Yesterday was a day I won’t soon forget as I saw and photographed a Gyrfalcon here in Utah. The Utah Bird Records Committee has accepted only six previous records of Gyrfalcons in Utah and the most recent one was in 2001.
This female American Kestrel is the apparent mate to the male I posted two days ago.
Occasionally a situation with low potential can unexpectedly result in a nice flight shot, or even two.
For the past several weeks I’ve been receiving almost daily requests for the current and anticipated Bald Eagle situation at Farmington Bay WMA so this morning I’ve decided to be a little proactive with a blog post that covers most everything I know on the subject.
It isn’t every day that I get to photograph an aerial attack by a raven on a Golden Eagle.
For the past several weeks I’ve sporadically been photographing Golden Eagles on Antelope Island. Yesterday morning was the most fun (and the most disappointing) time with them yet.
Both wild raptors and those who care for captive birds must pay particular attention to beak health.
I often see groups of harriers off in the distance but it’s rare for me to be close enough to photograph two different birds in such a short time span. And this time one of them was an adult male – the elusive “gray ghost”.
Four days ago I had a particularly interesting morning on Antelope Island and thought readers might enjoy a chronological reporting of my experience. Some of these images are better than others but as a group these photos of varying quality document my 2 1/2 hour morning on that wonderful island.
I had some fun with a rather unique Northern Harrier yesterday morning.
They say that bad news comes in threes. Maybe sometimes the good stuff happens in triplets too.
