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High Key Fun
It seems that people either love high key images or they hate them. Personally; I believe that when a high key image is done well that they can be very appealing and have a place for them in my...
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Bald Eagles
Normally during the month of February Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area has hundreds of Bald Eagles within its boundaries but that was not the case in February 2012. Continue reading
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Bald Eagle Close Up – 4 Year Old
A few years ago I had some wonderful photo ops with this 4-year-old Bald Eagle at Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area Continue reading
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Winter’s First Snow
As I write this the first snow of winter is falling outside my living room window. For the past week I have seen the snow on the mountain tops and I had been looking forward to seeing the snow covering...
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Image Thieves – Copyright Violations
I am a photographer who is really sick and tired of Image Thieves. I am disgusted with people who do not consider that our photographic "work" is valuable and belongs to us. Continue reading
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Bear River National Wildlife Refuge – Christmas Day 2012
Christmas Day of 2012 turned out to be as beautiful as I hoped at Bear River National Wildlife Refuge (also known as Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge) because of bright skies, snow on the ground and...
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Small in the Frame – Bald Eagle
Yesterday Ron, Brian Gatlin and I went to Bear River National Wildlife Refuge and the Golden Spike National Historic Site area in bad light, falling snow and lake fog looking for birds to photograph...
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Four year old Bald Eagle eating a fish
It was the day after Christmas in 2009 when I watched this four year old Bald Eagle lift off from this pole to catch this fish in the water impoundment nearby and to my surprise it flew right back to...
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Bald Eagle lift off
While in southwestern Montana last week I did see several Bald Eagles and this adult was most obliging as it perched on a conifer in the light of the rising sun. Continue reading
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Posts from the Past – Raptors
Today I am focusing on older posts that have raptors in them starting with Prairie Falcons: Continue reading
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Sometimes I wonder…
First year Bald Eagle – Nikon D200, f10, 1/250, ISO 400, +0.3 EV, Nikkor 200-400mm VR with 1.4x TC at 350mm, natural light, not baited About the birds I photograph. In February of 2011 there was a...
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Bald Eagle on a lofty perch
I can not imagine not being able to raise my lens and see Bald Eagles through my viewfinder as a bird photographer and nature lover.
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Bald Eagle on Ice
I photographed this adult Bald Eagle as it perched on ice covering the Great Salt Lake in early morning light in January 2012.
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Bald Eagle landing on ice in a fog at Farmington Bay WMA
During the winter Farmington Bay has a large population of overwintering Bald Eagles that migrate down from northern states and Canada.
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The Eagle is landing
It has been quite some time since I posted a Bald Eagle here so today I present this adult in a landing pose that I photographed in February of 2011 at Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area. The...
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Two hours with fog, frost and a four year old Bald Eagle
Patience is absolutely a must for bird photographers and it doesn't hurt to throw a little crazy in the mix too. Spending two hours in freezing temps to photograph a bird might be a little crazy. The...
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A Bald Eagle in flight with prey in its talons
When the Bald Eagle lifted off I could see the prey in its talons but it wasn't until I viewed the image on my screen at home that I could tell that the prey was most likely an Eared Grebe because of...
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Sunrise, a Bald Eagle and Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge
I photographed this adult Bald Eagle at Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge early on New Year's Day when the light of dawn was still golden. The post Sunrise, a Bald Eagle and Bear River Migratory Bird...
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More Owls, Turkey Vultures plus a Third Year Bald Eagle
I mentioned in my post about Short-eared Owls yesterday that I saw Burrowing Owls, Turkey Vultures and a third year Bald Eagle juvenile in northern Utah so I thought I would share a few more images...
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