box elder county – Page 9 – Feathered Photography

Mating Swainson’s Hawks – When Attempted Sex Goes Wrong

I always enjoy intimate looks at birds of prey but this one was over the top.

A Rousing Short-eared Owl

I needed an owl fix this morning and this rousing Short-eared Owl fit the bill.

Red-tailed Hawk Takeoff Series, By Request

I was delighted to get so many sharp shots of this Red-tailed Hawk during and after takeoff.

Ol’ Bloody-beak Going After More Prey

I never saw this Burrowing Owl with prey but he always seemed to have a bloody beak and he was usually hungry for more.

Red-tailed Hawk Takeoff From Atop A Cliff

By now readers must know how much I like this particular takeoff posture in raptors. For me images like this are full of tension and energy and my mind’s eye wanders as I try to imagine the details of what happened next.

Golden Eagle In Flight With Blooming Rabbitbrush In The Background

I still don’t have my ideal Golden Eagle flight photo but I’m getting significantly closer.

Adult Red-tailed Hawk In Full Flight

Think about it.

In a very high percentage of raptor flight shots the bird has either just taken off or it’s high in the sky and the viewer is looking up at its belly.

Short-eared Owl – A Takeoff In Pastels

This past spring and early summer SEO’s were ubiquitous in the Promontory area (“Owl Alley”). It was the most dense and longest-lasting concentration of the species I’ve ever experienced…

A Fortuitous Golden Eagle Leads To A Rare Upland Sandpiper

Normally you’d have to place a stick of dynamite under me to get me to leave a perched Golden Eagle but yesterday this rare Upland Sandpiper enticed me to do just that.

A Turkey Vulture Kind Of Morning

The Genus name Cathartes means “purifier” and on this morning the Turkey Vultures were working hard at deserving the moniker.

Golden Eagle In An Unusual Displacement Of A Cooper’s Hawk

Raptors often displace other raptors from perches – it’s just something they do. But this time was a little different.

A Passel Of Partridges

I rarely see Gray Partridges in Utah. Nearly all of my opportunities with them have been on the family farm in Montana so yesterday morning it was a real treat to find a family group of them at Golden Spike National Historic Site here in Utah.