Birds that I find in the field, photograph and share the stories behind the images.
While looking for odd ducks on the Great Salt Lake yesterday I spotted two late migrating Willets on what I thought was an exposed sandbar.
There has only been a few times that I have had the opportunity to get a Red-breasted Merganser portrait and each time it occurred in Florida.
I was happy yesterday to take this image of an immature White-crowned Sparrow perched with wild rose hips in the frame too.
I photographed this juvenile Northern Harrier as it perched on a post near Goose Egg Island at Farmington Bay.
About two weeks ago I photographed this American Coot running on water at Farmington Bay WMA.
This Forster's Tern wasn't trying to take over this Canada Goose nest when I photographed it but it might look that way in this image.
This Western Grebe might be the last one I photograph this year because it appears that most of them have migrated for the winter.
Since the snow has started to fall in the high country of Utah I have started thinking about Greater Sage-Grouse again.
November and December seem to be good months to see flocks of birds and American Bison together on Antelope Island State Park.
My post today is an image of an immature White-crowned Sparrow molting into adult plumage and two images showing a juvenile and an adult for comparison.
Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge looks beautiful this time of the year so I took a few images of it with my cell phone and a short video when I was there two days ago.
I was able to get a few images of an American Pipit with a spider two days ago while photographing the Peregrine Falcon from the Antelope Island causeway.
The Great Salt Lake this time of the year is full of ducks and that means that there is ample food in the area for this young Peregrine Falcon.
There are always exceptions. So yes, Red-tailed Hawks do sit on wires and that is one rule of birding to discount.
Last December on the way off of Antelope Island I saw huge flocks of Northern Shovelers feeding on the Great Salt Lake and liked how they appeared through my viewfinder.
One good bird can "make" a trip and yesterday a male Rough-legged Hawk made my trip to Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge worthwhile.
I was delighted to have a minute or two with this immature Peregrine Falcon on a tumbleweed perch in northern Utah. It made my day.
I photographed this Clark's Grebe taking a drink the end of October at Farmington Bay WMA near the four way.
Almost three years ago I photographed this adult Great Horned Owl in a blizzard near the entrance to Antelope Island State Park.
While working on my new photo galleries I came across this image of a male American Kestrel fluffed up on a cold Utah morning taken back in the winter of 2010.
When I came across the Canvasback drake on a frigid February morning at a pond near where I live I simply had to get a few images of him.
I haven't posted any Common Mergansers lately and today I thought I would because we should start seeing them soon here in northern Utah.
With the forecast of possible snow this week I've been thinking about how much fun it can be to photograph Pied-billed Grebes in the wintertime again.
On the first of September I was at Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge when I spotted a Black-crowned Night Heron hidden in the phragmites.
Back in early 2009 I was wandering with some friends in a hammock at Myakka River State Park, Florida when we came across this Red-shouldered Hawk.
I photographed this California Gull back in May on Antelope Island State Park in falling rain and like the streaks of rain in the frame.
Last week I photographed this male Red-winged Blackbird on the top of a cattail from the side of the road. I was only able to get a few images before this blackbird flew away.
I photographed this male American Kestrel a few days ago at Farmington Bay WMA as it flew out of a nest box.
I took images of a Clark's Grebe in flight yesterday and I will probably never be able to do that again because they only fly at night.
I haven't seen Black Skimmers in over six years now but in my mind I can still hear them calling when I look at my images of a group of them in flight.