Red-tailed Hawk Series – Takeoff And In Flight Junipers and their berries are always a welcome addition to the settings of my photos. Continue reading
Williamson’s Sapsuckers Performing Their Endless Domestic Duties For this species raising chicks is an unusually exhausting job. Continue reading
Black-billed Magpie In A Laborious Ascent Flying is a lot of work and sometimes it results in surprisingly little aerial progress. Continue reading
A Massive Ferruginous Hawk Nest, Including A Chick And to think that we thought Red-tailed Hawk nests take a lot of work to build. A typical red-tail nest pales in comparison to this one. Continue reading
Male Red-tailed Hawk Struggling To Gather Nesting Material Hard work and a stubborn streak eventually paid off when the male of the pair went looking for suitable nest-building materials. Continue reading
Chubby Chukar Wing And Leg Stretch A pudgy Chukar trying to look streamlined is an effort doomed to failure. Continue reading
Ferruginous Hawk Carrying Unusual Nesting Material Straight At Me I still don’t know what the nesting material was. Continue reading
Mated Red-tailed Hawks And The Fleeting Nature Of The ‘Golden Hour’ Harsh midday light is not the photographer’s friend but the warm glow of the ‘golden hour’ is transitory and often elusive, especially if you aren’t a ‘morning person’. Continue reading
Cooper’s Hawk Takeoff And Flight Series Before yesterday I’d only photographed a Cooper’s Hawk in flight a single time. Continue reading
Bits And Pieces From A Recent Day In The Field Unfortunate timing with a Golden Eagle and a minor mystery with a mated pair of Red-tailed Hawks. Continue reading
Red-tailed Hawks Are In Nesting Mode, Big Time Red-tails are pairing up all over the place. Continue reading
Adult Red-tailed Hawk In Flight Over A Juniper Tree This photo from yesterday quickly became a favorite of mine as soon as I saw it on my big screen. Continue reading
Burrowing Owl Siblings Posing Up A Storm Usually I find birds to be reluctant to give me interesting poses but in this group of young Burrowing Owls posing seemed to be contagious. Continue reading
Red-naped Sapsuckers – Dietary Preferences And Breaking Bad Habits When I’m in the field photographing birds I have to constantly remind myself to avoid making assumptions. Continue reading
Mealworms – Are They Safe As Bird Food? This is what happens when false and misleading information is widely distributed amongst the bird-loving community. Or any community for that matter. Continue reading