Marie Read

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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Yellow-headed Blackbird (Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus) male perched in marsh vegetation

Yellow-headed Blackbird (Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus) male perched in marsh vegetation (Phragmites) in foreground. Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, view toward east, with Wasatch Mountains in distance, Utah, USA.

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