Adult Bald Eagle Snagging A Fish Out Of The Water
Plus my worst bad habit as a photographer (I have other bad habits but most of them don’t involve photography).
A Good Samaritan At A Local Pond
Confrontation Between Adult Bald Eagles
Two Recently Fledged Short-eared Owl Chicks
I’ve seen individual “shorty” chicks a few times in the past but I believe this was the one and only time I’ve photographed two recently fledged siblings together.
Trying To Turn A Piss-poor Day Into A Positive and Productive One
By yesterday morning after so many days of being stuck at home because of crappy weather and light I’d developed a near-terminal case of cabin fever.
The Patented Twist And Dive On Prey Of The Northern Harrier
Male American Kestrels On Rabbitbrush
This first photo shows the result of a “plop” landing in the snow. The second shot isn’t much more dignified.
Red Breasted Nuthatches Foraging For Food
Dark Morph Ferruginous Hawk Takeoff And Flight Series
The dark color morph of the Ferruginous Hawk is unusual, significantly less than 10% of the population in North America. Since Ferruginous Hawks of any color are uncommon (Sibley calls them “rare”), the dark morph is a very narrow slice of that uncommon group and Ferruginous Hawks in general are such regal and impressive hawks I’ve been enamored of this bird ever since I found “him” a couple of weeks ago.
Female Belted Kingfisher Shaking Her Head
A subtle variation in head-shaking style between species that most bird lovers have probably noticed but I suspect few have given any thought to.