Marie Read Gallery

Clark's grebes (Aechmophorus clarkii) courting pair performing the 'Weed Ceremony'

Clark's grebes (Aechmophorus clarkii) courting pair performing the 'Weed Ceremony' in which they slowly circle breast to breast holding pond weed as nesting material, Lake Hodges, Escondido, California, USA, April

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Black-necked stilts (Himantopus mexicanus) pair performing post-copulatory display

Black-necked stilts (Himantopus mexicanus) pair performing post-copulatory display (as copulation ends, the male slides off the female leaving his wings draped over her and crossing his bill with hers, the pair remain like this as they walk a few steps together), Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Utah, USA

Red-breasted sapsucker (Sphyrapicus ruber) adult feeding on tree sap from shallow

Red-breasted sapsucker (Sphyrapicus ruber) adult feeding on tree sap from shallow wells it has drilled in bark of Curl-leaf Mountain-mahogany (Cercocarpus ledifoius), Lee Vining Canyon, California, USA, June

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