Light Morph Swainson’s Hawk – An Athletic Takeoff
Whenever I catch this posture at takeoff I’m always impressed by the physical effort and athletic ability required to become airborne.
Tag: take off
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.
The Impressively Long-legged Burrowing Owl
I’ll have to ponder it for a while but this may turn out to be one of my three favorite Burrowing Owl images of all time.
Sage Thrasher Rising Out Of Its Namesake Sagebrush
Burrowing Owl Take-off Series And The Dangers Of Barbed Wire
Two events yesterday morning made yet another threat of barbed wire for wildlife painfully clear.
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.
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
Meadowlark Take-off Against A Great Salt Lake Backdrop
I tend to photograph meadowlarks taking off fairly often but I shoot the species I encounter and I do like this one.
Launching Meadowlarks
Yesterday was a meadowlark take-off kind of morning. Regular readers know that I’m fond of this kind of action shot but for a variety of reasons I find them difficult to achieve.
Meadowlark Take-off (and some of the challenges facing the photographer for shots like this)
Western Meadowlarks are now singing by the gazillion from their elevated perches on Antelope Island so I’m getting some opportunities for take-off shots.
Tundra Swans – A Running Take-off
Yesterday morning I was finally able to get relatively close to some Tundra Swans at Bear River MBR.
Meadowlark Take-off (and a question of preference)
Yesterday morning I was able to get a nice take-off shot of a Western Meadowlark on Antelope Island.
An Acrobatic Red-tailed Hawk
Raptors sometimes pull some pretty crazy maneuvers during take-off (the last 9 images in this post are sequential with no images in the sequence left out).
Red-tailed Hawk – The Power And Grace Of Take-off
Bird photography isn’t easy and the resulting images are often missing an essential element (or two, or more…) but sometimes I like those shots anyway. Case in point:
My Favorite Image From My Time With The Nest-building Kingbirds
Earlier this week I spent several mornings photographing a female Western Kingbird as she was constructing her nest. Out of the many hundreds of shots I took of her the third image in this post is my favorite.
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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.
The Impressively Long-legged Burrowing Owl
I’ll have to ponder it for a while but this may turn out to be one of my three favorite Burrowing Owl images of all time.
Sage Thrasher Rising Out Of Its Namesake Sagebrush
Burrowing Owl Take-off Series And The Dangers Of Barbed Wire
Two events yesterday morning made yet another threat of barbed wire for wildlife painfully clear.
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.
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
Meadowlark Take-off Against A Great Salt Lake Backdrop
I tend to photograph meadowlarks taking off fairly often but I shoot the species I encounter and I do like this one.
Launching Meadowlarks
Yesterday was a meadowlark take-off kind of morning. Regular readers know that I’m fond of this kind of action shot but for a variety of reasons I find them difficult to achieve.
Meadowlark Take-off (and some of the challenges facing the photographer for shots like this)
Western Meadowlarks are now singing by the gazillion from their elevated perches on Antelope Island so I’m getting some opportunities for take-off shots.
Tundra Swans – A Running Take-off
Yesterday morning I was finally able to get relatively close to some Tundra Swans at Bear River MBR.
Meadowlark Take-off (and a question of preference)
Yesterday morning I was able to get a nice take-off shot of a Western Meadowlark on Antelope Island.
An Acrobatic Red-tailed Hawk
Raptors sometimes pull some pretty crazy maneuvers during take-off (the last 9 images in this post are sequential with no images in the sequence left out).
Red-tailed Hawk – The Power And Grace Of Take-off
Bird photography isn’t easy and the resulting images are often missing an essential element (or two, or more…) but sometimes I like those shots anyway. Case in point:
My Favorite Image From My Time With The Nest-building Kingbirds
Earlier this week I spent several mornings photographing a female Western Kingbird as she was constructing her nest. Out of the many hundreds of shots I took of her the third image in this post is my favorite.