utah – Page 106 – Feathered Photography

Northern Harrier Technique For Taking Off In Thick Brush

Northern Harriers often dive into thick vegetation after prey. Getting out of there can be tricky.

Ducks Fighting, Mergansers Flying And Geese Mating

There was lots of excitement on one of my local ponds yesterday morning.

Male Rough-legged Hawk With A Flight Posture I Like Very Much

Yesterday morning I had to drive about 100 miles north before I escaped the foggy, smoggy mess in the valleys that we call air during these extended inversions. This beautiful hawk was one of my rewards.

Rough-legged Hawk On Snow-mounded Rabbitbrush

Seldom are the settings as dominant as the birds in my images. These two are exceptions.

A Common Merganser And A Depth Of Field Issue

It’s my contention that “muscle memory”, fast reflexes and quick thinking are more important in bird photography than they are in most other types of photography.

Rough-legged Hawk Take Off Series – By Request

I’ve had several requests from readers asking me to post some of the clipped shots I took of yesterday’s Rough-legged Hawk taking off. This sequential series of five images is my response to those requests and it includes two additional photos that weren’t clipped.

Rough-legged Hawk Taking Off With Prey

Or at least partial prey…

My Half-baked Theory Regarding The Mechanics Of A Goldeneye Dive

Occasionally the frozen moments in my photographs allow me to see something that really piques my curiosity. And makes me wonder about the relationships between natural selection, behaviors and structural adaptations.