Many of us despise the disastrous effects of barbed wire fences on birds and other wildlife and I share that view. But maybe it’s a more nuanced issue than some of us believe. Could it be that barbed wire fences have a more positive overall effect on some species than negative?
I never saw this Burrowing Owl with prey but he always seemed to have a bloody beak and he was usually hungry for more.
This unusual visitor to my yard nearly caused me to be late publishing my blog post two mornings ago.
This adult Great Horned Owl at Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge yesterday morning surprised me on several levels.
Normally Barn Owls are a strictly nocturnal species so photographs of them in flight are difficult to come by. After all, photography does require light.
There are two weasel species found in Utah. The Least Weasel isn’t supposed to be one of them.
Watching juvenile Loggerhead Shrikes learning to hunt insects on the fly can be pretty entertaining.
Short-eared Owls often hunt from perches instead of on the wing and it’s a technique that must be learned.
It isn’t often that I can stay locked on to a bird in flight for this many images after takeoff.
Birds and their feathers continue to surprise me with what they can do when they need to.
One of the many variables one must deal with when photographing birds at takeoff is direction of flight.
The intensity of the focus of Short-eared Owls on prey seems to be amplified by their large, brightly colored eyes.
