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.
Tag: flight
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.
Golden Eagle In Flight
I’ve struggled more getting images I like of Golden Eagles than I have with any other species.
Short-eared Owl – An Image Can Be Cropped Deceptively
Creative cropping of an image can sometimes have more negative effects than positive ones.
A Raptor, Ducks In Flight And A Lifer From Montana’s Centennial Valley
Usually my blog focuses on a single species but today’s post is a bit of a potpourri.
Mountain Bluebird – An Imperfect Image But I’ll Keep it For Inspiration
To get extraordinary images it helps immensely to be inspired by knowing what is possible if you just keep trying.
Short-eared Owl Takeoff And Flight – A Six Image Series
It isn’t often that I can stay locked on to a bird in flight for this many images after takeoff.
Golden Eagle In Flight In Morning Light
Ferruginous Hawk In Flight With Atypical Nesting Material
Landing Barn Swallow – Are You Fooled By What’s Happening Here?
Sometimes I have to rely on subtle clues to figure out what’s really going on in my own images. And I was there!
Short-eared Owl Takeoff In My Direction
One of the many variables one must deal with when photographing birds at takeoff is direction of flight.
Red-tailed Hawk In Flight With Nesting Material
I seldom photograph raptors with nesting material because I won’t closely approach their nests but I got lucky with this female Red-tailed Hawk.
Burrowing Owl – At Takeoff And In Flight…
Northern Harrier Takeoff From An Old Wooden Post
Northern Harriers are notoriously skittish but this may be the “tamest” harrier I’ve ever encountered.