I’ve Photographed In Quite A While
By ‘best’ I mean that this flycatcher gave me more poses yesterday, on more perches, over more time than any other small bird in longer than I can remember. And “he” even allowed me a bunch of shots with prey for good measure, including a yellowjacket.
Yellow-rumped Warblers – Predicting Long-term Behaviors
I like both of these photos at least in part because the namesake “butter butt” of the species is so very obvious – often it isn’t. But last night on closer inspection something else of interest caught my eye.