Cooper’s Hawk Takeoff and Flight Series
For me flight shots of Cooper’s Hawks are literally unheard of but yesterday morning I got four of them, plus photos of it taking off.
Category: Birds
Snowy Egret Potpourri
Adult White-crowned Sparrow Feasting On Rabbitbrush Seeds
I probably don’t give sparrows their due on my blog so it’s time to make amends. This species is among my favorites, especially the adults.
Do Cooper’s Hawks Have Nostril Baffles Similar To Those Of Falcons?
If so I got my first good look at those marvels of biological engineering three days ago.
Bald Eagle Landing Series
Why does the trailing edge of the wings of some sub-adult Bald Eagles in flight have an irregular appearance rather than the “straight-cut” look of most other eagles?
Cooper’s Hawk – An Unusually “Tame” Juvenile In The Mountains
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.
An Unusually Cooperative Belted Kingfisher
I’ve bitched and moaned for years about how difficult kingfishers are to get close to but yesterday morning this amazingly cooperative female made me feel guilty about badmouthing them for it.
Snowy Egret Stalking And Striking At A… I Don’t Know What It Is!
I always enjoy mysteries in my photos like this one, especially when they involve bird behaviors. And sometimes my readers even solve them for me.
Red-winged Blackbirds And Fall Colors
Some simple shots of a common species and further evidence that followers of Feathered Photography have big hearts.
Great Egret Banking In Flight
Plus a champion of raptors and a mentor to thousands of raptor-lovers could use our help.
Wilson’s Snipes At Farmington Bay WMA Yesterday Morning
Aggressive Great Blue Herons – “Upright And Spread Wing Display”
After twelve years of photographing birds and paying particular attention to their behaviors it isn’t every day that I witness a ritualized aggressive behavior that’s new to me. But it happened yesterday at Bear River MBR with a couple of Great Blue Herons, seemingly on steroids.
Snowy Egret Landings
A large group of hungry and cooperative Snowy Egrets saved my morning yesterday at Farmington Bay WMA.
Male Northern Harrier Diving On Prey
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.
“Stuff” Going On In The Mountains Yesterday Morning
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Snowy Egret Potpourri
Adult White-crowned Sparrow Feasting On Rabbitbrush Seeds
I probably don’t give sparrows their due on my blog so it’s time to make amends. This species is among my favorites, especially the adults.
Do Cooper’s Hawks Have Nostril Baffles Similar To Those Of Falcons?
If so I got my first good look at those marvels of biological engineering three days ago.
Bald Eagle Landing Series
Why does the trailing edge of the wings of some sub-adult Bald Eagles in flight have an irregular appearance rather than the “straight-cut” look of most other eagles?
Cooper’s Hawk – An Unusually “Tame” Juvenile In The Mountains
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.
An Unusually Cooperative Belted Kingfisher
I’ve bitched and moaned for years about how difficult kingfishers are to get close to but yesterday morning this amazingly cooperative female made me feel guilty about badmouthing them for it.
Snowy Egret Stalking And Striking At A… I Don’t Know What It Is!
I always enjoy mysteries in my photos like this one, especially when they involve bird behaviors. And sometimes my readers even solve them for me.
Red-winged Blackbirds And Fall Colors
Some simple shots of a common species and further evidence that followers of Feathered Photography have big hearts.
Great Egret Banking In Flight
Plus a champion of raptors and a mentor to thousands of raptor-lovers could use our help.
Wilson’s Snipes At Farmington Bay WMA Yesterday Morning
Aggressive Great Blue Herons – “Upright And Spread Wing Display”
After twelve years of photographing birds and paying particular attention to their behaviors it isn’t every day that I witness a ritualized aggressive behavior that’s new to me. But it happened yesterday at Bear River MBR with a couple of Great Blue Herons, seemingly on steroids.
Snowy Egret Landings
A large group of hungry and cooperative Snowy Egrets saved my morning yesterday at Farmington Bay WMA.
Male Northern Harrier Diving On Prey
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.
