By now readers must know how much I like this particular takeoff posture in raptors. For me images like this are full of tension and energy and my mind’s eye wanders as I try to imagine the details of what happened next.
I’ve photographed a lot of Red-tailed Hawks recently and the streak continued yesterday morning near the north end of Utah’s Promontory Mountains.
Belted Kingfishers have always been one my most difficult avian subjects because they’re so very difficult to approach.
Birds and their feathers continue to surprise me with what they can do when they need to.
I’ve been watching for Burrowing Owl chicks in northern Utah for a couple of weeks with no luck until yesterday morning.
The intensity of the focus of Short-eared Owls on prey seems to be amplified by their large, brightly colored eyes.
Generally I prefer warm light on my subjects but you don’t have that option when it’s cloudy and occasionally I like the results anyway.
Yesterday was a good day for raptors in western Utah County as I was able to chalk up eight species.
