A Red-tailed Hawk At Takeoff And My Growing Appreciation For “Old Stuff”
Some element-rich images like this one draw me in because there’s so much there to entertain me.
Category: Red-tailed Hawks
The Cause Of The Deformed Beaks In Birds I’ve Photographed May Finally Be Known
Over the years I’ve documented a variety of birds with severely deformed beaks including the two examples below. Now we may know the cause of the condition.
Red-tailed Hawk At Takeoff And In Flight – An Eleven Image Series
I took exactly forty shots of this hawk during takeoff and in flight. Eleven of them made the cut to include here, for reasons both good and not so good.
Landing Juvenile Red-tailed Hawk
Blog followers know I have a strong aversion for power poles and wires in my images. But thanks to input from readers I’ve had a change of heart when the poles are ancient and the insulators are the old-fashioned kind.
Red-tailed Hawk Takeoff Series, By Request
I was delighted to get so many sharp shots of this Red-tailed Hawk during and after takeoff.
Red-tailed Hawk Takeoff From Atop A Cliff
By now readers must know how much I like this particular takeoff posture in raptors. For me images like this are full of tension and energy and my mind’s eye wanders as I try to imagine the details of what happened next.
Red-tailed Hawk Takeoff Series
I’ve photographed a lot of Red-tailed Hawks recently and the streak continued yesterday morning near the north end of Utah’s Promontory Mountains.
A Landing Red-tailed Hawk Series
It’s hard enough to get a single sharp shot of a landing raptor but nine days ago I captured an entire series of them near Montana’s Centennial Valley.
An Extremely Tolerant Red-tailed Hawk (+ a photo of mine in Audubon Magazine)
Some Red-tailed Hawks become quite tolerant of human activities but for me this one stood out.
Red-tailed Hawk And An Unusual View Of The Tetons
Landing Red-tailed Hawk
Part of the reason I like the photo is because we don’t see many shots of landing raptors.
A Red-tailed Hawk Image I’ve Changed My Mind About
Occasionally I have second (or even third or fourth) thoughts about an image. This is one of them.
Adult Red-tailed Hawk In Full Flight
Think about it.
In a very high percentage of raptor flight shots the bird has either just taken off or it’s high in the sky and the viewer is looking up at its belly.
Juvenile Red-tailed Hawk Hunting Near Frary Peak
Adult Red-tailed Hawk In Flight And A Plug For Rehab Organizations
Chances of photographic success with this hawk when it took off were low but I aimed my lens in its direction anyway.
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The Cause Of The Deformed Beaks In Birds I’ve Photographed May Finally Be Known
Over the years I’ve documented a variety of birds with severely deformed beaks including the two examples below. Now we may know the cause of the condition.
Red-tailed Hawk At Takeoff And In Flight – An Eleven Image Series
I took exactly forty shots of this hawk during takeoff and in flight. Eleven of them made the cut to include here, for reasons both good and not so good.
Landing Juvenile Red-tailed Hawk
Blog followers know I have a strong aversion for power poles and wires in my images. But thanks to input from readers I’ve had a change of heart when the poles are ancient and the insulators are the old-fashioned kind.
Red-tailed Hawk Takeoff Series, By Request
I was delighted to get so many sharp shots of this Red-tailed Hawk during and after takeoff.
Red-tailed Hawk Takeoff From Atop A Cliff
By now readers must know how much I like this particular takeoff posture in raptors. For me images like this are full of tension and energy and my mind’s eye wanders as I try to imagine the details of what happened next.
Red-tailed Hawk Takeoff Series
I’ve photographed a lot of Red-tailed Hawks recently and the streak continued yesterday morning near the north end of Utah’s Promontory Mountains.
A Landing Red-tailed Hawk Series
It’s hard enough to get a single sharp shot of a landing raptor but nine days ago I captured an entire series of them near Montana’s Centennial Valley.
An Extremely Tolerant Red-tailed Hawk (+ a photo of mine in Audubon Magazine)
Some Red-tailed Hawks become quite tolerant of human activities but for me this one stood out.
Red-tailed Hawk And An Unusual View Of The Tetons
Landing Red-tailed Hawk
Part of the reason I like the photo is because we don’t see many shots of landing raptors.
A Red-tailed Hawk Image I’ve Changed My Mind About
Occasionally I have second (or even third or fourth) thoughts about an image. This is one of them.
Adult Red-tailed Hawk In Full Flight
Think about it.
In a very high percentage of raptor flight shots the bird has either just taken off or it’s high in the sky and the viewer is looking up at its belly.
Juvenile Red-tailed Hawk Hunting Near Frary Peak
Adult Red-tailed Hawk In Flight And A Plug For Rehab Organizations
Chances of photographic success with this hawk when it took off were low but I aimed my lens in its direction anyway.