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Camouflaged Wilson’s Plover Chick

By |2022-08-04T03:50:28-06:00April 28th, 2016|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Wilson's Plovers|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I knew where this camouflaged Wilson's Plover chick was when I photographed it from a distance but realized that if I didn't point out that there was a chick in the image that other people might not even know it was there.

Gutsy Brewer’s Blackbird at a Red-tailed Hawk Nest

By |2022-06-18T07:28:23-06:00October 12th, 2015|Categories: Beaverhead County, Birds, Brewer's Blackbirds, Montana, Nesting Birds, Red-tailed Hawks, Wildlife Ethics|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

This past summer I found a Red-tailed Hawk nest right next to a road in Montana that had three chicks in it that I felt I could photograph without stressing the hawks.

Western Grebes And Their Young At Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge

By |2021-08-19T16:31:31-06:00August 24th, 2015|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, Utah, Western Grebes|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

There were plenty of Western Grebes to be seen and photographed yesterday morning at Bear River National Wildlife Refuge and I took tons of images of them.

The Burrowing Owls are arriving – Caution, Extreme Cuteness Ahead!

By |2021-12-20T09:00:58-07:00March 3rd, 2015|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Burrowing Owls, Davis County, Nesting Birds, Utah, Wildlife Ethics|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Burrowing Owls are arriving - Caution, Extreme Cuteness Ahead! Burrowing Owls are enchanting, entertaining and so cute they are irresistible. Everyone seems to love them.

Red-naped Sapsuckers of Clark County, Idaho

By |2024-03-24T03:22:12-06:00July 6th, 2014|Categories: Birds, Clark County, Idaho, Red-naped Sapsuckers, Targhee National Forest|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

It was a Sapsuckery trip to Montana and Idaho last week, with Red-naped and Williamson's Sapsuckers at their nesting cavities

Ferruginous Hawk in flight and chicks in a nest

By |2021-09-23T18:55:33-06:00December 4th, 2013|Categories: Birds, Ferruginous Hawks, Madison County, Montana, Stansbury Mountains, Tooele County, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Ferruginous Hawks are the largest hawk in North America which are only found in Canada and the United States and recent DNA analysis suggests that Ferruginous Hawks may be closer to Eagles in taxonomy than that of a hawk.

Western Kingbird juvenile

By |2021-05-31T13:36:40-06:00August 5th, 2013|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, Utah, Western Kingbirds|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I don't often have the opportunity to photograph juvenile Western Kingbirds but last week I did at Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge in Box Elder County.

Wilson’s Plover with chicks

By |2021-02-02T14:38:28-07:00March 3rd, 2013|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Nesting Birds, Pinellas County, Wilson's Plovers|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I enjoyed my brief, long distance opportunity to photograph and observe these Wilson's Plovers and chicks, it was a small window into their life.

Three and a half months with a young American Oystercatcher

By |2021-04-08T03:53:31-06:00July 4th, 2012|Categories: American Oystercatchers, Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Nesting Birds, Pinellas County, Wildlife Ethics & Etiquette|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

In 2008 I had the great pleasure of observing and photographing a family of American Oystercatchers from the day after the chicks hatched until three and a half months later.

Hitching a Ride – Grebe Chicks

By |2024-03-23T06:55:19-06:00June 12th, 2012|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, Clark's Grebes, Utah, Western Grebes|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Grebe chicks are showing up all over at Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge (aka Bear River National Wildlife Refuge) in northern Utah and they are just adorable to see and photograph.

One Willet’s defense of its young

By |2021-04-25T10:41:35-06:00July 16th, 2011|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Black-billed Magpies, Davis County, Utah, Willets|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Yesterday I observed an adult Willet defending its young from a group of Black-billed Magpies that were near the Willet's chicks.

Short-eared Owls – An interesting surprise

By |2021-09-13T03:34:07-06:00June 29th, 2011|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Davis County, Short-eared Owls, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Soon after that I saw the shape of a larger bird near where the Coyote had gone into the sagebrush which turned out to be an adult Short-eared Owl.

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