There’s a fantastic and brand new resource out there for serious students of birds from John Hopkins University Press and it contains three of my bird photographs so I hope you’ll allow me a little horn tootin’ today. Let’s have a closer look at this massive new book.
Last night while looking for something else I found a pleasant surprise in my archives.
Eight years ago today, on August 18, 2010, I published my first blog post on Feathered Photography. It’s been a helluva ride.
Sometimes a bad habit can give us a second chance and allow us to avoid making a mistake.
I believe two of these images from yesterday may be among my personal best shots ever of a juvenile of this species taking off and in flight.
I needed a stress reliever and this post is it. My stress level has been incredibly high for the last few days because of a serious medical scare and I don’t handle even routine stress well.
Raptors in particular are known for repeatedly using the same perch, sometimes over a period of years. And sometimes they’re used by more than one raptor species so it behooves the bird photographer to check them out regularly. If raptors like’m, I like’m – even when they’re less than photogenic.
This is far from a typical image from me and to be honest I almost deleted it before I looked at it more carefully.
I saw a lot of Short-eared Owls yesterday morning but most of them were maddeningly uncooperative. This one was an exception.
It isn’t really lipstick of course but that’s exactly what I think of when I look at my photos of this little owl.
In the past I’ve discussed the many reasons why I prefer to photograph birds of any species in the few hours after sunrise so I won’t repeat myself here. But yesterday morning I was reminded of yet another reason that applies specifically to owls.
Few subjects have more appeal than curious Short-eared Owl youngsters, especially when they’re bobbing their heads into weird positions.
