Male Rough-legged Hawk At Takeoff
I’ve taken the low-road with this beautiful hawk and done some significant image manipulation in one version of the photo..
Category: Diurnal Raptors
Northern Harrier Technique For Taking Off In Thick Brush
Northern Harriers often dive into thick vegetation after prey. Getting out of there can be tricky.
Male Rough-legged Hawk With A Flight Posture I Like Very Much
Yesterday morning I had to drive about 100 miles north before I escaped the foggy, smoggy mess in the valleys that we call air during these extended inversions. This beautiful hawk was one of my rewards.
Swainson’s Hawk Regurgitating Pellets, Then I Dissected Them
This hawk actually expelled two pellets and I was able to photograph (and dissect) both of them.
Rough-legged Hawk On Snow-mounded Rabbitbrush
Seldom are the settings as dominant as the birds in my images. These two are exceptions.
Rough-legged Hawk Take Off Series – By Request
I’ve had several requests from readers asking me to post some of the clipped shots I took of yesterday’s Rough-legged Hawk taking off. This sequential series of five images is my response to those requests and it includes two additional photos that weren’t clipped.
Rough-legged Hawk Taking Off With Prey
The Bald Eagle Has Returned To My Yard
American Kestrel With Moxie
I suppose it’s redundant to point out a kestrel with moxie – all kestrels have moxie by definition. But this one made that fact unusually obvious.
Feedback From HawkWatch International About Yesterday’s Banded Kestrel
As promised, here’s what I now know about the banded male American Kestrel I photographed on Christmas morning.
American Kestrel Takeoff In A Near Whiteout (+ a little surprise)
An American Kestrel, Rabbitbrush And Snow
Snow-covered rabbitbrush is a perch I wish birds would use more often. Its seed heads often stay yellow until winter and when it’s covered with snow I think it makes an attractive and interesting setting for most any bird. But when the subject is a colorful male American Kestrel the combination can be particularly striking.
Preening Rough-legged Hawk
Adult Bald Eagle On Landing Approach
For some reason I don’t see, or at least notice, the alulae (bastard wings) on eagles very often.
Where Have All The Raptors Gone?
I know my title sounds like a Peter, Paul and Mary song but this is a serious question that I become more concerned about with each passing day.
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Northern Harrier Technique For Taking Off In Thick Brush
Northern Harriers often dive into thick vegetation after prey. Getting out of there can be tricky.
Male Rough-legged Hawk With A Flight Posture I Like Very Much
Yesterday morning I had to drive about 100 miles north before I escaped the foggy, smoggy mess in the valleys that we call air during these extended inversions. This beautiful hawk was one of my rewards.
Swainson’s Hawk Regurgitating Pellets, Then I Dissected Them
This hawk actually expelled two pellets and I was able to photograph (and dissect) both of them.
Rough-legged Hawk On Snow-mounded Rabbitbrush
Seldom are the settings as dominant as the birds in my images. These two are exceptions.
Rough-legged Hawk Take Off Series – By Request
I’ve had several requests from readers asking me to post some of the clipped shots I took of yesterday’s Rough-legged Hawk taking off. This sequential series of five images is my response to those requests and it includes two additional photos that weren’t clipped.
Rough-legged Hawk Taking Off With Prey
The Bald Eagle Has Returned To My Yard
American Kestrel With Moxie
I suppose it’s redundant to point out a kestrel with moxie – all kestrels have moxie by definition. But this one made that fact unusually obvious.
Feedback From HawkWatch International About Yesterday’s Banded Kestrel
As promised, here’s what I now know about the banded male American Kestrel I photographed on Christmas morning.
American Kestrel Takeoff In A Near Whiteout (+ a little surprise)
An American Kestrel, Rabbitbrush And Snow
Snow-covered rabbitbrush is a perch I wish birds would use more often. Its seed heads often stay yellow until winter and when it’s covered with snow I think it makes an attractive and interesting setting for most any bird. But when the subject is a colorful male American Kestrel the combination can be particularly striking.
Preening Rough-legged Hawk
Adult Bald Eagle On Landing Approach
For some reason I don’t see, or at least notice, the alulae (bastard wings) on eagles very often.
Where Have All The Raptors Gone?
I know my title sounds like a Peter, Paul and Mary song but this is a serious question that I become more concerned about with each passing day.