American White Pelicans are a species I should train my lens on more often. While they’re sitting on the water they often don’t make a very interesting subject but getting that huge 16 lb. body airborne is a real struggle so photos of them taking off have much more interest for many of us.
Getting three takeoff shots in a series like this is pretty unusual for me, especially since I didn’t clip any body parts. Yesterday was mostly a good day at Bear River MBR but I saw some very disturbing conditions while I was there.
This darn bird was having fun at my expense for most of my morning in the mountains yesterday.
Another reason I tend to shoot at higher shutter speeds than most bird photographers and this time it still wasn’t enough.
The American Bittern is solitary and cryptically colored. Throw in its secretive nature and inaccessible habitats and you have a species that I rarely see so getting photos of one taking off and in flight made my day yesterday.
I got many photos I like of this bird but I screwed up on the only one that could have been spectacular.
If you’re getting tired of photos of the rufous red-tail please bear with me. These photos were taken yesterday morning and one of them is among my favorites.
This may turn out to be one of my favorite Red-tailed Hawk flight shots but I’m undecided about its composition.
This first shot may look familiar but all of these photos are new to my blog and there’s a story to tell.
