One Giant Step For A Chukar
In the past I’ve referred to Chukars as “rock hoppers”. This image gives some indication as to why.
Category: Miscellaneous
Rough-legged Hawk Signaling Impending Take-off
Knowing behaviors of your subject can be a great help in anticipating raptor take-off and bird photographers need all the help we can get.
Female Kestrel In Flight And Casting A Pellet
This female American Kestrel is the apparent mate to the male I posted two days ago.
Kestrel Cleaning And Honing Its Beak (and the importance of beak care)
Both wild raptors and those who care for captive birds must pay particular attention to beak health.
Rough-legged Hawk – Beautiful In Flight, Goofy-looking Perched
The Rough-legged Hawk is a true arctic species so images of them in a frosty and snowy setting can seem appropriate and appealing.
Preening Trumpeter Swans
I believe the Trumpeter Swan to be the most elegant bird species I’ve ever photographed.
Great Horned Owl Eating Its Own Feather
I’ve spent a lot of time over the years watching owls – Great Horned, Burrowing and Short-eared especially and I’ve never seen one eating its own feathers.
Wing Flappin’ Pied-billed Grebe
I enjoy photographing birds doing wing-flaps, partly because you tend to get such a variety of poses in a short period of time.
Pied-billed Grebe Investigating A Potential Feather For Swallowing
I’ve posted previously about grebes swallowing feathers as a digestive aid. Yesterday I photographed a Pied-billed Grebe with that very intention.
Kingfisher Casting A Pellet (Canon 7D vs 7D Mark 2)
I’ve been watching this female Belted Kingfisher from afar for several weeks now but in typical kingfisher fashion she has been unapproachable. But yesterday morning she partially atoned for her bashful ways and performed some interesting behavior for my camera.
The Function of Ocelli (false eyes) In Raptors
Some falcons, hawks and owls have two ocelli (eye-like patches or “false eyes”) on the back of their head. Their function may not be as presumed.
Williamson’s Sapsuckers Attending To Domestic Duties
A whole host of cavity nesting bird species rely on dead and dying trees for their nest holes but when those “snags” are prematurely removed by man the resource disappears and birds suffer.
The Source Of Male Western Tanager Head Colors
Male Western Tanagers are known for their red heads but there can be considerable variation in those reds and the cause is not fully understood.
Red-tailed Hawk Negotiating Obstacles At Take-off
I’m often surprised and impressed by the dexterity and athleticism of larger raptors as they take off through a maze of tree branches or other obstructions.
Grebes Eating Feathers (including two graphic images)
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Rough-legged Hawk Signaling Impending Take-off
Knowing behaviors of your subject can be a great help in anticipating raptor take-off and bird photographers need all the help we can get.
Female Kestrel In Flight And Casting A Pellet
This female American Kestrel is the apparent mate to the male I posted two days ago.
Kestrel Cleaning And Honing Its Beak (and the importance of beak care)
Both wild raptors and those who care for captive birds must pay particular attention to beak health.
Rough-legged Hawk – Beautiful In Flight, Goofy-looking Perched
The Rough-legged Hawk is a true arctic species so images of them in a frosty and snowy setting can seem appropriate and appealing.
Preening Trumpeter Swans
I believe the Trumpeter Swan to be the most elegant bird species I’ve ever photographed.
Great Horned Owl Eating Its Own Feather
I’ve spent a lot of time over the years watching owls – Great Horned, Burrowing and Short-eared especially and I’ve never seen one eating its own feathers.
Wing Flappin’ Pied-billed Grebe
I enjoy photographing birds doing wing-flaps, partly because you tend to get such a variety of poses in a short period of time.
Pied-billed Grebe Investigating A Potential Feather For Swallowing
I’ve posted previously about grebes swallowing feathers as a digestive aid. Yesterday I photographed a Pied-billed Grebe with that very intention.
Kingfisher Casting A Pellet (Canon 7D vs 7D Mark 2)
I’ve been watching this female Belted Kingfisher from afar for several weeks now but in typical kingfisher fashion she has been unapproachable. But yesterday morning she partially atoned for her bashful ways and performed some interesting behavior for my camera.
The Function of Ocelli (false eyes) In Raptors
Some falcons, hawks and owls have two ocelli (eye-like patches or “false eyes”) on the back of their head. Their function may not be as presumed.
Williamson’s Sapsuckers Attending To Domestic Duties
A whole host of cavity nesting bird species rely on dead and dying trees for their nest holes but when those “snags” are prematurely removed by man the resource disappears and birds suffer.
The Source Of Male Western Tanager Head Colors
Male Western Tanagers are known for their red heads but there can be considerable variation in those reds and the cause is not fully understood.
Red-tailed Hawk Negotiating Obstacles At Take-off
I’m often surprised and impressed by the dexterity and athleticism of larger raptors as they take off through a maze of tree branches or other obstructions.
