utah – Page 58 – Feathered Photography

Rough-legged Hawk – Still A Work In Progress

But it’s a start.

American Pipit – After The Bath

I try to avoid assigning emotions to birds (not always successfully) but I swear this was one joyful little pipit.

Female Merlin – No Way To Treat A Newcomer

Within a span of just a few minutes three of our resident birds, including two raptors, gave this recently arrived female Merlin a very hard time so I figured she deserved a more welcoming greeting from another Utah resident. That would be me in today’s post.

American Kestrel – Minutia

Usually when birds are involved I’m fascinated by minutia but sometimes the ‘little things’ can drive me nuts, especially when they’re photography related..

Northern Harrier Takeoff And Flight Series

I got this harrier series two days ago on the same morning I photographed the American Kestrel vs. Merlin fight. I also photographed two other kestrels and a Red-tailed Hawk that morning so it was a good day for raptor photography.

Dark Morph Swainson’s Hawk Eating A Snake

The last Swainson’s Hawk I photographed this year turned out to be more interesting than I initially thought it was.

Ferruginous Hawk With Penetrating Eye Contact

There’s just something about direct eye contact from the largest and most powerful hawk in North America. Ferruginous Hawks are thought of as wannabe Golden Eagles for very good reason.

Battling Red-tailed Hawks – Part II

The portion of the fight that occurred on the ground.

Battling Red-tailed Hawks – Part I

The aerial portion of the epic battle.

Dark Morph Red-tailed Hawk

I almost never stop my pickup for hawks on utility poles but yesterday morning I stopped for this one thinking it might be a Harlan’s Red-tailed Hawk.