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Bad Feather Day
A Red-Tailed Hawk looking a bit disgruntled as it goes through some serious molting.
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Nature’s Indifference
Weasels are one of my favorite photographic subjects. They’re fierce and fearless while being absolutely adorable. They often seem larger than life as they pop in and out of holes before dashing around their fields. As always, Nature is indifferent to our feelings. There’s a reason weasels spend most of their lives hiding in the
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On The Fence
Normally I don’t like photos of animals on barbed wire fences. In fact (dirty secret time) in most of my photos of a bird perched on a solitary fence post, I’ve carefully cloned out the barbed wire. But, I think the wire really ties this photo together. Hopefully, with the buyouts of the ranches at
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Meal With a View
I’ve always said the quality of restaurants’ food falls as the views improve. This Red-Tailed Hawk might agree as its gopher meal at Café de los Reyes is marred by the inclusion of intestines. Red-Tailed Hawks are somewhat picky eaters, carefully discarding the digestive tract even as they gobble up the rest of the animal.
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Dine and Dash
After polishing off a gopher, a Red-Tailed Hawk flies to a higher perch. Note the bulging crop. The hawk will store its meal in the crop temporarily while it continues to soften, and then gradually consume its meal over the course of the day.
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Rainy Hawk Anniversary
Happy one year anniversary of finding an epically soaked Red-Tailed Hawk to all who celebrate. A small but very select group, no doubt.
