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.
Category: Diurnal Raptors
Food For Thought, And For Raptors
An attempt to quantify the beneficial effects of raptors in rodent control. Gimme some numbers please!
Rough-legged Hawk – The (very) Big Yawn
A Northern Harrier In Flight And That Elusive Catch Light
Catch lights in the eyes of our subjects are important far beyond their diminutive size but they’re both fickle and elusive.
Peregrine Falcon In Hoarfrost
Preening Juvenile Red-tailed Hawk
A handsome raptor in an attractive natural setting performing an interesting behavior.
Northern Harrier Flight Series
Ok, it’s past time to fully address the elephant in the room when it comes to my photography.
Northern Harrier Twisting Flight Posture
My photos in the cold yesterday morning were actually sharp! Thanks to a friend I may (or may not) have arrived at a partial solution to my problem with soft photos while shooting from my pickup in unusually cold temperatures.
Prairie Falcon With A Few Surprises In Store For Me
Bird photographers never know what we’ll see in our photos that we didn’t notice in the field. My shots of this Prairie Falcon taken two days ago surprised me in more ways than one.
Golden Eagle Banking In Flight In Warm Light
Yesterday morning we finally had some light around here and I even found some beautiful birds to take advantage of it. This Golden Eagle is one of them.
Female American Kestrel In Flight
This shot from yesterday morning came very close to being one of my favorite kestrel photos of all time.
If You Think Birds Don’t Notice The Little Things…
If you think birds don’t notice the little things you’d be wrong. This male American Kestrel is the proof in the pudding.
Adult Bald Eagle Snagging A Fish Out Of The Water
Plus my worst bad habit as a photographer (I have other bad habits but most of them don’t involve photography).
A Good Samaritan At A Local Pond
Confrontation Between Adult Bald Eagles
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Food For Thought, And For Raptors
An attempt to quantify the beneficial effects of raptors in rodent control. Gimme some numbers please!
Rough-legged Hawk – The (very) Big Yawn
A Northern Harrier In Flight And That Elusive Catch Light
Catch lights in the eyes of our subjects are important far beyond their diminutive size but they’re both fickle and elusive.
Peregrine Falcon In Hoarfrost
Preening Juvenile Red-tailed Hawk
A handsome raptor in an attractive natural setting performing an interesting behavior.
Northern Harrier Flight Series
Ok, it’s past time to fully address the elephant in the room when it comes to my photography.
Northern Harrier Twisting Flight Posture
My photos in the cold yesterday morning were actually sharp! Thanks to a friend I may (or may not) have arrived at a partial solution to my problem with soft photos while shooting from my pickup in unusually cold temperatures.
Prairie Falcon With A Few Surprises In Store For Me
Bird photographers never know what we’ll see in our photos that we didn’t notice in the field. My shots of this Prairie Falcon taken two days ago surprised me in more ways than one.
Golden Eagle Banking In Flight In Warm Light
Yesterday morning we finally had some light around here and I even found some beautiful birds to take advantage of it. This Golden Eagle is one of them.
Female American Kestrel In Flight
This shot from yesterday morning came very close to being one of my favorite kestrel photos of all time.
If You Think Birds Don’t Notice The Little Things…
If you think birds don’t notice the little things you’d be wrong. This male American Kestrel is the proof in the pudding.
Adult Bald Eagle Snagging A Fish Out Of The Water
Plus my worst bad habit as a photographer (I have other bad habits but most of them don’t involve photography).
