Red-Tailed Hawk Carrying Squirrel

Red-Tailed Hawk Carrying Squirrel

For the past few years now we’ve had a pair of Red-Tailed Hawks that have nested nearby and last year they appeared to have one chick that prematurely fledged from its nest probably due to black flies. It couldn’t fly and occasionally would hear it calling...
Carolina Wren Vocalizing at 1/5 Normal Speed

Carolina Wren Vocalizing at 1/5 Normal Speed

Last autumn a pair of Carolina Wrens showed up in our front yard. This was the second year that they did so but the first year they disappeared before winter took hold. This winter however was different as the male stayed put throughout the winter and is now singing...
The Waiting Game

The Waiting Game

Last summer a pair of bald eagles decided to build a nest in a dead cottonwood in our valley. Since then, they’ve been maintaining the nest and about a week ago they began incubating eggs. I’m a bit concerned about the structural integrity of this tree,...
Happy Fork of July

Happy Fork of July

This morning I was in search of some cat mint behind our house (for our feline purrrsuasions) when out of the corner of my eye, I saw the figure of what appeared to be a serpentine of a different kind. Snakes are a fairly common experience in our neck of the woods but...
Common Merganser Chicks

Common Merganser Chicks

On the same trip to photograph the Common Loons, we were traveling down the length of the lake when we saw what appeared to be some kind of merganser with chicks crossing in the glare of the midday sun. It appeared to be too large for a Hooded Merganser which we...