Tag: hunting
Male Harrier Hunting In A Quartering Wind
Red-tailed Hawk Hunting Voles
Red-tailed Hawk Taking Off After Prey
Coyote – Sometimes The Prey Bites Back
Red-tailed Hawk “Pole Dancing”
Barn Owl On A Snowy Slope
Barn Owl Hunting With A Storm Approaching
Male Northern Harrier Hunting
A Menacing Look From A Male Northern Harrier
Ferruginous Hawks Hunting From Power Poles
Fighting Harriers
The seriousness of confrontations between Northern Harriers varies with the situation. Conflicts over food, especially during harsh winters, can be intense and dramatic but they often seem to spar with each other just for the “fun” of it. I’ve often seen and occasionally photographed both extremes of aggressive behavior.
Perch-hunting Red-tailed Hawk
Red-tailed Hawks in North America are “sit and wait predators” who do most of their hunting (60 – 80%) from elevated perches. Though they do hunt from the air, that is not their primary hunting style. In fact, availability of elevated perches is a key factor in determining their foraging distribution.
Antelope Island is largely treeless and without power poles so Red-tails tend to be found in specific locations on the island where elevated natural perches are available. One of their favorite foraging spots is an area where there are large outcroppings of Farmington Canyon Complex rocks jutting out from the side of a small mountain, which is where I found this bird hunting voles
“Hanging” Northern Harrier – Hunting Low and Slow
Prairie Falcon – A Fascinating Hunting Strategy
Male Harrier Hunting In A Quartering Wind
Red-tailed Hawk Hunting Voles
Red-tailed Hawk Taking Off After Prey
Coyote – Sometimes The Prey Bites Back
Red-tailed Hawk “Pole Dancing”
Barn Owl On A Snowy Slope
Barn Owl Hunting With A Storm Approaching
Male Northern Harrier Hunting
A Menacing Look From A Male Northern Harrier
Ferruginous Hawks Hunting From Power Poles
Fighting Harriers
The seriousness of confrontations between Northern Harriers varies with the situation. Conflicts over food, especially during harsh winters, can be intense and dramatic but they often seem to spar with each other just for the “fun” of it. I’ve often seen and occasionally photographed both extremes of aggressive behavior.
Perch-hunting Red-tailed Hawk
Red-tailed Hawks in North America are “sit and wait predators” who do most of their hunting (60 – 80%) from elevated perches. Though they do hunt from the air, that is not their primary hunting style. In fact, availability of elevated perches is a key factor in determining their foraging distribution.
Antelope Island is largely treeless and without power poles so Red-tails tend to be found in specific locations on the island where elevated natural perches are available. One of their favorite foraging spots is an area where there are large outcroppings of Farmington Canyon Complex rocks jutting out from the side of a small mountain, which is where I found this bird hunting voles