Tag: flight
WC Sparrow In Flight (a shot I’d have missed without the 7D Mark II)
Peregrine Falcon In Flight After Dining On Duck
Magpie Take-off From Nest Sequence
Golden Eagle In Flight (no wires this time)
Short-eared Owl In Flight (with prey in silhouette)
Barn Owl Hunting Rodents
Rough-legged Hawk At Farmington Bay

I photographed my first Rough-legged Hawk of the season four days ago. The last time I’d photographed them prior to that had been on January 27, 2014 so it had been 285 days in-between opportunities with this species that spends much of the year in the high arctic. Hopefully that gives me an excuse to post images of roughies twice within just a few days.
Red-tailed Hawk At 40 MPH
Male Western Kingbird In Flight
East Canyon Red-tailed Hawk
An Acrobatic Red-tailed Hawk
Curious Swainson’s Hawk Checking Me Out In Flight
Juvenile Swainson’s Hawk Presenting Its Best Side In Flight
Double-Crested Cormorant Flying Among The Clouds

I’m not much of a fan of plain blue sky backgrounds for flight shots and on this morning I was resigned to such an outcome in any flight shots I might get because the sky was virtually cloudless. But just as I snapped the shutter this bird passed by one of the few small clouds to be found anywhere and there was even a tinge of pink provided by the color of the rising sun.