Dark Morph Swainson’s Hawk Eating A Snake The last Swainson’s Hawk I photographed this year turned out to be more interesting than I initially thought it was. Continue reading
Hermit Thrush Acting Weird And A Possible Explanation Plus a huge coincidence related to my daughter Shannon’s accident and resulting brain injury. Continue reading
Brewer’s Sparrow – A Bird With “No Mark Of Distinction”? I’d argue that subtlety can be distinctive. And quite attractive. Continue reading
Burrowing Owls Making A Food Delivery To Their Young’uns Six hungry mouths to feed and only one vole. Continue reading
Immature Cooper’s Hawk Hunting (and pooping) From A Fence Rail Plus my feeble attempt at a landscape photo. Continue reading
Lincoln’s Sparrow, Finally There’s good reason why I’ve never posted photos of this species to my blog until today. Continue reading
A Surprise Red-tailed Hawk Yesterday was a day of surprises, both good and bad, and a fair number of good birds. Continue reading
Juvenile Burrowing Owl – Game On! It’s as if this little guy was deliberately putting my skills as a photographer to the test. Continue reading
An Unusually Pale Red-tailed Hawk Perched And In Flight Probably the lightest-colored Red-tailed Hawk I’ve ever photographed, other than a leucistic red-tail four years ago. Continue reading
Yellow-rumped Warbler Jumping Straight Up Where there’s a will there’s a way, especially if you’re hungry, and even when there’s a significant obstacle to negotiate. Continue reading
Short-eared Owl Fledgling And Light Quality Get the good light while you can because all too often it’s fleeting. Continue reading
Burrowing Owl Showing Evidence Of The Origin Of Their Common Name If you’re going to dig or maintain a burrow in spring you’re very likely to end up looking a little like a kid who’s been playing in the mud. Continue reading