Author: The Roost

Yesterday, I posted a video of a male ruby-throated hummingbird using a bush by the window as a shelter from the rain. Here are a few shots of the little beauty. Here’s the video in case you missed it.

A few more hummingbird shots — Birds of New England.com

“Roll up, roll up folks.  Come and see the amazing spring.  One day only, be sure not to miss it.  roll up roll up” Perhaps I’m being a bit pessimistic but our little bit of England, whilst being ‘green and pleasant’, has been a bit, er, ‘under the weather’.  Others have been ok, over here […]

Visiting Old Friends — Butterflies To Dragsters

You may enlarge any image in this blog by clicking on it. Click again for a detailed view. Recently, I encountered a pair of Common Ravens. I find these birds often to be wary in the presence of humans. For that reason, they are usually very difficult to photograph. However, this pair appeared to be […]

Common Ravens — A Conversation — Sonoran Images

When a Giant Petrel attacks them, Emperor Penguin chicks stand together against it.

Penguin chicks rescued by unlikely hero | Spy in the Snow | BBC Video — SANTA MONICA BAY AUDUBON SOCIETY BLOG

Prior to this winter storm, migration in Manitoba was preceding as normal with people reporting birds like Canada Geese, Dark-eyed Juncos, American Robins, Trumpeter Swans, Herring Gulls and more. While these birds are likely not enjoying the spring snowfall (similar to us humans!), they are adapted to withstand the occasional bout of cold and snowy […]

Birds in a Blizzard — Manitoba Important Bird Areas Program

At least three bald eagles who contracted bird flu are dead.(Image credit: Chris Szagola/AP)

Bald eagles around the U.S. are contracting the bird flu — News : NPR

You may enlarge any image in this blog by clicking on it. Click again for a detailed view. I encountered a Loggerhead Shrike a couple of weeks ago on an overcast and quite windy morning. The shrike perched, seemingly nonchalantly, atop a budding mesquite. The tree and the bird swayed with the wind but the […]

Loggerhead Shrike — Balancing Act — Sonoran Images

Scientists are tracking a deadly bird flu outbreak that has infected wild birds in more than 30 states. Purging the nation’s poultry supply may not be enough to keep the virus from sticking around.(Image credit: Jeff Goulden/Getty Images)

A worrisome new bird flu is spreading in American birds and may be here to stay — Science : NPR

You may enlarge any image in this blog by clicking on it. Click again for a detailed view. I probably encounter as many Red-tailed Hawks during a year of driving around looking for subjects to photograph as all other species of raptor, combined. I rarely photograph these birds because the vast majority of them are […]

Red-tailed Hawk — Portraits of a Youngster — Sonoran Images