Adult Red-tailed Hawk In Full Flight
Think about it.
In a very high percentage of raptor flight shots the bird has either just taken off or it’s high in the sky and the viewer is looking up at its belly.
Great Horned Owl – A Bird I Gambled On And Lost
Photographing birds is often a game of playing the odds. Sometimes you win and sometimes you lose.
A Flycatcher Visits My Back Yard
This unusual visitor to my yard nearly caused me to be late publishing my blog post two mornings ago.
Short-eared Owl – A Takeoff In Pastels
This past spring and early summer SEO’s were ubiquitous in the Promontory area (“Owl Alley”). It was the most dense and longest-lasting concentration of the species I’ve ever experienced…
A Fortuitous Golden Eagle Leads To A Rare Upland Sandpiper
Normally you’d have to place a stick of dynamite under me to get me to leave a perched Golden Eagle but yesterday this rare Upland Sandpiper enticed me to do just that.
A Turkey Vulture Kind Of Morning
The Genus name Cathartes means “purifier” and on this morning the Turkey Vultures were working hard at deserving the moniker.
Long-billed Curlew Performing Rhynchokinesis
The Elusive Wilson’s Snipe
The preferred habitat of the Wilson’s Snipe often isn’t pretty but they’re elusive enough that I’ll photograph them anywhere I get the chance.
Golden Eagle In An Unusual Displacement Of A Cooper’s Hawk
Raptors often displace other raptors from perches – it’s just something they do. But this time was a little different.
Calliope Hummingbird In A Natural Setting
I have fewer opportunities with hummingbirds than many bird photographers because I won’t photograph them at setups (or flash them). I much prefer a natural setting, natural light and behaviors that haven’t been coerced.