Diurnal Raptors – Page 72 – Feathered Photography

Rough-legged Hawks In Contrasting Styles

Partially based on input from my readers I’ve been thinking more about styles in my bird photography.

Grumpy, Wet and Cold Northern Harrier Drying Out

This is a look and pose I’ve noticed fairly often from Red-tailed Hawks in conditions like this but I rarely see the same from a harrier.

Red-tailed Hawk – Same Image, Two Perspectives

This is a simple example of how changing the crop of a photograph can drastically alter one’s perspective on the image.

Red-tailed Hawk In Full Flight

I like the backgrounds provided by western mountains for birds in flight but as I’ve said previously backdrops with texture make it more difficult to get sharp focus lock on the bird.

Frosty Rough-legged Hawk Revisited

I’m quickly tiring of snow, cold and even the color white but I still love raptors in snowy or frosty settings.

Red-tailed Hawk In A Steep Dive (and a point about rotation)

When a raptor dives on prey from an elevated perch one has the opportunity for fairly dramatic flight shots because of the angle of attack and wing position.

Osprey Changing Of The Guard

I don’t have as many Osprey opportunities as folks do back east so when I get a chance to observe and photograph their behaviors I take it.

Surprise Harrier

Usually when I photograph Northern Harriers they are my intended goal. Yesterday morning this bird was an exception as it caught me completely unprepared.

A Simple Shot Of A Ferruginous Hawk In Flight

By “simple” I don’t mean it was easy to get. It wasn’t.

Dark Morph Rough-legged Hawk In Flight

The dark morph color phase of the Rough-legged Hawk is a near-nemesis bird for me but two days ago I found one in Utah Valley.

Farmington Bay, Bald Eagles And The 2014 Carp Kill

For years managers at Farmington Bay WMA have killed carp as a management tool. The dead fish bring in hundreds of Bald Eagles but this year, because of the West Nile Virus outbreak in the eagle population, managers had to decide whether or not to proceed with the fish kill. That decision has been made.