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Feedback From HawkWatch International About Yesterday’s Banded Kestrel

As promised, here’s what I now know about the banded male American Kestrel I photographed on Christmas morning.

American Kestrel Takeoff In A Near Whiteout (+ a little surprise)

You never know what you’ll see when you put a lens on a bird.

Good News For Some Of The Raptors In My World

Two days ago I received very welcome news on several fronts in an email from HawkWatch International (HWI) Trustee Mike Shaw.

Another Nasty Encounter Between An Owl And A Barbed Wire Fence

Many readers will remember the Barn Owl I had to cut out of barbed wire last summer in Montana. At the time I only had a small, cheap and dull pair of wire cutters with me and the effort required to cut the thick double-stranded wire strained tendons in my arm that took several weeks to heal. So I invested in two new heavy-duty pairs of wire cutters to carry in my pickup in case I ever came across a similar situation again. It’s a darn good thing I did.

There Really Are Some Short-eared Owls Out There!

I was delighted almost to the point of giddiness to see this many Short-eared Owls concentrated in a small area.

The Fate Of The Ferruginous Hawk And The Sage Grouse Are Oddly Intertwined

Managing species in distress can be a complex and potentially contradictory endeavor.

Whitewash

As a bird photographer my attitude toward excrement-stained perches has evolved, especially when it involves raptors.

Northern Harrier With An Interesting Tail Feather

I had some fun with a rather unique Northern Harrier yesterday morning.

Two Golden Eagles On Antelope Island

I haven’t seen a Golden Eagle on Antelope Island for many months but yesterday there were two of them and they seemed like good buddies.

Bird Banding – A Necessary Evil?

For the first six years of my bird photography “career” I rarely encountered banded birds but in the last two years or so I encounter them regularly, some species more than others. Usually when I see a bird with bands or transmitters strapped to their backs I don’t even click the shutter except for documentation purposes.