utah – Page 124 – Feathered Photography

Mallards Mating And Fighting

Sometimes even the common species put on quite the show for the photographer.

Saying Goodbye To An Old Friend And Remembering The Kindness of Another

In this case the old friend is a beloved lens and the kindness remembered was from my cousin Ken Dudley.

A Survivor! Last Year’s One-footed Merganser Has Returned

With all the recent bad news about critters suffering and dying at the hand of man it’s so refreshing to come across one who has defied the odds and not only survived, but thrived!

Juvenile Burrowing Owls Practicing Take-offs And Landings

Because of their comical tendencies, expressive faces and uninhibited behaviors juvenile Burrowing Owls just may be the most interesting and entertaining birds I photograph.

Red-tailed Hawk – Same Image, Two Perspectives

This is a simple example of how changing the crop of a photograph can drastically alter one’s perspective on the image.

The Coyote And The Pesky Deer Fly

Coyotes really don’t like biting flies. In fact I believe I can safely say that they truly hate horse flies and deer flies in particular.

Red-tailed Hawk In Full Flight

I like the backgrounds provided by western mountains for birds in flight but as I’ve said previously backdrops with texture make it more difficult to get sharp focus lock on the bird.

Farmington Bay, Bald Eagles And The 2014 Carp Kill

For years managers at Farmington Bay WMA have killed carp as a management tool. The dead fish bring in hundreds of Bald Eagles but this year, because of the West Nile Virus outbreak in the eagle population, managers had to decide whether or not to proceed with the fish kill. That decision has been made.

Adult Red-tailed Hawk – Total Plumage

It’s become our tradition to spend New Year’s Day in northern Box Elder County looking for raptors. Just over two weeks ago this adult Red-tail gave me a good look at the entirety of its visible plumage.

A Tribute To The “Common Species”

Many bird photographers tend to largely ignore the most common species in their areas and I’m as guilty of that as anyone.

There seems to be a sort of “supply and demand” philosophy – the more common they are the less appealing they are as subjects. That’s too bad for at least a couple of reasons – familiar birds can be just as interesting and beautiful as many of the others and what’s “common” where we live and/or shoot is very often uncommon or even nonexistent for folks in other areas. This post is meant to make up to some degree for my own poor judgment at times in choosing subjects.