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A Highly Entertaining Belted Kingfisher
Barbed Wire Fences – More Good Than Bad For Short-eared Owls?
Many of us despise the disastrous effects of barbed wire fences on birds and other wildlife and I share that view. But maybe it’s a more nuanced issue than some of us believe. Could it be that barbed wire fences have a more positive overall effect on some species than negative?
American Kestrel – A Stiff-legged Takeoff
A Potpourri Of Recent Images (8 bird species and 1 mammal)
Though none of these photos may be truly spectacular I like each of them for their behavior, charm or uniqueness.
A Landing American Kestrel
Photos of birds as they land are a challenge, especially when your subject is a quick little falcon.
Sub-adult Bald Eagle In The Promontory Mountains
Differing crops of similar photos can have a major impact on the “feel” of the images.
A Loggerhead Shrike And A Coyote In The Snow
This morning I feel a little like how this shrike must have felt just over a year ago. We finally have snow on the ground here in Salt Lake City!
A Rousing Short-eared Owl
Leucistic Red-tailed Hawk In Flight And At Takeoff
This might be the most spectacular and unique raptor I’ve ever photographed or even seen. In fact there’s no “might be” about it – without qualification, it is. And I even got some pretty decent photos of it in flight.