A Very Close Encounter Between A Northern Harrier And A Cooper’s Hawk Two days ago, as I was cresting the hill on top of Goose Egg Island at Farmington Bay WMA, the excitement was already in progress. (2 photos) Continue reading
Female Brewer’s Blackbird Repeatedly Attacking An Adult Red-tailed Hawk In Flight A series of aerial attacks that lasted for eight minutes. (9 photos) Continue reading
A Small Songbird ‘Counting Coup’ On An Adult Red-tailed Hawk In the tradition of the Plains Indians. (3 photos) Continue reading
A Trio Of Interesting Birds From My Recent Trip To Box Elder County Including my first Bald Eagle of this migration season. (5 photos) Continue reading
Northern Harrier Harassing A Red-tailed Hawk The red-tail wasn’t there and then poof, there he was. (5 photos) Continue reading
A Pair Of Rufous Red-tailed Hawks And Their Kestrel Tormentor The only mated pair of rufous Red-tailed Hawks I’ve ever photographed. Continue reading
Red-tailed Hawk Caught In The Crosshairs Of A Northern Harrier And the irony of the signpost the hawk was perched on. Continue reading
Kingbird Riding The Back Of A Red-tailed Hawk In Flight With Prey These are poor quality shots but they include two interesting behaviors from two different species so I thought they were worth a look-see. Continue reading
An Angry Magpie Repeatedly Attacks A Swainson’s Hawk This was one pissed off magpie. Continue reading
Male American Kestrel (and a meadowlark with a death wish) After all the time I’ve spent in the field watching and photographing birds and their behaviors I still occasionally see something that surprises me. Continue reading
Swainson’s Hawk Harassed By An Oriole And A Mockingbird One just never knows what might happen when you’re photographing birds. Continue reading
Blackbirds Mobbing Hawks On The Nest Last week I photographed Brewer’s Blackbirds as they relentlessly mobbed a family of Red-tailed Hawks on a nest in Montana. Continue reading
Red-tailed Hawks On The Nest With Chicks I don’t photograph raptors on the nest very often but for me this situation was a worthy exception. Continue reading
Raven Sneak Attack On A Golden Eagle In Flight It isn’t every day that I get to photograph an aerial attack by a raven on a Golden Eagle. Continue reading
Coyotes Steal A Jackrabbit From Golden Eagles Yesterday morning there was some highly unexpected excitement on Antelope Island. Continue reading