I’m on a roll. Sixteen minutes after I left the tamest Belted Kingfisher I’ve ever photographed (photos I posted yesterday) I found the tamest Cooper’s Hawk I’ve ever seen or photographed. Around here both species are notoriously difficult to approach, especially in a wild setting.
The incredibly athletic twisting dives of Northern Harriers on prey are always impressive to witness (and difficult to photograph well) but when it’s an adult male, a “Gray Ghost”, for me at least it’s extra special.
In my view Rough-legged Hawks are spectacularly handsome raptors whether perched or in flight, even in poor light.
Plus some of the challenges I’m facing right now that affect my blogging and may do so in the future.
There are more very similar colors in these photos than you can shake the proverbial stick at.
I don’t post photos of Turkey Vultures often but yesterday, International Vulture Awareness Day, was perfect timing to have an encounter with them.
It took me years to realize what saved this image. Prepare yourself for some photo and bird geekiness as I explain.
Plus… Yesterday morning I finally spent some time with the Brown Pelican on the Bear River that has caused so much excitment lately in the birding community.
The behavior isn’t a mystery to me but it will have to remain so to my readers until tomorrow. I’ll explain why.
A combination of angle and flight posture of a raptor taking off that I rarely capture.
Even slight changes in shooting angle often dramatically effect our final results, positively, negatively or just differently. These two photos are so very different from each other it’s hard to believe it’s the same bird on the same perch.
Yesterday I spent some quality time with a pair of highly entertaining hatch year Red-tailed Hawk siblings. It’s been a while so it was great fun.
