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Young Downy Woodpecker Defensive Behavior

By Mia McPherson|August 13th, 2024|Categories: Arkansas, Birds, Downy Woodpeckers, Sebastian County|Tags: behavior, defensive, Downy Woodpecker, Dryobates pubescens, feeder, garden, immature, mode, perched, pose, summer, urban, vine, woodpecker, woodpeckers, yard, young|

Imagine you are a young Downy Woodpecker, just a couple of months old. You fly to a suet feeder to get food to eat and suddenly get hit by another woodpecker.

One Funny Snowy Egret Photo

By Mia McPherson|September 26th, 2020|Categories: Birds, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Snowy Egrets, Utah|Tags: close up, down, duckweed, egret, egrets, Egretta thula, fall, fish, foraging, freshwater marsh, funny, gulping, head, hunting, marsh, mode, model, morning light, portrait, pre-migration, prey, Snowy Egret, sparkling, specular highlights, upside down, wading birds, water, wetland|

September is a marvelous time for photographing Snowy Egrets in the freshwater marshes that surround the Great Salt Lake.