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Welcome to the Feather Light Photography Blog. Look here for photos documenting unusual, noteworthy, or simply amusing bird behavior. I hope you enjoy it. Steve Zamek Tiny Meal
November 09, 2024
Aphids are a favorite food source for songbirds. These tiny sap-sucking insects are extremely small, but also quite plentiful. A single plant can hosts thousands of them,...
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Verdin Building Nest
March 27, 2022
On recent trip to Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, I ran across a Verdin beginning to build a nest, allowing me to capture a few photos and video as he busily proceeded wi...
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Skimming for fish
August 15, 2021
Among all of the avian species in the world, the skimmer is unique. A specialized beak, where the lower mandible is longer than the upper, allows for an unlikely, but eff...
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Skimmer Skirmish
August 12, 2021
Black Skimmers are very entertaining birds. They’re best known for their amazing feeding behavior: flying (skimming) just above the surface of the water with the lower ma...
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Eating On The Run
December 31, 2020
White-tailed kites usually consume their prey (typically a small rodent) by first carrying it to a safe perch. They then methodically open up the prey with their beak, re...
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Interspecific Feeding. Again!
July 12, 2020
A few years ago I was lucky to find some Pygmy Nuthatches feeding a pair of Mountain Bluebird chicks — an example of apparently rare behavior referred to as interspecific...
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How to Prepare a Crayfish
November 12, 2019
Crayfish are a favorite food of Hooded Mergansers, but they're not easily consumed. A certain amount of preparation is required. See the photos below to see how this hood...
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A Busy Day at the Cormorant Colony
April 19, 2019
A colony of nesting Brandt’s Cormorants is a busy place. The birds place their nests on the ground in close proximity to neighboring nests, leading to a rather chaotic at...
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One Day in Sulawesi
September 04, 2018
A planned 3-week trip through Indonesia got off to a good start with a visit to Tangkoko Nature Reserve on the island of Sulawesi. But the trip was suddenly cut short by...
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Burrowing Owl Family
June 28, 2018
I was recently lucky enough to observe a family of Burrowing Owls. There were 8 young birds and 2 adults, although not all are are seen at once in the video below. I've s...
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Feeding Time for Peregrine Chicks
June 07, 2018
A pair of Peregrine Falcons have set up their nest not far from where I live, providing an opportunity for observation and photography. The parents have chosen a fine loc...
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Curious Owlets, v2
May 17, 2018
Here's a cute video of some Great Horned Owls (a mother with her chicks) as they watch swallows flying about their nest. The young birds are generally rather lethargic du...
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The Fallen Owlet
May 16, 2018
Every year, around February, we greet a pair of Great Horned Owls. The first sign is finding the mother sitting on the nest day after day, patiently tending her eggs and...
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Feeding a Young Woodpecker
April 10, 2018
I ran across this old video which I think is pretty cute. It captures a Nuttall's Woodpecker nestling (nearly ready to fledge) being fed by its parent.
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Bubbling for Babes
April 08, 2018
Of all the North American ducks, the Ruddy Duck exhibits, in my opinion, the most interesting courtship display. The male duck slaps its bill against its breast feathers,...
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