One of my favorite photographic experiences was spending twenty minutes with this beautiful red-tailed hawk perched in a tree along the banks of the Animas River in January 2022.
One of my favorite photographic experiences was spending twenty minutes with this beautiful red-tailed hawk perched in a tree along the banks of the Animas River in January 2022.
Today is #InternationalBearDay They are one of my favourite subjects to photograph because of their different character as you can see in these photos. I enjoy capturing the lives of both black bears and grizzlies.
I took these photos on Vancouver Island with a telephoto lens and a respectful distance. Find these photos and more in my book Wild Vancouver Island.
A female Rose-breasted Grosbeak
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Very handsome pied wagtail dropped by and said hello while I was walking the cats. All present seemed unbothered. #birds #wildlifephotography
a garden lizard Calores versicolor sitting pretty. this one's possible a male owing to the spines on the back. took this photo exactly 8 years back, yesterday.
A female Ruby-throated Hummingbird eating from a cactus
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War nach der Runde um die Lange Lacke gerade wieder beim Auto angelangt, als dann noch der Storch auf dem dortigen Horst gelandet ist
Just when I arrived at my car after hiking around Lange Lacke, this stork showed up and landed on the nesting place
Still working hard on perfecting my bird butt photography skills.
Also the perfect photo to say goodbye to the week.
Ein Kiebitz mobbt eine Rohrweihe. Irgendwie war er nicht so begeistert wie ich eine Rohrweihe aus der Nähe zu sehen
Das Kiebitzmännchen hat die Aufgabe Krähen, Raubvögel, Kühe, Menschen, ... vom Nest und dem Weibchen fern zu halten, welches in einer flachen Mulde im Boden brütet.
Die Männchen sind da sehr gewissenhaft und lautstark.
Letztes Jahr bin ich versehentlich einem Nest zu Nahe gekommen, da ist dann das Männchen Kreise um mich geflogen und hat mich geschimpft. Ich habs zuerst echt nicht verstanden und hatte mich noch gefreut, dass es ein tolles, relativ nahes Fotomotiv ist. Erst als er gelandet ist und mir den "Vogel mit kaputtem Flügel" vorgespielt hat, hab ich es verstanden. Ich hab mich dann von ihm vom Nest "weglocken" lassen und bin dann einen anderen Weg zurückgegangen
A lapwing mobs a marsh harrier. Somehow, he wasn't as excited as I was to see a marsh harrier up close.
The male lapwing's job is to keep crows, birds of prey, cows, humans, etc. away from the nest and the female, which breeds in a shallow scrape in the ground.
The males are very conscientious and vocal.
Last year, I accidentally got too close to a nest, and the male flew circles around me and scolded me. At first, I really didn't get it and was happy that it was a great, relatively close photo subject. Only when he landed and gave me the "bird with a broken wing" display did I understand. I let him "lure" me away from the nest and then took a different route back.
A Semipalmated Sandpiper
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A Ruffed Grouse in winter
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