When a Snowy Owl photobombs your Surf Scoter vid

 A new video is up, this one featuring a cracking close range male Surf Scoter.

Of course I wasn't the only one monitoring the harbor...

michigan Cassin's Finch

 It's been hard to come by birds to video locally, so I drove to northern Michigan to be greeted by a host of Pine Grosbeaks, as well as one of the rarer state birds I've chased, a Cassin's Finch!

Sparring Eagles

 What do two young eagles do while they circle a landfill?  Why squabble of course...

Present Talons! 

FIGHT!

Birding El Yunque Puerto Rico

 Christyn and I return to PR in this video!  El Yunque is a famous location with 4 major habitats ... though most of what is accessible is palms.  Hurricane Maria destroyed a bunch of the trails in some of the mixed lower areas.  The high elevation paramo equivalent is pretty limited here.  Nevertheless we saw some fun things, highlighted by Scaly-naped Pigeon, presumably a close relative of the Red-billed Pigeon found through much of Central America

Check it out!

Thayer's Gull ... I think

Is it Thayer's?  Is it an integrade with Kumlien's?  Does it matter?  Not anymore lol, they're both just called Iceland Gull now.

Whatever you call it, this video shows a young Thayer's type...

Great Salt Lake

 There's a lot going on in this vid!  Full frame prairie falcon, red-necked phalaropes, chukar.  Hordes of shovelors, wigeon, red-necked phalarope.  Want to watch bison sparring?  Want to listen to Western Meadowlark singing from 8 feet away?  This video has it all!

Blood Lake Utah

 Christyn and I did a fabulous hike a couple weeks ago a little outside of Park City, Utah.

Watch this vid to take in fun Western birds like Gray-headed Junco, Green-tailed Towhee, Mountain Chickadee and more. 

Scenery was tremendous and the flowers were nice too, check out the video above!