Side Lit American Kestrel And The Capricious Gods Of Photography I’d give my shutter finger and my last chocolate donut to be able to change one tiny thing about her takeoff shot. Continue reading
Injured Red-tailed Hawk – A Small Triumph Over Adversity And even a glimmer of hope for her recovery? Continue reading
Western Meadowlark Stretching Its Wings On A Mound Of Snow Some folks think of meadowlarks strictly as spring and summer birds but around here they can also be snowbirds. Continue reading
Drake Common Goldeneye Feeling Frisky My most interesting Common Goldeneye photos so far this year, thanks in part to the early courtship behavior of the species. Continue reading
Red-tailed Hawk Caught In The Crosshairs Of A Northern Harrier And the irony of the signpost the hawk was perched on. Continue reading
A Frosty Northern Harrier Takeoff And Flight In Very Warm Light The combination of cold frost and warm light almost sounds like a contradiction but those were the conditions I was dealing with yesterday morning soon after dawn. Continue reading
Female Hooded Merganser With A Hammerhead Reflection Plus the only first winter drake Hooded Merganser I’ve ever seen. Continue reading
Red-tailed Hawk – Life Repeating Itself Two days ago this Red-tailed Hawk had me wondering if I was in some kind of time warp. Continue reading
Northern Shoveler Coming In For A Landing Over Ice A grab shot that worked out pretty well. Usually my grab shots are nothing but garbage. Continue reading
Red-tailed Hawk – Perched, Taking Off And In Flight Plus a couple of other interesting events in the life of a raptor. Continue reading
Mountain Chickadee Extracting A Seed From A Cone A quick, furtive process that’s difficult to photograph well. Continue reading
My New Lifer – Common Grackle Not everyone’s favorite bird but a lifer always gets my attention, no matter the species. Continue reading
Some Of My Favorite Photos From The Distant Past – Volume 1 A new but sporadic feature on Feathered Photography. Continue reading
Northern Harrier In Flight Against A Desert Mountainside Background An unusual setting for a harrier. Continue reading
Woodhouse’s Scrub Jay – My New Yard Bird In the 30 years I’ve lived in this house I’ve never seen a scrub jay in my yard. Until yesterday. Continue reading