Personal Web Site
This site reflects my current passion for photographing birds. I have been photographing for over 50 years; and am now retired from a satisfying profession in biomedical photography. Below are links to my most recent nature photography.
Hopefully you will find as much enjoyment in viewing it as I do in creating it.
Please Note: the photos seen on this page are changed frequently.
They are moved onto another page and can be viewed by clicking HERE.
Those who I meet in Crestwood Park who are interested in seeing my birds/animals from that location , Click (HERE)
(Some surprise critters are located in Crestwood Park, Cottonwood Heights, S.L. County, UT.)
Comments? email: rby@isp.com
January 19, 2012
(Having fun photographing a group of Canvasback Ducks!)
January, 2012
There is a keen interest in SeaGulls among local birders,
a good time to ask experts to view gulls from Farmington Bay
Last February. I have little idea as to their identities.
Maybe something rare?
(Click Here for a Slideshow of Miscellaneous Gulls)
November 26, 2011
Odds and Ends
(Images collected recently)
American Pipit, from Antelope Island Causeway (AIC).
My "Symmetrical Kestrel", AIC
Rough-Legged Hawk that perches along the Causeway, close to the entrance.
Green Pheasant? Not!
Apparently a variant of Ringneck pheasant,
North side of AIC, within the first mile after the entrance.
Pied-Billed Grebe, Sandy Pond
"Shake It!"
American Robin
Sandy Pond
Spotted Towhee... Crestwood Park, Cottonwood Heights
Another Spotted Towhee. Crestwood Park
Spotted Towhee, (using ISO 6400). Crestwood Park
Song Sparrow, Crestwood
Norther Flicker, Crestwood Park
Flicker in flight
Black-billed Magpie, Crestwood Park
I enjoy when Magpies are in flight... the translucent white of their wings.
No shortage of Black-billed Magpies at Crestwood Park for practice.
Downy(?) Woodpecker, Crestwood
Dark-Eyed Junco, Slate-Colored Race... Crestwood Park
Dark-Eyed Junco- Crestwood Park
Junco...
Junco
Western Scrub Jay, Crestwood Park
Western Scrub Jay, Crestwood Park
Scrub Jay with Peanut
Black-capped Chickadee, Crestwood Park
Black-capped Chickadee, Crestwood Park
Yet another Chickadee...
Chickadee
Goldeneyes: 2-Barrow's- (left, right);
2 Common-(center)
Jordan River, 2300 South, Salt Lake County
Bufflehead Males,
Jordan River, 2300 South, Salt Lake County
Bonaparte's Gulls... a tiny fraction of a huge flock, AIC.
A Prairie Falcon flyover,
December 5, 2011, Murray/Jordan River Parkway
On the Murray/Jordan River walk, I often have access to several
Belted Kingfishers. They are always a great distance away, requiring
me to magnify them through cropping my images.
They sometimes render a little soft; but it beats the high prices
of purchasing Pro. Nikon telephoto lenses!
These images of the Belted Kingfisher were taken Dec. 5, 2011...
an unusually cold day even for December!
Belted Kingfishers in flight are a difficult target!
Earlier Birds in Flight...
Belted Kingfisher, October 9, 2011, Murray, Jordan River Parkway
same Kingfisher...
Bonaparte's Gull, 1st Winter, @ AIC, 11-22-11
Bonaparte's @ AIC, 11-16-11
Rough-Legged Hawk,adult male, light morph (Thanks Kris)
AIC, 11-22-11
Rough-Legged Hawk...
Rough-Legged Hawk...
A rare sight in Utah,
A juvenile male Harlequin duck.
It was joined with 2 female Harlequins later
Shown here is the difference after the male began molting
A more comprehensive series of images over time can be seen (HERE)
A Rare Duck,
White Winged Scoter
November 6, 2011
And Yet Another Rare Duck,
Surf Scoter
3 Surf Scoters together, with
a
Ruddy duck (upper left) for size comparision
November 10, 2011 NEW
Adult Surf Scoter with breeding plumage
Another view...
And yet another view of the Surf Scoter.
I round off the 'rare' sea-ducks with a
Black Scoter
September, 2011
A CHANGE OF PACE...
Due to the dearth of local bird-photography opportunities during the month of September, I decided to post some long overdue bird images from a vacation to
Monterey/Carmel/Pacific Grove, California in April of this year.
Click (HERE) to see a Landscape Slideshow of the Area
(Click on the Image below to enter the birds page)
Newspaper Articles,
featuring my Bird Photos:
July 6, 2011
"Finest Birding Now..."
Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge
Article by
Kristin Purdy can be seen (HERE)
May 5, 2011
Banded Caspian Tern, Sandy Pond
Click (HERE) for the Article
by Bill Fenimore regarding
Caspian Terns.
April 6, 2011
Western Meadowlark Photo Used
in Local Newspaper Article
A timely article about Western Meadowlarks
by Kristin Purdy
can be reviewed (HERE)
March 16, 2011
Ross's Goose Photo Used
in Local Newspaper Article
(click here for article by Bill Fenimore)
Ross's Goose, Jensen Nature Center, Syracuse, UT.
All photographs on this site are the property of Richard Young. They are protected by
U.S. copyright law. Please do not download or reproduce them without written permission from Richard Young.
MISCELLANEOUS BIRD IMAGES/LOCATIONS
(click on text)
Random Images From Recent Jaunts (a page devoted to a year's worth of earlier homepage birds)
Winter Time on Antelope Island, 2010-11
Birds Photographed Along the Salt Lake/Jordan River Parkway, 2009-10
Approximately 50 bird species photographed along the Jordan River Parkway.
Odds and Ends. Series of Northern Utah Birding locations
2) Jensen Nature Park, Syracuse, Ut. Apr.-Aug., 2010.
3) Bald Eagles at Farmington Bay, Ut. (Circa 2011)
Uncommon Birds in Northern Utah (including NECOs)
Birds at Mill Race Pond, Taylorsville, Ut. April-May 2010.
An Osprey Catching Trout (with a surprise ending!)
Birds from Southern Utah, Nov. 2010. A late season visit to St. George, Zion N.P., and adjacent areas.
Snow Buntings at Utah Lake State Park, Nov.14, 2010. An extended visit with these birds, foraging, bathing and preening.... Simply remarkable for us as we photographed!
Belted Kingfishers A series of images featuring some of the many kingfishers found on the Salt Lake/Jordan River Corridor
Snow Geese Spring Migration (February) of Snow Geese to Gunnison Bend Reservoir, Delta, Utah
Bald Eagles (Circa 2001) Each year in February, eagles concentrate and feast on carp intentionally killed with rotenone to enhance the growth of aquatic vegetation, essential for waterfowl.
Camera used: Nikon D100 (old technology by current standards)
Mystery Bird An apparent Hooded Merganser appeared to be some kind of variant
Cedar Waxwings photographed summer through winter 2009-10, Crestwood Park and Jordan River Parkway
Local Hawks in my neighborhood, Autumn 2009
Red Foxes Surprise Bonus while photographing birds, Jan. 15, 2010
"Merlinus Struticus" A Prairie Merlin arrived in the Salt Lake Valley in the Autumn, 2009 (Kennecott Nature Center/ Murray/ Jordan River Parkway). He perched high up in a dead tree and stretched extensively. The bird provided some amazing contortions, and a once-in-a-lifetime photo opportunity.
My "Neotropic Cormorant Corner"
(A Series Demonstrating Behavior In Neotropic Cormorants dIscovered in Utah)
1) USES OF GULAR POUCH (Click here) A Novel discovery (Coloration) for NECOs.
2) COURTSHIP: (Click here) Courtship/feeding behavior between 2 adult NECOs .
3) BREEDING BEHAVIOR. (Click here)
4) IDENTIFICATION PANEL for Distinguishing Neotropic and Double-Crested Cormorants
Photographs to asssist in correctly identifying Neotropic and Double Crested Cormorants,
Using photos of NECOs found in the Salt Lake Valley, the Panel provides visual evidence of yellow lores in juvenile NECOs, and demonstrates how the yellow coloration likely progressively recedes during maturation.
Video
Cormorant Brutality On a Common Merganser
Links to Rich B Young Postings on UtahBirds.org
Eastern Kingbird
CedarWaxwing
Neotropic Cormorant 2010
Gadwall
Red Wing Blackbird
Merlin