behaviors

An American Coot On Patrol

By |2022-08-16T04:35:47-06:00February 1st, 2020|Categories: American Coots, Birds, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

When I notice an American Coot exhibiting patrolling behavior I will often aim my lens at them because there could possibly be a chase or fight within seconds.

Male Broad-tailed Hummingbird Defending His Favorite Perch

By |2021-05-11T15:22:07-06:00June 10th, 2018|Categories: Birds, Broad-tailed Hummingbirds, Morgan County, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

The male Broad-tailed Hummingbird lifted off from the perch so I pre-focused on it, listened for him to come back then when I heard the bird get close to the perch I fired off a burst of shots and captured him in a landing position with the vivid color of his gorget showing

Juvenile Red-tailed Hawk Rousing While Lifting Off

By |2017-07-31T04:47:36-06:00July 31st, 2017|Categories: Birds, Box Elder County, Red-tailed Hawks, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

As a bird photographer who spends enormous amounts of time in the field with my feathered subjects I am able to see avian behaviors that other people don't see who aren't focused on birds.

Immature Pied-billed Grebe running on the water with its prey at Farmington Bay

By |2021-09-26T11:08:46-06:00October 24th, 2016|Categories: Birds, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Pied-billed Grebes, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , |

I took a series of action photos of this immature Pied-billed Grebe running on the water with its prey as it was being chased by another grebe that was trying to steal the food this young grebe had caught.

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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