Juvenile Red-tailed Hawk Looking Fierce For me this image epitomizes nature in the raw and it does it without blood, guts or gore. Continue reading
Juvenile Red-tailed Hawk – The Lone Survivor A one out of three survivor rate sure isn’t as high as I hoped for but I do think this one’s going to make it. Continue reading
A Rehabbed Burrowing Owl Release That Meant A Lot To Me It’s always heartwarming when an injured raptor can be released back into the wild but this one was special. Continue reading
Multiple Leucistic Eared Grebes Along The Antelope Island Causeway I photographed eight Leucistic Eared Grebes in 14 minutes yesterday morning and at least one more later on. Continue reading
Bullock’s Oriole Just After Stealing Food From A Spider This handsome male Bullock’s Oriole had just made a clean getaway from an angry spider. Continue reading
The Burrowing Owl And The Meadowlark This Western Meadowlark was decidedly unhappy with the presence of a hunting owl in its territory. Continue reading
Fledgling Red-tailed Hawk Trying To Walk A “Tightrope”… and you can probably imagine the amusing results. Continue reading
The Shy And Secretive Virginia Rail Getting this shot was nothing more than dumb luck – especially considering my “buck fever” at the time. Continue reading
Male Mountain Bluebird Feeding A Hungry Fledgling In the bird world fledglings of most species always seem to be starving, frantic, vocal and impatient. This young bluebird was no exception. Continue reading
A Clumsy Red-tailed Hawk Fledgling From Yet Another Nest Yesterday morning was a bittersweet experience for me on the young Red-tailed Hawk front. I’m afraid I have some bad news but it will be balanced by much more positive developments. Continue reading
Lark Sparrow At Takeoff… and one reason bird photographers need to be both quick and lucky. I’m only including this first image to help me make my point. Continue reading
Red-tailed Hawk – A Teaser For Tomorrow’s Post First an explanation as to why I’m holding back and only posting a teaser this morning. Continue reading
Burrowing Owl Feeding Frenzy I can’t imagine how frenzied these poor parents are as they try to keep this many chicks fed, fat and happy. Continue reading
Northern Harrier At An Unconventional Angle At Takeoff – plus… some exceptionally good news on the Red-tailed Hawk front! Continue reading
Short-eared Owl Refusing To Be Distracted From His Hunting I often have great difficulty approaching Short-eared Owls but this probable male seemed glued to his perch. Continue reading