Tag: flight
This Short-eared Owl Very Nearly Flew In My Pickup Window Yesterday Morning
A visit to Box Elder County yesterday morning resulted in a very close encounter with a female Short-eared Owl in flight.
Swainson’s Hawk In Flight With Feet Fully Tucked
Do some raptor species tuck their feet faster after take-off than others? I’m beginning to think so.
Juvenile Red-tailed Hawk – In Flight And Perched
I’m surprised by how few Red-tailed Hawks I’ve been able to photograph lately but yesterday morning this juvenile gave me a few chances.
Blurry Wing Tips – Is It Shutter Speed Or Depth Of Field?
Bird photographers like to know why certain elements of their images are soft (blurry) when others are not because it helps them to evaluate their settings and technique.
Burrowing Owl – Miles And Miles Of Wing
Many of my readers are or aspire to be bird photographers so today I pose a question related to one of its frustrations.
Burrowing Owl – Leaning And Screaming At Takeoff
It’s my working theory that Burrowing Owls may lean into the take-off at a flatter angle than most other raptors. The angle of launch of this juvenile is just one of many examples I’ve photographed recently.
Sage Thrasher Rising Out Of Its Namesake Sagebrush
A Burrowing Owl Bonanza
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.
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.
The Male Western Kingbird In All His Glory
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
Curlew Landing Amongst The Flowers
This Long-billed Curlew made several transitions as it came in to land – from poor light to good light, from a mostly featureless background to an interesting one and it touched down in a field of flowers. This 7 image sequence was photographed two days ago on Antelope Island.
A Kingbird Kind Of Morning
For the past few days Western Kingbirds have been very active on Antelope Island. Though I’m still trying to interpret some of their behaviors they appear to be in the process of selecting mates and/or nest sites.
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This Short-eared Owl Very Nearly Flew In My Pickup Window Yesterday Morning
A visit to Box Elder County yesterday morning resulted in a very close encounter with a female Short-eared Owl in flight.
Swainson’s Hawk In Flight With Feet Fully Tucked
Do some raptor species tuck their feet faster after take-off than others? I’m beginning to think so.
Juvenile Red-tailed Hawk – In Flight And Perched
I’m surprised by how few Red-tailed Hawks I’ve been able to photograph lately but yesterday morning this juvenile gave me a few chances.
Blurry Wing Tips – Is It Shutter Speed Or Depth Of Field?
Bird photographers like to know why certain elements of their images are soft (blurry) when others are not because it helps them to evaluate their settings and technique.
Burrowing Owl – Miles And Miles Of Wing
Many of my readers are or aspire to be bird photographers so today I pose a question related to one of its frustrations.
Burrowing Owl – Leaning And Screaming At Takeoff
It’s my working theory that Burrowing Owls may lean into the take-off at a flatter angle than most other raptors. The angle of launch of this juvenile is just one of many examples I’ve photographed recently.
Sage Thrasher Rising Out Of Its Namesake Sagebrush
A Burrowing Owl Bonanza
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.
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.
The Male Western Kingbird In All His Glory
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
Curlew Landing Amongst The Flowers
This Long-billed Curlew made several transitions as it came in to land – from poor light to good light, from a mostly featureless background to an interesting one and it touched down in a field of flowers. This 7 image sequence was photographed two days ago on Antelope Island.
A Kingbird Kind Of Morning
For the past few days Western Kingbirds have been very active on Antelope Island. Though I’m still trying to interpret some of their behaviors they appear to be in the process of selecting mates and/or nest sites.