My FOY (first of year) Rough-legged Hawk
And two additional ‘firsts’, all yesterday morning. All three of them came within a time span of 14 minutes. (4 photos)
Tag: prairie falcon
Prairie Falcon Becoming Progressively More Tolerant Of My Presence
I rarely photograph raptors on utility poles anymore but I’ll always make an exception for Prairie Falcons. Especially when they allow me to observe some of their behaviors up close. (7 photos)
A Trio Of Interesting Birds From My Recent Trip To Box Elder County
Prairie Falcon With Prey
The Best Looks At The Talons Of A Wild Prairie Falcon I’ve Ever Had
Showing feathery and bloody evidence of the work talons are cut out to do. (2 photos)
Prairie Falcon In Flight Yesterday Morning
Prairie Falcon Trying To Carry A Richardson’s Ground Squirrel In Flight
Yesterday’s Prairie Falcon Precisely At Sunrise
Lamenting The Disappearing Great Salt Lake And Its Effect On Our Falcons
Prairie Falcon – Bloody, Wet And Stuffed To The Gills
A Spotlit Prairie Falcon At Sunrise
A lighting effect I almost never get on a raptor. Or any other bird for that matter.
Prairie Falcon Struggling With Large Prey
A Northern Shoveler is unusually large prey for a Prairie Falcon but this young female pulled off the kill in spectacular fashion.
Some Recent Birds (and a critter)
Food For Thought, And For Raptors
An attempt to quantify the beneficial effects of raptors in rodent control. Gimme some numbers please!
Prairie Falcon With A Few Surprises In Store For Me
Bird photographers never know what we’ll see in our photos that we didn’t notice in the field. My shots of this Prairie Falcon taken two days ago surprised me in more ways than one.
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Prairie Falcon Becoming Progressively More Tolerant Of My Presence
I rarely photograph raptors on utility poles anymore but I’ll always make an exception for Prairie Falcons. Especially when they allow me to observe some of their behaviors up close. (7 photos)
A Trio Of Interesting Birds From My Recent Trip To Box Elder County
Prairie Falcon With Prey
The Best Looks At The Talons Of A Wild Prairie Falcon I’ve Ever Had
Showing feathery and bloody evidence of the work talons are cut out to do. (2 photos)
Prairie Falcon In Flight Yesterday Morning
Prairie Falcon Trying To Carry A Richardson’s Ground Squirrel In Flight
Yesterday’s Prairie Falcon Precisely At Sunrise
Lamenting The Disappearing Great Salt Lake And Its Effect On Our Falcons
Prairie Falcon – Bloody, Wet And Stuffed To The Gills
A Spotlit Prairie Falcon At Sunrise
A lighting effect I almost never get on a raptor. Or any other bird for that matter.
Prairie Falcon Struggling With Large Prey
A Northern Shoveler is unusually large prey for a Prairie Falcon but this young female pulled off the kill in spectacular fashion.
Some Recent Birds (and a critter)
Food For Thought, And For Raptors
An attempt to quantify the beneficial effects of raptors in rodent control. Gimme some numbers please!
Prairie Falcon With A Few Surprises In Store For Me
Bird photographers never know what we’ll see in our photos that we didn’t notice in the field. My shots of this Prairie Falcon taken two days ago surprised me in more ways than one.