This might be the most handsome Ferruginous Hawk I’ve ever had in my viewfinder. Usually I have to go to Montana to have much of a chance with this species but yesterday morning I photographed this one in Tooele County, Utah.
I believe this to be the male of the Red-tailed Hawk pair I’ve been following since early spring.
For me it doesn’t get much better than a meadowlark singing on fresh, green sagebrush in the spring. But in this case it was the takeoff that really attracted my attention.
Yesterday was a banner day for Swainson’s Hawks in northern Utah. They seemed to be everywhere on fence posts, power poles, trees and in the sky.
My first of year Short-eared Owl flight shot is always somewhat of a milestone for me.
It isn’t often that I prefer shots of a perched raptor over images of it taking off.
plus seeing the details of bird athleticism in my images that happen too fast for me to notice them in real time.
Because of their small size and quickness kestrels are the most challenging raptor I attempt to photograph at takeoff.
I had some luck with another Belted Kingfisher yesterday morning and this time it was a male.
