A Few Birds From Yesterday Morning
One of the many things that makes bird photography both interesting and challenging is that there are no guarantees of success.
Category: Diurnal Raptors
Swainson’s Hawks Are Yet Another Reason To Love Sphinx Moths
The web of life is indeed intertwined – in this case with two of my favorite photographic subjects.
An Angry Magpie Repeatedly Attacks A Swainson’s Hawk
A Few Recent Raptors (four species)
A potpourri of raptors I’ve photographed within the last two weeks in northern Utah. For varying reasons I think each image has at least some merit.
Yesterday’s Swainson’s Hawks
Yesterday was a banner day for Swainson’s Hawks in northern Utah. They seemed to be everywhere on fence posts, power poles, trees and in the sky.
Red-tailed Hawk In A Twisting Takeoff
Raptor takeoffs are always interesting to watch but when the bird is facing one direction but twists to fly off in another it adds an even more dynamic element to the takeoff posture.
Red-tailed Hawk In Flight
Sub-adult Golden Eagles Playing King Of The Hill
While photographing birds you’d better be ready for anything because you just never know what they’re going to do.
Light Morph Swainson’s Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk With A “Slice” To Be Proud Of
Red-tailed Hawk Pair At The Nest
A Stunning Dark Morph Swainson’s Hawk
I believe this bird to be the darkest dark morph Swainson’s Hawk I’ve ever encountered.
Compositional Games With Two Turkey Vultures On A Rustic Corral
When viewers see in image in its “final” form they typically have no inkling of the various compositional versions of that image that may have been considered and rejected during processing.
Red-tailed Hawk In Flight (2 versions of the same image)
I believe this is the male of a nesting pair of Red-tailed Hawks I photographed yesterday in northern Utah.
My First Of Year Swainson’s Hawk And A Meadowlark Singing In The Cold
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Swainson’s Hawks Are Yet Another Reason To Love Sphinx Moths
The web of life is indeed intertwined – in this case with two of my favorite photographic subjects.
An Angry Magpie Repeatedly Attacks A Swainson’s Hawk
A Few Recent Raptors (four species)
A potpourri of raptors I’ve photographed within the last two weeks in northern Utah. For varying reasons I think each image has at least some merit.
Yesterday’s Swainson’s Hawks
Yesterday was a banner day for Swainson’s Hawks in northern Utah. They seemed to be everywhere on fence posts, power poles, trees and in the sky.
Red-tailed Hawk In A Twisting Takeoff
Raptor takeoffs are always interesting to watch but when the bird is facing one direction but twists to fly off in another it adds an even more dynamic element to the takeoff posture.
Red-tailed Hawk In Flight
Sub-adult Golden Eagles Playing King Of The Hill
While photographing birds you’d better be ready for anything because you just never know what they’re going to do.
Light Morph Swainson’s Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk With A “Slice” To Be Proud Of
Red-tailed Hawk Pair At The Nest
A Stunning Dark Morph Swainson’s Hawk
I believe this bird to be the darkest dark morph Swainson’s Hawk I’ve ever encountered.
Compositional Games With Two Turkey Vultures On A Rustic Corral
When viewers see in image in its “final” form they typically have no inkling of the various compositional versions of that image that may have been considered and rejected during processing.
Red-tailed Hawk In Flight (2 versions of the same image)
I believe this is the male of a nesting pair of Red-tailed Hawks I photographed yesterday in northern Utah.
