Lots of action involving three raptors of two different species and there I sat with a new camera whose buttons and dials were unfamiliar to me. Talk about pressure to learn a new camera! (8 photos)
And an unusually light colored Rough-legged Hawk that literally glowed against the dark blue sky.
For this Montana farm boy tumbleweeds symbolize the Old West. As a kid I probably watched too many Western movies.
Avian potpourri, including some interesting behaviors. (six photos of four species)
I rarely post photos of raptors on utility poles but I think this one is more interesting than most, for three reasons. (2 photos)
A grab shot. But thanks to my fast shutter speed things still worked out pretty well.
Hovering kestrels are stationary targets, or mostly so, so what makes it so darn hard to get really good photos them.
On a recent post I said that I seldom stop to photograph buteos on utility poles but yesterday morning I made an exception for a young Ferruginous Hawk. A dramatic, spinning takeoff made me glad I did. (5 images)
