Male Northern Harrier Goin’ Nuts In The Wind
Sometimes raptors in flight appear to play in the wind and Northern Harriers seem to enjoy it more than most species.
Category: Favorite Locations
Peregrine Falcon On A Duck Kill
Our Western Meadowlarks Are Still Singing (images and video)
Western Meadowlarks are non-territorial during winter but they still sing their melodious song with enthusiasm.
High Steppin’ Coot
A goofy pose when combined with outrageous-looking body parts makes me smile, especially when the subject is an American Coot.
Mule Deer Buck In Rut
Juvenile Peregrine Falcon Along The Antelope Island Causeway
Western Kingbird – To Clone Or Not To Clone
Grebe With A Big Fish And Two First-of-season Bird Species – Yay!
Barn Swallow Adult And Fledgling – Finally, Perfect Timing
Horned Larks – Common, Subtly Beautiful And A Little Bit Quirky
Horned Larks are one of the most common and widespread bird species on earth but I don’t believe they get the respect they deserve.
Juvenile Swainson’s Hawk (and a question of photographic ethics)
Great Blue Heron In Flight
Northern Harrier – Surprisingly Similar Images Of The Same Bird In Flight
It isn’t unusual to get almost identical images of a perched bird but it’s another story when they’re in flight.
Western Meadowlark Takeoffs – Shutter Speeds And Motion Blur
Wings of birds move fast at takeoff (and in flight) and the smaller the bird the faster they move. This means that photographers must be cognizant of shutter speed if they want any control over the amount of motion blur in their images.
Magpie With A Praying Mantis Egg Case (and an ingenious food strategy)
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Peregrine Falcon On A Duck Kill
Our Western Meadowlarks Are Still Singing (images and video)
Western Meadowlarks are non-territorial during winter but they still sing their melodious song with enthusiasm.
High Steppin’ Coot
A goofy pose when combined with outrageous-looking body parts makes me smile, especially when the subject is an American Coot.
Mule Deer Buck In Rut
Juvenile Peregrine Falcon Along The Antelope Island Causeway
Western Kingbird – To Clone Or Not To Clone
Grebe With A Big Fish And Two First-of-season Bird Species – Yay!
Barn Swallow Adult And Fledgling – Finally, Perfect Timing
Horned Larks – Common, Subtly Beautiful And A Little Bit Quirky
Horned Larks are one of the most common and widespread bird species on earth but I don’t believe they get the respect they deserve.
Juvenile Swainson’s Hawk (and a question of photographic ethics)
Great Blue Heron In Flight
Northern Harrier – Surprisingly Similar Images Of The Same Bird In Flight
It isn’t unusual to get almost identical images of a perched bird but it’s another story when they’re in flight.
Western Meadowlark Takeoffs – Shutter Speeds And Motion Blur
Wings of birds move fast at takeoff (and in flight) and the smaller the bird the faster they move. This means that photographers must be cognizant of shutter speed if they want any control over the amount of motion blur in their images.
