I’ve mentioned before that larger buteos often signal imminent takeoff with one or more of four behaviors. This bird gave me three of the four so I’d have had to be asleep to have missed the takeoff. (5 photos)
After a snowstorm for the record book I needed to see something colorful and cheery in my white world.
Including some of the last bare ground I’ll see for a while. Probably a long while. (2 photos)
A whimsical epilogue to yesterday’s blog post. Maybe calling a group of crows a “murder” is appropriate after all.
Serious aerial combat or more light-hearted play? In this case I strongly suspect the former. (3 photos)
From the sublime to the profane in not much more than the blink of an eye. (3 photos)
First time I’ve photographed the entire process from takeoff to landing with a Wild Turkey. (7 photos)
Plus yesterday I got a single photo of the rarest bird I’ve ever photographed. (3 photos)
