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)
Showing feathery and bloody evidence of the work talons are cut out to do. (2 photos)
A lighting effect I almost never get on a raptor. Or any other bird for that matter.
A Northern Shoveler is unusually large prey for a Prairie Falcon but this young female pulled off the kill in spectacular fashion.
An attempt to quantify the beneficial effects of raptors in rodent control. Gimme some numbers please!
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.
Dragging her next meal over all the bumpy obstacles was almost too much for the struggling falcon.
