Male Green-tailed Towhee Singing His Little Heart Out
Northern Harrier Takeoff In A Snowy Setting (+ some processing tips)
Juvenile Burrowing Owl Acting A Little Silly
How The Kindness Of A Stranger Kept Me From Giving Up Photography
Western Scrub Jay Framed By Snow-covered Pinyon Pine
Some Scrub Jays readily come to feeders but I have very few images of them because I prefer to photograph birds in a natural setting. There are several subspecies and the “interior” race found around here is shy and furtive which only adds to my woes when I attempt to photograph them.
Juvenile Swainson’s Hawk Landing Practice
Landing on relatively small elevated perches must be one of the more difficult skills young raptors must learn.
American Kestrel – The Big Stretch
Within about 10 seconds this male kestrel gave me just about every conceivable stretching pose in the book.
Harrier Takeoff Series (for the photographer it’s all about choices)
One of the biggest challenges of photographing birds at takeoff is avoiding clipped wings. Sometimes I succeed and sometimes I don’t.
Great Horned Owl Adult And Juvenile – A Study In Contrasts
Both of these Great Horned Owl images were taken on the Montana farm where I grew up as the birds were resting in the auger cutouts of old granaries built by my grandfather, uncle and father back in the early 1930’s.
Barn Owl ln Flight Yesterday Morning
I had my second opportunity of the season with a Barn Owl in flight yesterday morning at Bear River MBR.