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Striped Skunk Butt – Skunked By The Weather Forecast

By |2023-03-29T08:54:37-05:00March 29th, 2023|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Striped Skunks, Utah, Wildlife|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Yesterday I was skunked by a terribly wrong weather forecast so I decided this was the day that I would share one of my Striped Skunk photos taken last year.

Male Brewer’s Blackbird Portraits

By |2023-03-17T03:01:12-05:00March 17th, 2023|Categories: Birds, Brewer's Blackbirds, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I took these two male Brewer's Blackbird portraits yesterday at my local pond. In one the blackbird was displaying, in the other he just looked funny to me.

When Life Gives You A Twisted Neck Just Go With The Flow

By |2023-03-08T03:15:10-06:00March 8th, 2023|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Great Egrets, Pinellas County|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

When I took photos of this Great Egret with a twisted neck and buggy eyes at Fort De Soto I didn't think I'd still be laughing at them fourteen years later.

Funny Least Chipmunk Butt Shot

By |2022-11-10T06:51:53-06:00November 10th, 2022|Categories: Least Chipmunks, Morgan County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains, Wildlife|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

After nearly 16 hours of outages on my site in the past 24 hours I am not feeling very humorous but still thought I'd share this funny Least Chipmunk butt shot.

Least Chipmunk And Serviceberries

By |2022-08-12T03:11:39-05:00August 12th, 2022|Categories: Least Chipmunks, Summit County, Utah, Utah Serviceberry, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Warning: More cute Least Chipmunk photos ahead plus serviceberries high in the Wasatch Mountain Range. I just can't resist them and I don't want to.

Adult Male Rough-legged Hawk Portraits

By |2022-01-12T06:24:21-06:00January 12th, 2022|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, Rough-legged Hawks, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

For eleven minutes yesterday morning this Rough-legged Hawk was my main point of focus as I took hundreds of photos of him at Bear River MBR.

Goofy Looking Canada Goose Lift Off

By |2024-02-13T04:54:59-06:00July 21st, 2021|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, Canada Geese, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Some of the bird photos I take make me laugh and this goofy looking Canada Goose lifting off from the marsh at Bear River MBR is one of them.

One Funny Snowy Egret Photo

By |2021-05-21T04:20:38-05:00September 26th, 2020|Categories: Birds, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Snowy Egrets, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

September is a marvelous time for photographing Snowy Egrets in the freshwater marshes that surround the Great Salt Lake.

Least Chipmunk With a Fly On Its Head – Things That Make Me Laugh

By |2021-07-13T13:16:30-05:00September 23rd, 2020|Categories: Least Chipmunks, Stansbury Mountains, Tooele County, Utah, West Desert|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

There are times I see funny things while I am out photographing that tickle me so much that I have to laugh out loud and yesterday that was this Least Chipmunk with a fly on its head.

The Funniest Yellow Warbler Photo I Have Ever Taken

By |2021-05-08T16:47:47-05:00August 29th, 2020|Categories: Birds, East Canyon, Morgan County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains, Yellow Warblers|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Two days ago near a creek in the Wasatch Mountains I took the funniest Yellow Warbler photo I have ever taken in all the years that I have been photographing birds.

Immature Cooper’s Hawk Appearing Just A Bit Goofy

By |2024-03-14T06:21:32-05:00December 7th, 2019|Categories: Birds, Cooper’s Hawks, Morgan County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Sometimes raptors can look deadly serious and intense, especially when they are watching, diving on or consuming prey but they can appear to look a little goofy too.

Caption Call – Chipmunk Fun

By |2021-07-13T13:44:06-05:00September 10th, 2019|Categories: Least Chipmunks, Morgan County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

The Least Chipmunks had been chasing each other around on a low leafless shrub and then this happened, the tail of the upper chipmunk rested on the head of the other chippie for exactly two frames.

Close Up Photos Of A Bull Moose In Velvet Eating Willows

By |2024-03-03T08:44:16-06:00June 1st, 2018|Categories: Moose, Summit County, Uinta Wasatch Cache National Forest, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I laughed again when I saw this photo on my camera LCD, the Moose was reaching to grab more willow leaves but was also keeping an eye on me in the mobile blind while his "beard" swung like the clapper of a bell.

Terrific Fun Photographing a Yellow-bellied Marmot Pup Climbing a Fence!

By |2022-04-04T05:03:41-05:00April 15th, 2018|Categories: Box Elder County, Utah, Yellow-bellied Marmots|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

It looked to me like this Yellow-bellied Marmot pup was doing CrossFit, a move my son who is active in CrossFit tells me is called a "bar muscle up". By then I was laughing so hard that it was hard to maintain focus on the marmot pup while it was hanging there on the fence.

Photographing American Tree Sparrows in Northern Utah

By |2021-03-06T16:38:11-06:00March 1st, 2018|Categories: American Tree Sparrows, Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Davis County, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I had a great deal of fun yesterday morning while photographing the American Tree Sparrows that I found in abundance on Antelope Island State Park foraging on the ground and perching on the bushes on the northern end of the island.

Photographing Pied-billed Grebes With Crayfish – Oh What Fun Can Be Had

By |2021-07-30T04:11:48-05:00December 27th, 2017|Categories: Birds, Pied-billed Grebes, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

The funniest photo I took yesterday, the one that made me laugh out loud the hardest, was when a crayfish landed on the Pied-billed Grebe's head after the bird shook it hard.

November Marsh Wren at Farmington Bay WMA

By |2023-09-19T14:58:41-05:00November 2nd, 2017|Categories: Birds, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Marsh Wrens, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

While looking for an image in my archives I came across this photo of a Marsh Wren making a funny face while doing the splits on some cattails at Farmington Bay WMA and wanted to share it.

One Funny Looking American White Pelican Photo

By |2021-04-09T18:53:49-05:00August 26th, 2017|Categories: American White Pelicans, Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , |

To me it looks like this American White Pelican was doing an impression of a floating, domestic white turkey because when the pelican was facing me nearly head on the length of pelican's long bill seemed to disappear

Clark’s and Western Grebes Return to Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge

By |2024-03-23T05:46:36-05:00March 17th, 2017|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, Clark's Grebes, Utah, Western Grebes|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I'm happy that the Clark's and Western Grebes have returned for their breeding season at the refuge and I look forward to photographing them while they are here.

Mallard Hen Caught in a Ring-billed Gull Feeding Frenzy

By |2022-12-20T04:13:04-06:00January 3rd, 2017|Categories: Birds, Mallards, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , |

I noticed a Mallard hen and was watching and photographing her when the gulls swarmed around her like bees do honey and caught her immediately after a Ring-billed Gull grabbed her bread right out of her bill.

Photos that make me laugh – Ruddy Duck female

By |2021-11-24T08:40:44-06:00December 6th, 2013|Categories: Birds, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Ruddy Ducks, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Some times when I open a photo I took I can't help but laugh for various reasons, in this case when I opened the file the pose of this Ruddy Duck female just "quacked" me up.

Funny Birds

By |2016-12-07T12:14:08-06:00February 13th, 2012|Categories: American Oystercatchers, Florida, Long-billed Curlews, Roseate Spoonbills|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I'm always looking for great action or interesting poses when I am out photographing birds and usually I am not disappointed and once in awhile I get some very funny images. Mondays just seem like a great day for some humor.

Rough-legged Hawk Preening

By |2022-10-20T16:31:13-05:00November 30th, 2011|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Rough-legged Hawks, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Last week though I had the opportunity to photograph a very cooperative Rough-legged Hawk preening.

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