The Supracoracoideus – An Ingenious Adaptation For Flight In Birds This is one of the marvelous anatomical adaptations of birds for flight. Continue reading
Red-tailed Hawk Showing Off Its “Britches” Hawk “britches” has become a term of endearment here on Feathered Photography. Continue reading
The Highs And Lows Of My Morning On Antelope Island Yesterday morning there were extremes of both including a case of mentoring gone bad. Continue reading
Green-tailed Towhee As An Example Of Why I Prefer Fast Shutter Speeds Overall I gain more than I lose when I use relatively fast shutter speeds for birds. Continue reading
Black-necked Stilt (+ an interesting leveling/rotation technique) Sometimes we have to be creative to come up with leveling cues when an image needs rotation. Continue reading
Yellow Warbler – A Compositional Conundrum Despite the unconventional pose I love the intimacy of this image. Continue reading
Fledgling Red-tailed Hawk Practicing More Skills – Clumsily Landing must be one of the more difficult skills very young raptors need to learn because they spend considerable time practicing it. Continue reading
Prairie Falcon Faux Pas This is a pose I seldom post on my blog or even like very much but somehow it works for me with this young Prairie Falcon. Continue reading
Male Red-naped Sapsucker – An Interloper I found this bird interesting for two reasons. Continue reading
Red-tailed Hawk Showing Off New Skills – Part 2 Part 2 focuses on what I call the “pipe dance” of this young hawk. Continue reading
Fledgling Red-tailed Hawk Showing Off New Skills – Part 1 This quite young and still clumsy youngster almost seemed to enjoy showing off for me. Continue reading
Western Kingbirds Putting A Poor Beetle Through Hell These photos aren’t high quality but I got a big kick out of them anyway. Continue reading
Western Kingbird Delivering A Cricket To A Hungry Mouth It isn’t easy to get two birds sharp at these focal lengths and when one of them is in flight the degree of difficulty increases exponentially. Continue reading
Yellow Warbler Fledgling Being Fed By A Parent This little guy didn’t know which direction his (or her) next meal was going to be coming from. Continue reading
Why The Killdeer Doesn’t Perch I remember when I finally realized that I’d never seen a Killdeer perched and eventually figured out why. Continue reading