A juvenile Clark's grebe follows it parent learning to feed in the process. The still waters and evening light highlight the pair and their reflections.
A juvenile black-necked stilt stretches as part of its evening preening before roost at the Bear River Migratory Refuge in Utah. In late summer, most adult stilts migrate from the area, but first-year stilts stay back as they work on their flight skills. This stilt was part of a small group of juveniles that was feeding in a drying lake. They were a little nervous when they saw me settling to photography. However, they did not fly away eventually becoming relaxed enough to preen just a few feet away.
A western meadowlark in the middle of its territorial song in Utah. From early spring to mid summer, these birds are a common sight in open grasslands as they perch on any available pole or tree stump and sing to advertise their territory. But they are very skittish and fly away at the slightest disturbance. I had to be very careful in my approach to get this image.
