Miscellaneous – Page 9 – Feathered Photography

Male Red-Winged Blackbirds Are Singing On Territory Again

But it’ll be a while before I join in the chorus. Or even talk much.

A Crow’s Revenge?

Or perhaps it was a combination of revenge, anger and frustration. Or something else but I doubt it was simply play.

Common Raven In Flight

Perhaps the most aggravating species I try to photograph.

Red-tailed Hawk Posing, Preening And Calling

One of the more cooperative hawks I’ve photographed in what I think is an attractive natural setting.

Male American Kestrel Trying To Balance In The Wind

Good light and a cooperative bird is a combination I haven’t had in a very long time but it happened yesterday at Bear River MBR.

Rough-legged Hawk – The (very) Big Yawn

This might have been the most gaping yawn I’ve ever seen in a raptor.

Preening Juvenile Red-tailed Hawk

A handsome raptor in an attractive natural setting performing an interesting behavior.

Female Belted Kingfisher Shaking Her Head

A subtle variation in head-shaking style between species that most bird lovers have probably noticed but I suspect few have given any thought to.

Red-tailed Hawk Perched, Taking Off And In Flight

Raptors have several behavioral quirks that bird photographers who lust after takeoff and flight shots should be very familiar with because they signal imminent takeoff. Yesterday morning near Farmington Bay WMA this immature Red-tailed Hawk knew all the choreographed moves and performed most of them on cue.