Birds Photographed by Kate Davis

October 14, 2017

March female Belted Kingfisher

March female Belted Kingfisher

Spotted Sandpiper by our house on the Bitterroot River

Spotted Sandpiper

These Sandhill Cranes were in my yard for several days.

Sandhill Crane Pair

Great Blue Heron in the slough

Great Blue Heron

A Common Raven in the yard, March

RavenYard

Female Belted Kingfisher at the River

Best Belted Kingfisher at the River

Great Blue Heron Friend

Backyard Great Blue Heron

December Killdeer

December Killdeer

The first pair of Sandhill Cranes spotted

Sandhill Crane Pair, 2025

Our Friendly Neighborhood Great Blue Heron

Our Friendly Neighborhood Great Blue Heron

Turkey Family In the Yard

Turkey Family In the Yard

Black-chinned Hummingbird

Black-chinned Hummingbird

California Quail in Montana, on our fence

California Quail

Insulators and House Wren

Insulators and House Wren

Great Blue Herons at Lee Metcalf National Wildlife Refuge, Montana

Great Blue Herons

Song Bird Photos - Great Blue Heron - Shore Bird Photos - Great Blue Heron - My absolute favorite photo of 2017, and looks like she has a snail in her beak

Great Blue Heron

Song Bird Photos - Red-naped Sapsucker - Shore Bird Photos - Red-naped Sapsucker in the front yard

Red-naped Sapsucker

Song Bird Photos - Spotted Sandpiper in the Shallows - Shore Bird Photos - Spotted Sandpiper in the Shallows - A favorite Sandpiper photo

Spotted Sandpiper in the Shallows

Song Bird Photos - Cedar Waxwings - Shore Bird Photos - Cedar Waxwings at the river, no eagles around so bunch of these photos

Cedar Waxwings

Song Bird Photos - Common Nighthawk - Shore Bird Photos - Common Nighthawk catching an insect in the front yard, lucked out

Common Nighthawk

Song Bird Photos - Rufous Two - Shore Bird Photos - Rufous Two - Hummingbird perched on the fence with a tiny insect in her mouth

Rufous Two

Song Bird Photos - Belted Kingfisher - Shore Bird Photos - Belted Kingfisher in August, smoke from a forest fire creating the strange light

Belted Kingfisher

Song Bird Photos - Rufous Hummingbird Hover - Shore Bird Photos - Rufous Hummingbird Hover - Rufous hummer near one of the feeders of the summer

Rufous Hummingbird Hover

Song Bird Photos - Hooded Mergansers - Shore Bird Photos - Hooded Merganser pair exchanging wise looks

Hooded Mergansers

Song Bird Photos - Spotted Sandpiper Strut - Shore Bird Photos - Spotted Sandpiper Strut - Spotted Sandpiper strutting right ip a tree in the river, in front of the eagle nest

Spotted Sandpiper Strut

Song Bird Photos - Preening Robin - Shore Bird Photos - Preening Robin, a whole serious of four framed and in the living room

Preening Robin

Song Bird Photos - Hooded Merganser - Shore Bird Photos - Escaping Hooded Merganser flying as our Peregrine was distracted elsewhere

Hooded Merganser

Song Bird Photos - Female Pileated - Shore Bird Photos - Female Pileated Woodpecker posing at the river right in front of the camera

Female Pileated

Song Bird Photos - Whitetail-Heron-Hooded Merganser - Shore Bird Photos - Whitetail-Heron-Hooded Merganser in the slough by the house

Whitetail-Heron-Hooded Merganser

Song Bird Photos - Great Blue Heron - Shore Bird Photos - Talking Great Blue Heron (actually just yawning)

Great Blue Heron

Song Bird Photos - Black-chinned 2015 - Shore Bird Photos - Black-chinned 2015 in a pin-point landing

Black-chinned 2015

Song Bird Photos - Male Belted Kingfisher - Shore Bird Photos - Male Belted Kingfisher belting out a resonating rattle

Male Belted Kingfisher

Song Bird Photos - Sandhill Crane - Shore Bird Photos - Sandhill Crane concentrates on something in the grass, Lee Metcalf National Wildlife Refuge near-by

Sandhill Crane

Song Bird Photos - Cliff Swallows - Shore Bird Photos - Cliff Swallows - I set the camera on manual focus and lucked out with this shot from the second story studio over the garage, lucked out right away

Cliff Swallows

Song Bird Photos - Spring Spotted Sandpiper - Shore Bird Photos - Spring Spotted Sandpiper, always love watching these shorebirds

Spring Spotted Sandpiper

Song Bird Photos - Sandhill Cranes - Shore Bird Photos - Sandhill Cranes/White-tail Deer at Lee Metcalf refuge in the summer

Sandhill Cranes

Song Bird Photos - Pileated Woodpecker - Shore Bird Photos - Pileated Woodpecker on the phone pole in the winter - don't touch your tongue to a frozen wire!

Pileated Woodpecker

Song Bird Photos - Lewis's Woodpecker Nest - Shore Bird Photos - Lewiss Woodpecker nest by the house, baby with a berry delivery

Lewis's Woodpecker Nest

Song Bird Photos - Great Egret - Shore Bird Photos - Yes, what a Great Egret

Great Egret

Song Bird Photos - Western Meadowlark - Shore Bird Photos - Western Meadowlark in song at the pole in our driveway

Western Meadowlark

Song Bird Photos - Calliope Hummingbird - Shore Bird Photos - Calliope Hummingbird showing of his wonderful gorgettes

Calliope Hummingbird

Song Bird Photos - Rooster Pheasant Fight - Shore Bird Photos - Roosters Pheasant Fight in April in our yard and watch our for those spurs on his leg, Mr. Pheas

Rooster Pheasant Fight

Song Bird Photos - Northern Shrike - Shore Bird Photos - Northern Shrike in a very melodic song in our yard in the winter

Northern Shrike

Song Bird Photos - Starlings - Shore Bird Photos - European Starlings nest in the same snag as the kestrels featured in our book, "American Kestrel: Pint-sized Predator"

Starlings

Song Bird Photos - Wilson's Snipe - Shore Bird Photos - Wilsons Snipe in a little courtship song and display at Metcalf Refuge

Wilson's Snipe

Song Bird Photos - Common Nighthawk - Shore Bird Photos - Common Nighthawk sunning on the fence on our driveway, pretending he was asleep for one second longer when he flew

Common Nighthawk

Song Bird Photos - Baby Belted Kingfisher - Shore Bird Photos - Baby Belted Kingfisher at the nest burrow, the last one to fledge

Baby Belted Kingfisher

Dale Simmons