Red-tailed Hawk In Flight With Nesting Material I seldom photograph raptors with nesting material because I won’t closely approach their nests but I got lucky with this female Red-tailed Hawk. Continue reading
Red-tailed Hawk – A Two Stage Delivery To The Nest This Red-tailed Hawk took a breather while carrying a stick to the nest. Continue reading
Some Pet Peeves Regarding Birds And Terminology I suspect all of us have personal pet peeves about things that are important to us. These are some of mine regarding birds and the words that some people apply to them. Continue reading
Killdeer – Fire And Ice (plus a hawk mystery) Fire and ice on the first day of spring – a setting that’s just a little bit different for this Killdeer. Continue reading
The Red-tailed Hawks Are Back At The Nest I’ve been watching a Red-tailed Hawk nest in remote Tooele County for about five years now. Continue reading
A Barn Owl And A Red-tailed Hawk In Blue Creek Valley A recent trip to northern Box Elder County produced some interesting raptors and uniquely challenging shooting conditions. Continue reading
A Few Red-tailed Hawk Images I Like Today I present some older Red-tailed Hawk images I haven’t posted previously. Continue reading
A Red-tailed Hawk And A Vole – Before And After The Meal Don’t worry, there’s nothing gory in this short “before and after the meal” series. And I’ve also included a bit of a raptor biology lesson. Continue reading
Red-tailed Hawk With Nesting Material, In Late October! Raptors carrying nesting material in late fall is something I rarely see or photograph. Continue reading
Red-tailed Hawks Fighting Amongst The Wires Skirmishing raptors are always fun to photograph, even when there are wires in the way. Continue reading
What A Difference A Camera Can Make – Canon 7D vs 7D Mark II This is only a mediocre image at best and I’ll never use it for anything other than this post but I was impressed that I was able to get it at all. Continue reading
Shrike Take-off Against A Smoky Background (plus an Antelope Island raptor report) Birds were generally slow on Antelope Island yesterday morning but this Loggerhead Shrike saved the day. Continue reading
Red-tailed Hawk – A “Rousing” Take-off This was a take-off like I’ve never seen from a raptor. Continue reading
Swainson’s Hawk In Flight With Feet Fully Tucked Do some raptor species tuck their feet faster after take-off than others? I’m beginning to think so. Continue reading
Red-tailed Hawk And Its Buddy In A Rustic Western Setting It isn’t often that I get two raptors in an image, one in flight and one perched. Continue reading