Golden Eagles are my #1 photographic quarry. I’d rather get a magnificent flight shot of one of these regal birds than any other species I can think of and that includes other raptors like Snowy Owls and Gyrfalcons.
Northern Harriers perform a pretty neat trick with their unusually long, slender legs and feet while they’re in flight.
After all the time I’ve spent in the field watching and photographing birds and their behaviors I still occasionally see something that surprises me.
Yesterday was a good day for raptors in western Utah County as I was able to chalk up eight species.
Sometimes raptors in flight appear to play in the wind and Northern Harriers seem to enjoy it more than most species.
Recently I photographed a male American Kestrel in the middle of a wing-stretch and that pose really put his alulae on display.
Raptors carrying nesting material in late fall is something I rarely see or photograph.
Today we took a short break from the hospital and visited the Audubon Center For Birds Of Prey in Maitland, Florida.
Images of banking Northern Harriers don’t come easy but yesterday morning at Farmington Bay I was able to get that shot.
It’s been a very long time since I’ve gone back and looked at some of my earliest images after I started photographing birds. I did so last night and the process was both enlightening and painful
I don’t believe I’ve ever photographed an Eastern Red-tailed Hawk before so this bird caught my attention.
