Red-tailed Hawk Chicks Throw Up Pellets Too This was my first experience photographing a hawk chick passing a pellet. Continue reading
Kingbird In Flight With Horizontal Wings – And I Actually Like It I don’t often keep an image where the wings of a songbird in flight are in a horizontal position. Continue reading
In Bird Photography One Thing Often Leads To Another… In a recent post I mentioned a little trick one can use to locate sapsucker and flicker nest cavities. It really works. Continue reading
Blackbirds Mobbing Hawks On The Nest Last week I photographed Brewer’s Blackbirds as they relentlessly mobbed a family of Red-tailed Hawks on a nest in Montana. Continue reading
Red-tailed Hawks On The Nest With Chicks I don’t photograph raptors on the nest very often but for me this situation was a worthy exception. Continue reading
Male Cassin’s Finch Enjoying A Dandelion Smorgasbord Several days ago I had a rare (for me) opportunity to photograph Cassin Finches in Montana’s Centennial Valley. Continue reading
Dark Morph Red-tailed Hawk In Flight This dark morph Red-tailed Hawk in Montana’s Centennial Valley was the most cooperative raptor of the day yesterday and it truly did have the patience of Job with what must have been a very annoying Black-billed Magpie. Continue reading
Swainson’s Hawk Casting A Pellet I’m always fascinated by both the process and the resulting photos of birds ejecting pellets. Continue reading
The Male Western Kingbird In All His Glory Some flight poses are made to show off the “best” features of a species. Continue reading
Sage Thrasher – Faster Than A Speeding Bullet I think it often takes a bird photographer to fully appreciate just how fast many small birds are at take-off Continue reading
Coyote Buddies – Both Of Them Survivors I love it when critters overcome a stacked deck and beat the odds against their survival. Continue reading
Kingbird Diving After Nesting Material A few days ago I was pleased to photograph a Western Kingbird in a flight posture and flight angle that was just a bit unusual. Continue reading
Flower Child Chukar To my eye birds and flowers in a photograph have a natural affinity for each other. Continue reading
Clumsy Sage Thrasher Trying To Adjust Its Perch This Sage Thrasher had a difficult time adjusting its perch in a slight breeze and I liked some of the resulting images. Continue reading
VTOL Kingbird I’ve long been a fan of VTOL (Vertical Takeoff And Landing) aircraft for their versatility and incredible power. Continue reading