This pretty little female kestrel enjoyed a vole breakfast yesterday morning along the causeway to Antelope Island. I’ll spare you most of the gory details but raptor feeding behavior is one of the many behaviors that I find interesting.
A recent trip to northern Box Elder County produced some interesting raptors and uniquely challenging shooting conditions.
Many grebe species are well-known for eating feathers, both as adults and as youngsters. The behavior documented in this series may have been the parent encouraging its chick to have an interest in this new item in its “diet”.
These images are a continuation of yesterday’s post and they focus more on sapsucker behavior.
Over two seasons I became very attached to and thoroughly enchanted by this pair of mated Williamson’s Sapsuckers.
Male Redheads are a handsome duck and I’ll photograph them every chance I get. Interesting poses are a bonus.
Because this adult Bald Eagle was under duress it was eating the carp in flight.
Sometimes the setting is just as important to the photo as the subject. I believe that to be the case for each image in this series of six.
The occasional wild raptor is unusually approachable but I’ve rarely had that happen with a Rough-legged Hawk.
Most often on this blog I share my photographic successes but occasionally I can’t resist ranting over one of my near-misses.
