Short-eared Owl On An Interesting Wooden Fence Post (and some thoughts on natural perches)
Ferruginous Hawk Looking For And Finding (mystery) Nesting Material
Ferruginous Hawks use sticks, twigs, ground debris, bark, sod, cow dung and even bones as nesting material but I have no idea what this bird picked up and flew away with.
A Pronghorn Fawn And A Near-disaster With Barbed Wire
I’m growing weary of featuring wildlife encounters with barbed wire on my blog and I’m sure some of my readers are too (that’s one of the reasons I’ve put this post off for over a month). But dammit, I just can’t stick my head in the sand and pretend this kind of thing doesn’t happen (don’t worry, there are no gory photos in this post).
Loggerhead Shrikes And The Curse Of The Teleconverter
I love my 1.4 teleconverter but it sure is painful when I make the wrong decision about using it.
Sexing Red-naped Sapsuckers Can Be Tricky
Male and female Red-naped Sapsuckers are almost identical in plumage and size so sexing them in the field can be difficult.
A War Of Wills With A Short-eared Owl And I Won
I have a stubborn streak that occasionally gets me into trouble but every once in a while it pays off.
Barn Owls In Flight – A Huge Motivator For Learning Good Technique
If anything will give a bird photographer motivation to learn the techniques of photographing birds in flight it’s Barn Owls flying during daytime.
Red-tailed Hawk In Flight, Including Natural Habitat
In my flight shots the bird is typically large in the frame but there’s often a tradeoff with that type of photo.
Red-naped Sapsucker Removing Wood Chips And Fecal Sac From Nest Cavity (+ a barbed wire owl update)
Sapsuckers perform some interesting behaviors during nesting season and the pair I photographed three days ago in the Uinta Mountains was no exception.
Young Short-eared Owl Learning To Hunt From Perches
Short-eared Owls often hunt from perches instead of on the wing and it’s a technique that must be learned.