It’s often a fool’s errand to assign motivation to unexplained bird behaviors so in this case I won’t make any claims. But I have to wonder if this young owl might have been experimenting with its eyesight.
Occasionally I review my recent images and look for photos that I may have missed that hold some interest for me. This is a collection of eight of those images, taken over the past several weeks.
I love the orange lichens that often grow on rocks and very old buildings. Throw in a beautiful raptor and I’m in heaven.
Little quirks in bird behavior often pique my curiosity even though I know there’ll likely never be a definitive explanation for them.
It isn’t often that I prefer shots of a perched raptor over images of it taking off.
My trip to the “white world” of Box Elder County two days ago produced close encounters with several species including a small covey of Gray Partridges.
This cooperative adult Red-tailed Hawk with prey was a huge challenge under difficult conditions yesterday morning.
I literally have such a big head that they had to special-order a cap large enough to fit me when I graduated from high school (true story). But I have nothing on the male Common Goldeneye.
I seldom post the same species two days in a row but for this photo I’ll gladly made an exception.
I have no idea how I was able to get this bird in frame in time, much less lock focus on it.
I’ve been yammering for years about the advantages to bird photographers of being familiar with the behaviors of our subjects. Here’s yet another example.
Northern Shovelers don’t get a lot of attention from photographers and I’ve been guilty of ignoring them myself.
Three days ago I found a covey of California Quail down by the Jordan River. I watched them forage for food for a while and then something interesting happened.
