Turkey Vultures Doing What Turkey Vultures Do These recent images illustrate three favorite pastimes of Turkey Vultures. Continue reading
Mating Red-tailed Hawks And A First Look At The Resulting Chicks Yesterday morning I was able to get my first glimpse of the chicks of the nesting Red-tailed Hawks I’ve been watching since early spring. Continue reading
Red-tailed Hawk In Flight Over A Hillside This is the male of the nesting pair of Red-tailed Hawks I’ve been photographing recently. Continue reading
My Kind Of Raptor Country Birds aren’t the only itch of mine to be scratched by my addiction to bird photography. Continue reading
A Peregrine Falcon Enjoying Duck For Breakfast (and a faux pas on my part) I found this Peregrine Falcon on a duck kill along the causeway to Antelope Island. Continue reading
Red-tailed Hawk Leaving The Nest (4 shot series) I think these rugged cliffs are an ideal setting for nesting Red-tailed Hawks. Continue reading
A Few Birds From Yesterday Morning One of the many things that makes bird photography both interesting and challenging is that there are no guarantees of success. Continue reading
Swainson’s Hawks Are Yet Another Reason To Love Sphinx Moths The web of life is indeed intertwined – in this case with two of my favorite photographic subjects. Continue reading
An Angry Magpie Repeatedly Attacks A Swainson’s Hawk This was one pissed off magpie. Continue reading
A Few Recent Raptors (four species) A potpourri of raptors I’ve photographed within the last two weeks in northern Utah. For varying reasons I think each image has at least some merit. Continue reading
Yesterday’s Swainson’s Hawks Yesterday was a banner day for Swainson’s Hawks in northern Utah. They seemed to be everywhere on fence posts, power poles, trees and in the sky. Continue reading
Red-tailed Hawk In A Twisting Takeoff Raptor takeoffs are always interesting to watch but when the bird is facing one direction but twists to fly off in another it adds an even more dynamic element to the takeoff posture. Continue reading
Sub-adult Golden Eagles Playing King Of The Hill While photographing birds you’d better be ready for anything because you just never know what they’re going to do. Continue reading