Subadult Bald Eagle With Unusual Head Markings
Plus yesterday morning I had one of my most frustrating experiences ever with any kind of wildlife. This time with a bobcat.
Tag: juvenile
Common Mergansers – Competition Among The Disadvantaged
I told this story seven years ago but this time I’m including more details and using mostly different photos.
A Ferruginous Hawk And A Red-tailed Hawk With Unusual Plumages
Two raptors that caught my eye recently because of their out of the ordinary plumages.
Red-tailed Hawk Perched, Taking Off And In Flight
Raptors have several behavioral quirks that bird photographers who lust after takeoff and flight shots should be very familiar with because they signal imminent takeoff. Yesterday morning near Farmington Bay WMA this immature Red-tailed Hawk knew all the choreographed moves and performed most of them on cue.
Ferruginous Hawk Perched, Taking Off And In Flight
Three days ago in western Utah I spent some quality time with a cooperative immature Ferruginous Hawk. It had been a while.
Ferruginous Hawk In One Of My Favorite Raptor Takeoff Postures
It’s been much too long since I’ve had a Ferruginous Hawk with photographic potential in my viewfinder but yesterday morning this young bird came through for me big time.
Juvenile Red-tailed Hawk And Warm Colors
Bald Eagle Photos That Couldn’t Be Much Different From Each Other
Cooper’s Hawk Takeoff and Flight Series
For me flight shots of Cooper’s Hawks are literally unheard of but yesterday morning I got four of them, plus photos of it taking off.
Bald Eagle Landing Series
Why does the trailing edge of the wings of some sub-adult Bald Eagles in flight have an irregular appearance rather than the “straight-cut” look of most other eagles?
Cooper’s Hawk – An Unusually “Tame” Juvenile In The Mountains
I’m on a roll. Sixteen minutes after I left the tamest Belted Kingfisher I’ve ever photographed (photos I posted yesterday) I found the tamest Cooper’s Hawk I’ve ever seen or photographed. Around here both species are notoriously difficult to approach, especially in a wild setting.
Wet Red-tailed Hawk Perched, Taking Off And In Flight
Immature Red-tailed Hawk With A Rodent
Immature Swainson’s Hawk Amongst The Sunflowers
There are more very similar colors in these photos than you can shake the proverbial stick at.
Yesterday’s Turkey Vultures
I don’t post photos of Turkey Vultures often but yesterday, International Vulture Awareness Day, was perfect timing to have an encounter with them.