Northern Harrier Landing Vertically On Prey In The Wind VTOL (vertical takeoff and landing) aircraft have nothing on this hawk. Continue reading
Male American Kestrel In Hoarfrost I’m a big fan of hoarfrost in my bird photos, especially when the bird is as colorful and beautiful as the male American Kestrel. Continue reading
Great Blue Heron Takeoff Series Plus my take on Canon’s new IDX Mark III camera. Final specs were announced yesterday. Continue reading
Male American Kestrel Trying To Balance In The Wind Good light and a cooperative bird is a combination I haven’t had in a very long time but it happened yesterday at Bear River MBR. Continue reading
Food For Thought, And For Raptors An attempt to quantify the beneficial effects of raptors in rodent control. Gimme some numbers please! Continue reading
Rough-legged Hawk – The (very) Big Yawn This might have been the most gaping yawn I’ve ever seen in a raptor. Continue reading
A Northern Harrier In Flight And That Elusive Catch Light Catch lights in the eyes of our subjects are important far beyond their diminutive size but they’re both fickle and elusive. Continue reading
Barn Owl In Flight Against A Snowy Mountain Background Midwinter is Barn Owl “season” in northern Utah but it can also be an extremely grim time of year for them. Continue reading
A Common Raven And His Shadow At Takeoff A common species in both name and occurrence but around here at least ravens are uncommonly difficult to photograph well. Continue reading
Northern Harrier Flight Series Ok, it’s past time to fully address the elephant in the room when it comes to my photography. Continue reading
Northern Harrier Twisting Flight Posture My photos in the cold yesterday morning were actually sharp! Thanks to a friend I may (or may not) have arrived at a partial solution to my problem with soft photos while shooting from my pickup in unusually cold temperatures. Continue reading
A Bloody Barn Owl In Flight I’ve photographed hundreds of Barn Owls over the years but this was something I’d never seen before and haven’t seen since. Continue reading
If You Think Birds Don’t Notice The Little Things… If you think birds don’t notice the little things you’d be wrong. This male American Kestrel is the proof in the pudding. Continue reading
Adult Bald Eagle Snagging A Fish Out Of The Water Plus my worst bad habit as a photographer (I have other bad habits but most of them don’t involve photography). Continue reading
Confrontation Between Adult Bald Eagles The bullies of the refuge square off against each other. Continue reading