Rufous Male Red-tailed Hawk Taking Off With Prey (or carrion?)
I found him again yesterday morning and this time he was already enjoying breakfast when I arrived.
Category: Birds
Male American Kestrel Posing In Side Light
Northern Harrier – Twelve Years Ago Today
One takeoff shot and one flight shot. I think the takeoff posture I captured is pretty special, even if I did bugger it up.
Two Displaying Tom Wild Turkeys With Their Eyes On The Prize
Birds Being Birds At Farmington Bay WMA Yesterday
Immature White-crowned Sparrow Framed Naturally
I believe this shot from three days ago will become one of my favorite photos of the species.
A Loggerhead Shrike And Wild Rose Hips
Wild Turkey Takeoff And Flight Sequence
And the reincarnation of Kevin the Wild Turkey. This time around they may call him Bruce.
Kite Strings – A Potential Death Trap For Birds
Some Recent Common And (mostly) Interesting Birds
Nine days ago I spent some time photographing some of our most abundant (for those readers who don’t like the word “common” applied to birds) songbirds at my favorite greasewood bush.
A Short Flight Series Of A Molting Barn Owl
A Squadron Of White-faced Ibises Flying Low Over The Great Salt Lake
Groups of birds in flight are hard to photograph well but I like the way this one turned out.
The Most Expensive Water I’ve Ever Bought
Honest mistakes I can easily tolerate but deliberate cheating makes me angry (probably a leftover from my teaching days when I had absolutely no tolerance for cheating in my classroom) so I’m on a rant. And yes, there are birds involved. Or at least parts of them.
An Entire (large) Family Of Western Grebes
This is one of the very few times I’ve ever been able to get three Western Grebe chicks and both of their parents in the same photo and get them all sharp. The whole fam damily.
Mallard Doing A Somersault And A Partial Barrel Roll While Bathing
Bathing birds are fast. Even larger birds like ducks are surprisingly fast while bathing, so fast that the observer is often unaware of what’s really going on. That’s where photography comes in handy.
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Male American Kestrel Posing In Side Light
Northern Harrier – Twelve Years Ago Today
One takeoff shot and one flight shot. I think the takeoff posture I captured is pretty special, even if I did bugger it up.
Two Displaying Tom Wild Turkeys With Their Eyes On The Prize
Birds Being Birds At Farmington Bay WMA Yesterday
Immature White-crowned Sparrow Framed Naturally
I believe this shot from three days ago will become one of my favorite photos of the species.
A Loggerhead Shrike And Wild Rose Hips
Wild Turkey Takeoff And Flight Sequence
And the reincarnation of Kevin the Wild Turkey. This time around they may call him Bruce.
Kite Strings – A Potential Death Trap For Birds
Some Recent Common And (mostly) Interesting Birds
Nine days ago I spent some time photographing some of our most abundant (for those readers who don’t like the word “common” applied to birds) songbirds at my favorite greasewood bush.
A Short Flight Series Of A Molting Barn Owl
A Squadron Of White-faced Ibises Flying Low Over The Great Salt Lake
Groups of birds in flight are hard to photograph well but I like the way this one turned out.
The Most Expensive Water I’ve Ever Bought
Honest mistakes I can easily tolerate but deliberate cheating makes me angry (probably a leftover from my teaching days when I had absolutely no tolerance for cheating in my classroom) so I’m on a rant. And yes, there are birds involved. Or at least parts of them.
An Entire (large) Family Of Western Grebes
This is one of the very few times I’ve ever been able to get three Western Grebe chicks and both of their parents in the same photo and get them all sharp. The whole fam damily.
Mallard Doing A Somersault And A Partial Barrel Roll While Bathing
Bathing birds are fast. Even larger birds like ducks are surprisingly fast while bathing, so fast that the observer is often unaware of what’s really going on. That’s where photography comes in handy.