Category: Bird Photography Methods
Yellow Warbler – An Explosive, Horizontal Takeoff
My first Yellow Warbler of the year and I caught him at takeoff. With this species, quality takeoff and flight shots are highly unusual for me. (2 photos)
Some Different Strategies For Documenting Mockingbird Flight Displays (a type of courtship display)
Strategies that should give the viewer a sense of the speed of the display and how high they fly. (8 photos and one video)
Cinnamon Teal Takeoff Progression Based On Sex
A half-baked theory that just might have some validity in aiding bird photographer’s attempts at capturing takeoffs.
Long-billed Curlew In Flight, At 14 MPH
Nesting Great Horned Owl – There Are Chicks!
Great Blue Heron Flying Low Toward A Creek – A Long Series
One More Photo Of The Cinnamon Teal Drake In Flight
Northern Shoveler Drake Taking Off
Shades of yesterday’s Cinnamon Teal post but this time you get a different species and a curve ball. (3 versions of the same photo)
Drake Cinnamon Teal In Flight Soon After Takeoff – A Series
Double-crested Cormorant In Flight With Blue Sky And Clouds In The Background
Red-tailed Hawk Nesting And Mating Behaviors
Redhead Diving Series
Near-adult Bald Eagle Flight Series
Six days ago I found two Bald Eagles feeding on presumed carrion fairly close to the road. (7 images)
Red-tailed Hawk Pre-takeoff Regimen, Including A Poop To Be Proud Of
I’ve mentioned before that larger buteos often signal imminent takeoff with one or more of four behaviors. This bird gave me three of the four so I’d have had to be asleep to have missed the takeoff. (5 photos)
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Yellow Warbler – An Explosive, Horizontal Takeoff
My first Yellow Warbler of the year and I caught him at takeoff. With this species, quality takeoff and flight shots are highly unusual for me. (2 photos)
Some Different Strategies For Documenting Mockingbird Flight Displays (a type of courtship display)
Strategies that should give the viewer a sense of the speed of the display and how high they fly. (8 photos and one video)
Cinnamon Teal Takeoff Progression Based On Sex
A half-baked theory that just might have some validity in aiding bird photographer’s attempts at capturing takeoffs.
Long-billed Curlew In Flight, At 14 MPH
Nesting Great Horned Owl – There Are Chicks!
Great Blue Heron Flying Low Toward A Creek – A Long Series
One More Photo Of The Cinnamon Teal Drake In Flight
Northern Shoveler Drake Taking Off
Shades of yesterday’s Cinnamon Teal post but this time you get a different species and a curve ball. (3 versions of the same photo)
Drake Cinnamon Teal In Flight Soon After Takeoff – A Series
Double-crested Cormorant In Flight With Blue Sky And Clouds In The Background
Red-tailed Hawk Nesting And Mating Behaviors
Redhead Diving Series
Near-adult Bald Eagle Flight Series
Six days ago I found two Bald Eagles feeding on presumed carrion fairly close to the road. (7 images)
Red-tailed Hawk Pre-takeoff Regimen, Including A Poop To Be Proud Of
I’ve mentioned before that larger buteos often signal imminent takeoff with one or more of four behaviors. This bird gave me three of the four so I’d have had to be asleep to have missed the takeoff. (5 photos)