Archive for the ‘Nature/Birds’ Category
Great Horned Owl ~ Bubo virginianus
What a glorious opportunity this turned out to be after a day up on Meeteesie Trail on the North Face of the Beartooth Mtns awaiting a Hawk migration that ...
Halfbreed National Wildlife Refuge
Halfbreed National Wildlife Reserve managed by the Charles M. Russel Wildlife National Reserve as a satillite as well others reserves in the area such as Hailstone NWR. This area hasn’t had ...
American White Pelican ~ Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
I really enjoyed getting to take these photos. Taking myself out to the Halfbreed National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) Northwest of Billings about 35 miles even less from the tiny High ...
~ Yellow-breasted Chat ~
While i’m in the Chat room i’d like to add a few more things about this seldom seen and often heard bird. It is the largest member of ...
Yellow-breasted Chat ~ Icteria auricollis & the Exxon Gang
Greetings, welcome to Chatville… The Yellow-breasted Chat, male here, is the most aberrant genus in the Wood Warbler Family, according to National Geographic Complete Birds of North America . Quite secretive in a suductive ...
Black-billed Magpie ~ Pica hudsonia
The Magpie or maggie as it is sometimes called is not all that easy to photograph… they are not easy to approach as most members of the Corvidae family so ...
Mountain Bluebird ~ Sialia currucoides
All of these pix were taken around the Indian Caves, Billings, MT…i saw lots of Bluebirds but some areas northwest of Red Lodge where i expect to see quite ...
Western Wood-Pewee ~ Contopus sordidulus
This Pewee is fairly non-discript, but can be appreciated for its subtle grays ‘n browns and its long flight to South America for more Summer! This picture was taken at ...
Least Flycatcher ~ Empidonax minimus
Another Active bird that won’t sit still. Either they are ensconsced in the under brush or move so fast ya can’t see um… this is one of the flighty ones. ...
Yellow Warbler ~ Dendroica petechia
In this neck of Riverfront Park, Billings, Montana are quite a few different birds. I was out to photograph the illusive Yellow-breasted Chat … good shots of the Yellow Warbler in the wild (where ...