With Feathered Photography I face a dilemma when choosing pronouns referencing the sex of individual birds. In a recent comment a reader took exception to the way I handle it so I think it’s high time I explain why I deal with it the way I do. I’ve done it before in comments but never as the subject of a blog post.
Plus my first Rough-legged Hawks of the season and a report on the drastic changes at Bear River MBR.
This male stretched every limb he possibly could simultaneously which I thought resulted in an awkward but endearing pose.
And some very good news about migrating Rough-legged Hawks, especially for local photographers and birders.
The more I study this photo the more I get out of it. I’ve tried to interpret what I’m seeing as accurately as I can but I may or may not have it right.
and so does the comedy of errors regarding my antibiotics. I deeply regret having to make a second post on this subject but it was either that or leave my readers in the dark about why I wasn’t posting today.
This is the time of year I start to get antsy about the return of the Rough-legged Hawks.
There’s a fantastic and brand new resource out there for serious students of birds from John Hopkins University Press and it contains three of my bird photographs so I hope you’ll allow me a little horn tootin’ today. Let’s have a closer look at this massive new book.
I’m sure this juvenile Osprey worked hard for the fish but what looked to me like a rookie mistake cost it a meal.
And this time she did it so well she eventually quit walking and simply flew the last leg of it.
And both of them were in or very near Montana’s Centennial Valley. I’ll bet some of my readers already know what species constructed them.
