Hidden in a lichen covered tree this Stellar’s Jay gives me that all to familiar over the shoulder glance saying I am on to you buddy.
Tag: bird watching
Success
Success is a big ol’ juicy worm and standing on one leg whilst showing it off.
Choreographed?
Four American Avocets seemed to have choreographed this move just for the camera. They were just milling about when all of a sudden a couple took to the air for a brief hop, skip and jump. It was one of those photos you just didn’t know you took until you see it.. Fun stuff.
In a flooded field
After a nice spring shower the grass seemed to spring up just a bit greener and these wet field provided the perfect place for some Long-Billed Curlews to spend the afternoon foraging.
Curlews are a bird we seem to never tire of observing. Probing the grass with that enormous bill.
Amazing birds.
Not a heron
Much to our surprise the big bird we spotted moving about in the cattails across the river was not a Heron but a fine looking Sandhill Crane. Well camouflaged and perhaps waiting for a meal to flow by.
A well placed log.
A beautiful Cinnamon Teal pair making the most of a well placed log in the marsh. Time to preen and time to nap as the water floats on by.
Western Kingbird
A very well dressed Western Kingbird striking a nice 3/4 profile for the camera on a warm but slightly overcast morning.
In a Sea of Sage
A female Greater Sage Grouse making her home in the vast sea of sage near Walden, CO.
Songs of spring
Ahhh…the return of the Yellow Headed Blackbirds and their wonderful squeaky-raucous chorus making a walk around the local wetlands a wonderful springtime ritual.
“With a golden head, a white patch on black wings, and a call that sounds like a rusty farm gate opening, the Yellow-headed Blackbird demands your attention.”
That description from the Cornell Lab of Orinthology pretty much sums up these wonderful birds. Every spring we sit, listen and love to photograph the males belting out their tunes. If you have never heard these guys sing it is a sound you will not soon forget.
Brewers Blackbird
It’s always nice to get a good look at a Brewers Blackbird either through the binoculars or the camera lens. They are anything but black and the button eye always brings a grin to my face. In fact all the black birds we have in our area are a joy to observe and anything but ordinary when you get a good peek at them. Go….blackbirds!
nature has no boss 
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