copulation

The Courtship and Copulation of a pair of Red-tailed Hawks

By Mia McPherson|March 26th, 2014|Categories: Birds, Red-tailed Hawks, Stansbury Mountains, Tooele County, Utah|Tags: adult, bird photography, birds of prey, Buteo jamaicensis, copulation, courtship, flight, hawks, juniper, mating, raptors, Red-tailed Hawk|

Yesterday I was able to see and photograph a pair of Red-tailed Hawks courting and copulating in Tooele County, Utah.

Taking a Gander at mating Canada Geese

By Mia McPherson|February 28th, 2014|Categories: Birds, Canada Geese, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: adult, Branta canadensis, breeding, breeding behavior, Canada Goose, copulation, geese, goose, mating, mating behavior, pond, water, waterfowl, winter|

Officially it isn't spring yet but the Canada Geese here in the Salt Lake Valley don't seem to be paying much attention to our human calendars at all and have begun their mating season.