utah – Page 15 – Feathered Photography

My Last Birds Of 2023

A Wild Turkey, a Bald Eagle and many thousands of Red-winged Blackbirds. (3 photos)

Female Belted Kingfisher

Finally, another kingfisher.

Merry Christmas

A helluva time to get sick. Really sick. (2 photos)

An Upset Adult Bald Eagle

Is it fair or even accurate to say that Bald Eagle vocalizations are “ridiculously weak and insignificant.”?

Barn Owl In Flight Over Frosty Phragmites

Barn Owls in flight in full daylight always get my juices flowing.

Tundra Swan Takeoff

Sometimes I wonder how these heavy birds ever get airborne. (3 photos)

Some Recent Urban Pond Birds

In the last three days I’ve visited three urban ponds in the Salt Lake Valley while looking for birds. (6 photos of 6 species)

Yesterday’s Dark-eyed Junco

One cooperative bird in six hours and 220 miles. (4 photos)

Peregrine Falcon On A Photogenic Natural Perch

Just prior to takeoff.

A Pied-billed Grebe And A Coot Competing For The Same Fish

These two birds duked it out for nearly three minutes. (22 photos)

Prairie Falcon Becoming Progressively More Tolerant Of My Presence

I rarely photograph raptors on utility poles anymore but I’ll always make an exception for Prairie Falcons. Especially when they allow me to observe some of their behaviors up close. (7 photos)

White-crowned Sparrow – An Unconventional Takeoff

But there was method in his madness. (3 photos)

Burrowing Owl Wing And Leg Stretch

Two versions of the same photo.

An American Pipit Doing Pipit Things

My good luck charm. (8 photos)

My First Of Season Rough-legged Hawk

And a beautiful, dark morph Red-tailed Hawk. Harbingers of a good winter for raptors? (5 photos)

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