How Can This Hawk Even Fly?

This might just be the rattiest looking raptor I’ve ever encountered in the wild. I found this juvenile Red-tailed Hawk three days ago in Box Elder County, Utah. It was too far away for good photos but even so I scoped it out with my lens for ID and to look for anything unusual. [...]

Common Nighthawk Of (on) A Different Stripe

This was one of my stranger encounters with the bird world, though I’ll preface my narrative by admitting that I don’t have a lot of experience with nightjars of any species so perhaps what this bird was doing wasn’t really so unusual. I just don’t know. [...]