Wow, do I ever love photographing the Belted Kingfisher, or should I say do I ever love TRYING to photograph the kingfisher in-flight! Here are a few recent photos of the belted kingfisher, still not a 100% happy with these shots, but there is still time for more, these birds wont start migrating for a month or two. Click to expand the images… A...

Found a few fledgling cedar waxwings the other evening, total of 5 in this late season brood. Even at this young age, these cedar waxwings have plenty of colour, just look at that bright yellow tail. These fledglings come late in the year and will no doubt have a hard time migrating this fall. The photo below is handheld, and nicely backlit using the...

Nature & wildlife photography means even bugs get photographed, this time a ladybug is captured in-flight, flying over a lemon! This ladybug was an extremely small one, about 1/2 the size of what must be an adult, if thats possible? I have a bunch of interesting photos of this little guy, but liked this one the best. An in-flight ladybug flying...

Photographed in June of this year, a baby red fox, or kit is seen here peeking out of his/her underground den. These little red foxes are (in my book anyway) one of the cutest animals alive, possibly too cute, if thats possible…. Last year there was 7 babies, not sure how many kits where born this year. Photographed just east of the city of Calgary.. A...

I love these fast flying colorful little birds, the tree swallow that compete for nesting locations with the mountain blue birds are so much fun to photograph, like trying to shoot bats in flight. These small iridescent birds are best photographed on overcast days as they are so iridescent they are tough to expose for. The tree swallow beak, bored with...

June 30th I photographed this great grey owl in flight in southern Alberta Canada as it flew out of the darkness of the forest into a small beam of light. I usually see them in the winter, I had no idea that these birds of prey stayed in this area year round to raise there young. Out of the dark woods into the light, a great grey owl night flight in...

A quick outing from tonight, great skies, amazing clouds, 1000’s of mosquitos, all biting me. This old abandoned farmhouse just east of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.. Click to expand photo. Old abandoned Alberta farm photo by Rob McKay

More hawk photos from the field, some fast flying birds of prey captured in flight at just the righ moment and in just the right light conditions, rain clouds in the background. All photographed using the Nikon D300 with grip, nikkor 300mm f/2.8 VR lens hand held at ISO 400. Click to expand images….. fast flying - hawks in motion wind ripping...

A tip from a friend on the location of a mating pair of northern harriers (A.K.A. Marsh Hawks) led to these photos.  I have been by the location a few times since, and only once have seen them. Either the young harriers have fledged, or the coyotes got to them. Northern harriers are ground nesters so raising young is a tough job, especially here in...

This is a large series of photos showing the immature yellow-headed blackbirds photographed in-flight eating what looks like emerging mosquitoes, or maybe some type of mayfly emerger? Whatever it is, these young birds had the know how to pick them off the waters surface! They would zoom in and scoop these insects off the surface of the pond by the mouthful. This...