Turkey Vulture Trying Hard To Cast A Pellet
Casting a pellet can be hard work, especially for large birds like vultures. (7 photos)
Tag: west desert
A Small Songbird ‘Counting Coup’ On An Adult Red-tailed Hawk
Snowy Egret Rousing And Fishing
Turkey Vulture Spread-wing Postures – From One Extreme To Another
Turkey Vulture In An Unusual Stretching Pose
The Owls That Convinced Me That I Need Cataract Surgery
True story with no embellishments and nothing of significance left out, including some colorful language. (2 photos)
My First Of Year (FOY) Swainson’s Hawks Yesterday Morning
And Swainson’s Hawks weren’t my only first birds of the year yesterday. I had two others. (7 photos)
West Desert Chukar
This bird was most definitely not one of the relatively ‘tame’ Chukars on Antelope Island. (2 photos)
Chukars Were Plentiful In The West Desert Yesterday
White-crowned Sparrow And Wild Rose Hips
My Last Birds Of 2023
A Wild Turkey, a Bald Eagle and many thousands of Red-winged Blackbirds. (3 photos)
Yesterday’s Dark-eyed Junco
Prairie Falcon Becoming Progressively More Tolerant Of My Presence
I rarely photograph raptors on utility poles anymore but I’ll always make an exception for Prairie Falcons. Especially when they allow me to observe some of their behaviors up close. (7 photos)
