Golden Eagle In Flight
I’ve struggled more getting images I like of Golden Eagles than I have with any other species.
Category: Birds
Bullock’s Oriole Stealing Food From An Unhappy Spider
Stealing food from spiders can be a risky business. Bullock’s Orioles are known to do it but from the reaction of this bird I’d say he’s aware of the potential danger of doing so.
Red-tailed Hawk Seriously Startled By A “Dead” And Headless Snake
Sometimes a snake isn’t as dead as it seems to be (and that can scare the dickens out of a predator).
Short-eared Owl – An Image Can Be Cropped Deceptively
Creative cropping of an image can sometimes have more negative effects than positive ones.
Mated Swainson’s Hawks Of Different Color Morphs
Perhaps there’s something nurturing for Swainson’s Hawks about this particular power pole.
A Clark’s Grebe Behavior I Can Only Guess At
Cedar Waxwings In The Wasatch Mountains
Short-eared Owl Siblings Parallaxing (and an update on the owl hung up on barbed wire)
Normally it’s my practice to avoid posting the same species two days in a row. But in celebration of the (unexpected) good news about the juvenile Short-eared Owl we rescued from barbed wire two days ago I decided to make an exception. After all, I think we all prefer our owls happy and acting normally rather than hanging from barbed wire and in despair.
Another Nasty Encounter Between An Owl And A Barbed Wire Fence
Many readers will remember the Barn Owl I had to cut out of barbed wire last summer in Montana. At the time I only had a small, cheap and dull pair of wire cutters with me and the effort required to cut the thick double-stranded wire strained tendons in my arm that took several weeks to heal. So I invested in two new heavy-duty pairs of wire cutters to carry in my pickup in case I ever came across a similar situation again. It’s a darn good thing I did.
A Photographic Mystery From A Reader Of Feathered Photography
In a comment on yesterday’s post I said that “everyone loves a mystery” but I like my mysteries best when they’re solved!
A Raptor, Ducks In Flight And A Lifer From Montana’s Centennial Valley
Usually my blog focuses on a single species but today’s post is a bit of a potpourri.
Clark’s Grebe Back-brooding Chicks
Yesterday morning was windy at Bear River MBR but it would take more than a little wind to curb the curiosity and enthusiasm of the many grebe chicks at the refuge. I saw Western Grebe, Clark’s Grebe and Pied-billed Grebe chicks but I had the most fun with Clark’s.
A Few Mammals From My Recent Camping Trip To Montana And Idaho
Birds are always my focus but I enjoy photographing critters of all types. Early this month I spent a week camping near the Continental Divide between Montana and Idaho and during that time I was able to photograph a variety of mammals, large and small.
Mountain Bluebird – An Imperfect Image But I’ll Keep it For Inspiration
To get extraordinary images it helps immensely to be inspired by knowing what is possible if you just keep trying.
Red-tailed Hawk With A Snake
Red-tailed Hawks are known to prey on snakes but it’s something I’ve not seen often and I’d never documented it well.
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Bullock’s Oriole Stealing Food From An Unhappy Spider
Stealing food from spiders can be a risky business. Bullock’s Orioles are known to do it but from the reaction of this bird I’d say he’s aware of the potential danger of doing so.
Red-tailed Hawk Seriously Startled By A “Dead” And Headless Snake
Sometimes a snake isn’t as dead as it seems to be (and that can scare the dickens out of a predator).
Short-eared Owl – An Image Can Be Cropped Deceptively
Creative cropping of an image can sometimes have more negative effects than positive ones.
Mated Swainson’s Hawks Of Different Color Morphs
Perhaps there’s something nurturing for Swainson’s Hawks about this particular power pole.
A Clark’s Grebe Behavior I Can Only Guess At
Cedar Waxwings In The Wasatch Mountains
Short-eared Owl Siblings Parallaxing (and an update on the owl hung up on barbed wire)
Normally it’s my practice to avoid posting the same species two days in a row. But in celebration of the (unexpected) good news about the juvenile Short-eared Owl we rescued from barbed wire two days ago I decided to make an exception. After all, I think we all prefer our owls happy and acting normally rather than hanging from barbed wire and in despair.
Another Nasty Encounter Between An Owl And A Barbed Wire Fence
Many readers will remember the Barn Owl I had to cut out of barbed wire last summer in Montana. At the time I only had a small, cheap and dull pair of wire cutters with me and the effort required to cut the thick double-stranded wire strained tendons in my arm that took several weeks to heal. So I invested in two new heavy-duty pairs of wire cutters to carry in my pickup in case I ever came across a similar situation again. It’s a darn good thing I did.
A Photographic Mystery From A Reader Of Feathered Photography
In a comment on yesterday’s post I said that “everyone loves a mystery” but I like my mysteries best when they’re solved!
A Raptor, Ducks In Flight And A Lifer From Montana’s Centennial Valley
Usually my blog focuses on a single species but today’s post is a bit of a potpourri.
Clark’s Grebe Back-brooding Chicks
Yesterday morning was windy at Bear River MBR but it would take more than a little wind to curb the curiosity and enthusiasm of the many grebe chicks at the refuge. I saw Western Grebe, Clark’s Grebe and Pied-billed Grebe chicks but I had the most fun with Clark’s.
A Few Mammals From My Recent Camping Trip To Montana And Idaho
Birds are always my focus but I enjoy photographing critters of all types. Early this month I spent a week camping near the Continental Divide between Montana and Idaho and during that time I was able to photograph a variety of mammals, large and small.
Mountain Bluebird – An Imperfect Image But I’ll Keep it For Inspiration
To get extraordinary images it helps immensely to be inspired by knowing what is possible if you just keep trying.
Red-tailed Hawk With A Snake
Red-tailed Hawks are known to prey on snakes but it’s something I’ve not seen often and I’d never documented it well.