The grand opening of the new Eccles Wildlife Education Center was yesterday morning and I was invited. I went early (very early) so I could take some photos before dignitaries and crowds arrived. This is one very special place.
The last gift to me from my time at the “porcupine bush” was a species I’d never photographed or even seen before – a Fox Sparrow. And yes, that excites me.
Yesterday morning in the Wasatch Mountains I was only able to get a single quality image of a bird and this is it. But it’s a species I’ve only photographed once in the past so I was delighted to get it, especially since I like the warm fall background colors as much as I do.
Sometimes I should be much more careful when choosing a single image from a series to post on Feathered Photography.
As I occasionally do I went archive-diving last night and ran across a series of Snowy Egret photos I like that I’ve never posted on Feathered Photography. Some of my inexperience in those days may show in the images but I still enjoy them and of course the reminiscing.
Yup, another Yellow Warbler. But yesterday morning I caught one doing something kind of interesting.
Gray Catbirds are an elusive subject for me so I chalk up every decent shot I get of one into the victory column.
My time with this bird and others ended prematurely because of an encounter with a porcupine. A dead porcupine at that.
It’s often little things like the subtle survival skills of birds that interest me most.
In the western US common mullein is often referred to as “cowboy toilet paper” but chickadees use it for food. These two youngsters may have been siblings but that doesn’t mean they had to be friendly over their breakfast.
