A Few Recent Birds
This is one of my roughly semiannual attempts to give my readers a feel for some of the birds I’ve been photographing recently that didn’t make it to my blog.
An Unusual Angle On A Preening Adult Red-tailed Hawk
Dark-eyed Juncos – A Little Help From My Friends?
Dark-eyed Juncos are a species I rarely feature on Feathered Photography which seems illogical for such an abundant, ubiquitous, conspicuous and often tame bird.
Northern Harrier In Flight – Asymmetry In My Bird Photos
Asymmetry in my images appeals to me, particularly with birds in flight. Yesterday I got two successive photos like that of a Northern Harrier as it quickly changed direction.
Plus my take on the merits of digital frames around our images.
Ferruginous Hawk Perched, Taking Off And In Flight
Three days ago in western Utah I spent some quality time with a cooperative immature Ferruginous Hawk. It had been a while.
Mountain Chickadee – An Amazing Feat (pun intended) Of Flexibility
Ferruginous Hawk In One Of My Favorite Raptor Takeoff Postures
It’s been much too long since I’ve had a Ferruginous Hawk with photographic potential in my viewfinder but yesterday morning this young bird came through for me big time.
Red-breasted Nuthatch Working Over Dougas Fir Cones For Seeds
Last year in this general location in the mountains I could only get harsh sidelight on the feeding nuthatches but yesterday morning I had a great light angle. It made a big difference.
An Impressive Desert Bighorn Ram
I was happy to get this stately fellow against the skyline but It took a while before it happened.
Coyote At Sunrise
I have a soft spot for coyotes that goes all the way back to my time growing up on the Montana farm.