Yellow Warbler – A Compositional Conundrum Despite the unconventional pose I love the intimacy of this image. Continue reading
Fledgling Red-tailed Hawk Practicing More Skills – Clumsily Landing must be one of the more difficult skills very young raptors need to learn because they spend considerable time practicing it. Continue reading
Prairie Falcon Faux Pas This is a pose I seldom post on my blog or even like very much but somehow it works for me with this young Prairie Falcon. Continue reading
Red-tailed Hawk Showing Off New Skills – Part 2 Part 2 focuses on what I call the “pipe dance” of this young hawk. Continue reading
Fledgling Red-tailed Hawk Showing Off New Skills – Part 1 This quite young and still clumsy youngster almost seemed to enjoy showing off for me. Continue reading
Yellow Warbler Fledgling Being Fed By A Parent This little guy didn’t know which direction his (or her) next meal was going to be coming from. Continue reading
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