utah – Page 15 – Feathered Photography

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)

Young Loggerhead Shrike Learning How To Impale Prey

I finally got my act together. (4 photos)

Squabbling Cinnamon Teal Hens

Plus, evidence that I can do something other than photograph birds. (2 photos)

Male Red-winged Blackbird In Flight

A war of wills between bird and photographer. (2 photos)

A Trio Of Interesting Birds From My Recent Trip To Box Elder County

Including my first Bald Eagle of this migration season. (5 photos)

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