A Prairie Falcon Kind Of Morning Parts of the Centennial Valley were loaded with Prairie Falcons yesterday morning. Continue reading
Ferruginous Hawk Looking For And Finding (mystery) Nesting Material Ferruginous Hawks use sticks, twigs, ground debris, bark, sod, cow dung and even bones as nesting material but I have no idea what this bird picked up and flew away with. Continue reading
Red-tailed Hawk In Flight, Including Natural Habitat In my flight shots the bird is typically large in the frame but there’s often a tradeoff with that type of photo. Continue reading
Golden Eagle In Flight I’ve struggled more getting images I like of Golden Eagles than I have with any other species. Continue reading
Red-tailed Hawk Seriously Startled By A “Dead” And Headless Snake Sometimes a snake isn’t as dead as it seems to be (and that can scare the dickens out of a predator). Continue reading
Mated Swainson’s Hawks Of Different Color Morphs Perhaps there’s something nurturing for Swainson’s Hawks about this particular power pole. Continue reading
A Raptor, Ducks In Flight And A Lifer From Montana’s Centennial Valley Usually my blog focuses on a single species but today’s post is a bit of a potpourri. Continue reading
Red-tailed Hawk With A Snake Red-tailed Hawks are known to prey on snakes but it’s something I’ve not seen often and I’d never documented it well. Continue reading
Golden Eagle In Flight In Morning Light I finally have some Golden Eagle flight shots that I’m pleased with. Continue reading
Ferruginous Hawk In Flight With Atypical Nesting Material Not all raptor nesting material consists of twigs and sticks. Continue reading
Aloof Red-tailed Hawk I don’t think this adult Red-tailed Hawk was very happy with my presence. Continue reading
Harrier Takeoff – I’ve Never Seen A Raptor Wing Twisted Into Such A Shape Birds and their feathers continue to surprise me with what they can do when they need to. Continue reading
Two Creative Hunting Techniques From an Owl And A Hawk Raptors can be quite innovative in their hunting techniques. Continue reading
Northern Harriers Transferring Food In Mid-air I’ve been trying to photograph this behavior for years. Continue reading
Red-tailed Hawk In Flight With Nesting Material I seldom photograph raptors with nesting material because I won’t closely approach their nests but I got lucky with this female Red-tailed Hawk. Continue reading