I’m going to just come out and say it, the Ring-billed gull oftentimes gets mislabeled, maybe even maligned a little bit and quite unfairly I… Read More »The Ring-billed Gull Is A Strikingly Beautiful Bird For Sure.
I don’t know how else to categorize it but it’s sure been an atypical season for my birdwatching excursions this winter on the Bear River… Read More »Photographing Pelicans In The Snow? Yes, Believe It Or Not, That’s Really A Thing.
My hands are still trying to warm up from the frosty 19-degree Fahrenheit drive I took around the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge auto tour… Read More »It Was A Frosty Morning On The Bear River Bird Refuge But The Tundra Swans Didn’t Seem To Mind.
I might be the only one with this notion, mind you, but the “dreaded” house sparrow, or so it is labeled by many birders, is… Read More »Despite Not Being Native, House Sparrows Are Certainly A Beautiful Bird That Still Deserves Some Love And Attention.
Even though yesterday was a perfect setting for bird photography, a morning with no clouds coupled with great light, my birding efforts on the Bear… Read More »Three Interesting Facts About Red-winged Blackbirds I Recently Captured With My Camera.
As I pulled into my driveway late last night and turned off the motor the prevailing silence was quickly broken by a loud, spine-tingling sound… Read More »Why Do Great Horned Owls Hoot?
When it comes to winter birdwatching there is one scene that, for me at least, fits the definition of an anomaly to a “T” and… Read More »Here’s Definitive Proof Great Blue Herons Are Very Resilient Creatures.
If it seems like both my website and YouTube channel are currently focused on tundra swans at the moment that’s because they most certainly are… Read More »The Best Place To View Tundra Swans During Fall Migration Isn’t Actually On The Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge Itself.
I’ve said it before and I will say it again, learning something new about birds while birdwatching is very rewarding, to say the least. And… Read More »Do Great Blue Herons Really Have A Third Eyelid?
I don’t know about other birdwatchers but I do get a little bit excited when I realize winter bird photography is just around the corner.… Read More »Rough-legged Hawks Are Scavengers, Too.
Today’s birdwatching trip around the 12-mile self-guided Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge auto tour route was nothing short of a headscratcher for me, to say… Read More »Why I’m Still Seeing Unfledged Baby Grebes In October On The Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge Is A Birdwatching Conundrum.
Every once in a while, and for some unknown reason I might add, my mind likes to go off on a metaphorical hiking expedition of… Read More »Should Farmington Bay Hold A Great Blue Heron Festival?
As I sit at my laptop to work on this blog post my mind has been trying to meander a bit, something quite common when… Read More »Some Of The Challenges With Bird Photography You Never Hear About, A Behind-the-scenes Look From Photographing An American Coot.
When I first got started photographing nature on the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge auto tour route many years ago, the very first bird that… Read More »Male or Female American Avocet, So Which Is It?
As a birdwatcher, I can honestly say I have never seen it before and I don’t know if I will ever see it again, at… Read More »A Sight I’ve Never Seen Before, Hundreds Of Snowy Egrets Sitting On One Corner Of The Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge Auto Tour Route.
