I had a delightful experience this past week in northern Utah with an American Barn Owl that was flying along side the road that I was traveling on.
Male American Kestrel in flight with a vole chased off by an appraoching vehicle
Spotted Sandpipers are fun to watch as they walk along the shoreline as they teeter, bob and bounce their rear ends up and down.
I can take advantage of the sucker holes by photographing birds close to home when the sun breaks through the clouds.
Spring seduces me. Refreshes me. It whispers to me softly to come outside and savor nature and wildlife.
Some women wish for diamonds, some men wish for fast cars while young children might wish for a pony or a trip to Disney. Me? I wish for birds. Pretty simple, huh?
Limpkins may not be as beautifully colored as a Roseate Spoonbill or as common as Sandhill Cranes in Florida but to me they are uniquely interesting and appealing birds.
In Florida White Ibis (Eudocimus albus) are a fairly common wading bird in Florida they are also seen along the coast of the Gulf of Mexico
Mergansers are considered "diving ducks" and one of the things the three species of mergansers found in North America all have in common are their serrated bills.
Yesterday a friend of mine sent me a link to an Eagle nest cam in Decorah, Iowa that I have been having fun watching so I thought I'd share it.
What made me sick was that there were three of those people tromping around the owl's burrow. I mean RIGHT up on it. They had no need to be that close but they were.
Last week I wrote that I was looking forward to the birds that arrive here in the spring and yesterday I was able to photograph some of the Loggerhead Shrikes that I mentioned.
I felt that I had a real treat being able to photograph this Black-billed Magpie building a nest after a snow.
I was tickled to photograph this Chukar calling in the snow near the parking area of Frary Peak trailhead with the snow-covered mountain in the background.
Any bird that eats those nasty sand spurs is a hero in my book and Nanday Parakeets are one of them.
American Robin juvenile photographed in my backyard in Utah as it perched above the grass. Robins are the largest and most abundant North American thrushes.
These are just a small selection of the cast and characters of the upcoming Spring Season
I'm looking forward to seeing red-tailed hawks in the high country of Utah and Montana this summer and hopefully getting some more images of both the juveniles and adult.
After my experience with screwing my white balance up that day I had to make a note to myself to remember to check my white balance setting on the camera.
When I first visited Antelope Island State Park I fell in love with its wild beauty, the windswept grasslands, pungent sagebrush, awesome views of the Great Salt Lake and the wildlife that abounds there.
Brown Pelicans feed by diving head first into the water to trap fish in the pouches of their bills.
Fish Crows are fairly commonplace along the coast of Pinellas County and they are often ignored by photographers because they are a "plain" common bird.
I've found Bald Eagles difficult to approach most of the time which is why a long lens is often needed. But not this one year old bald eagle.
A simple guide to aging Bald Eagles by their plumage development, legs and their bills with images showing the age progression.
Yesterday was awesome for Horned Larks (Eremophila alpestris) in Tooele County, Utah.
This morning when we had almost reached Antelope Island I spotted a huge flock of Northern Shovelers blasting off from the water
Be prepared to become addicted to birds. You will have withdrawals if you don't shoot often enough, your shutter button finger will develop a nervous twitch
Recently the USDA accepted responsibility for a smaller die off in South Dakota which brought to light a little known program called "Bye bye Blackbird" which uses DRC-1339, a poison that is also called an avicide.
I've enjoyed photography for a long time but for quite awhile I didn't understand the value or importance of honest self critique.
There were quite a few Laughing Gulls on and near the shoreline, a few Ring-billed Gulls and two Reddish Egrets hunting on the beach that day.