Swans feeding at Alum Creek.
The Signet on the beach has been just chased out of the water by the bird with its wings flapping..
Sabine's Gull at Round Prairie
This is a rare sighting in YNP. The bird was seen on the 20th and 21st of Sept, 2019.
Swainson's Hawk drying off.
After a day of heavy showers this bird was airing his wings after a good shake. North of Soda Butte Cone, Lamar Valley. 9 20 19
Sabine or Bonaparte Gull
This lone Sabine's Gull at Round Prairie on 9 21 and 9 22 19. Diving into the Soda Butte Creek for food. This is an immature bird changing color into the adult phase.
Ravens grooming in the rain.
At Crystal Creek. This pair were turning the ground over and stopped for a little TLC.
Common Merganser pair on the Lamar River 3 21 18
4 C Merganser with reflections on the Lamar River
Territorial Magpies.
One flies as another lands to take away a bit of food.
Flair out on landing.
This Magpie is coming in hot. He will drop onto the ice formed around a rock in the Lamar River.
Barrows Goldeneye male in a stretch on the Lamar River.
3 Barrows Goldeneye M stretch
Barrows Goldeneye male.
The crescent face patch is the key for this bird. The Common Goldeneye has a more rounded key patch.
Male and female Barrows Goldeneyes'.
Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch Interior subspecies.
Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch subspecies Interior...Confluence, YNP 3 13 2018
Male Kestrel Flys as the female remains.
3 Kestrel M flys
Eagle landing.
Haliaeetus leucocephalus. 80 inch wing span and can weigh about 9.5 Lbs. Overwinters here in the Inter-mountain west as it is a carrion eater as well as an eater of fish.
Talons and tearing beak.
Get the book out and names those feathers. The bird has been called a flying plank due to its stiff and straight wing position while flying.
Raven snacks on floating Elk carcass.
Old Raven knows the score...eat and run before the Bald Eagle arrives.
Who is the fairest of them all ?
4 Eagle reflelction 3
Northern Pintail
Anas acuta: nests on the ground and common on ponds and marshes. 4 29 17 at the Mid-point pull out east of the Institute...on the seasonal wetlands.
On final approach
Bald Eagle landing on the Elk Carcass in Floating Island Pond 4 29 17.
Bald Eagle picking at the Elk Carcass.
The carcass is still afloat....feeding a host of birds.
A bird in flight is a pretty sight.
4 Eagle full flaps
Close up of wing and head.
That eye brow makes the Eagle look so serious. Helps to protect the eye and concentrates light. They have tremendous vision.
