birds in-flight Photography
Snowy Owls In-Flight Alberta Raptors
Snowy Owl incoming photo captures the snowy owl at lift off in the prairies of Alberta, Canada.
Below is a tight crop of the same photo showing those snowy owl eyes up-close. Wow, what an amazing bird of prey. photographed on the Alberta prairies.
Northern Hawk Owl Photos In Flight - Alberta
A few recent photos of two different northern hawk owls in flight. Both shot on very dull overcast days, hopefully the next hawk owls will be in good light!
The photo at left was shot at ISO 400, Aperture f/2.8, Shutter Speed 1/2000th, both hawk owl photos are shot using the nikon 300mm 2.8 VR, handheld.
Nikon 300mm f/2.8 VR 2 Owls Review
Well, this new Nikon 300mm f/2.8 VR lens of mine is amazing, the detail, tracking and super fast focusing is a dream come true! My first test/play with the 300mm VR was in total overcast, very dull light and a fast moving object. These photos are in good light, and still a fast moving object. The VR works great, especially when panning a bird in flight.
Snowy Owls Flight Photos
The last set of the snowy owls in flight, Moving on to other birds and beasts but I hope you enjoyed this series of the snowy owl in flight from Alberta Canada
Snowy Owls In Flight
Photographing the snowy owls here in alberta Canada, so here are a few more photos of a female snowy owl in flight.
Snowy Owls In A Snow Storm
Totally overcast and snowing like crazy when we found this snowy owl just east of Calgary.
My oldest son Tyler is in town and unlike his younger brother, has never seen a snowy owl before so we hit the road late this afternoon. Just 15 min. east of Calgary, we found out first snowy owl. In [...]
Gyrfalcon Photos, Alberta Canada
A few In-flight photos of a male white gyrfalcon attacking a ringed-neck pheasant in near white-out conditions in Alberta, Canada!
Immature Bald Eagle - Bow River Calgary Alberta
A couple quick photos of an immature bald eagle in-flight fishing the Bow River here in Calgary Alberta
Other birds of prey seen this evening include, american kestrel, merlins, sharp-shinned hawk, 4 osprey’s, 1 adult bald eagle, blue heron, swainsins hawks, red-tail hawk and 1 great horned owl.
Alberta Swainson’s Hawk - Dark Phase - Again!
I went looking for that dark phase or dark “morph” swainsons hawk tonight, and found him! It was the same swainson hawk posted here. I love these birds of prey, especially the the dark phase birds. Soon they will be gone, on their way to the fall migration to South America. A few photos [...]
Birds Of Prey, Nature & Wildlife Photography by Mark Williams
A good friend of mine and fellow photog Mark Williams has finally put together a web site showcasing Birds of prey, nature and wildlife photography.
Swainsons Hawk, Dark Morph/Phase in-Flight
A photo taken tonight of a dark morph, or dark phase swainsons hawk in-flight. These hawks are starting to gather, getting ready to make the long flight south. This swainsons hawk is shown screamiong with mouth open wide.
American White Pelican Calgary Bow River Weir
Made a quick visit to the bow river weir in Calgary last evening to see how the american white pelicans are doing. They seem to be fine, I photographed about 30 of them flying around the weir looking for fish.
Tree Swallows In-Flight
A few photos of tree swallows in-flight on a clear day in May. Digging through some older photos and found these tree swallows in-flight taken back in May.
Alberta Prairie Falcons In-Flight
Spent Saturday with a good friend looking for and photographing prairie falcons southwest of Calgary, Alberta. In total we found two adult males, and one adult female prairie falcon and started taking pictures of these awesome falcons in flight.
Not easy tracking these birds of prey as they are moving very fast, trying to track [...]
Eastern Kingbird Out West
These in-flight photos of the eastern kingbird are from May 23rd, we watched and photographed the kingbird catching bugs over a local pond. It was great to see these birds back from their winter migration. A few photos from that photo session are below.
Swainson’s Hawk’s Return
The Swainson’s hawk’s are back from migration and can be seen not only in the prairies but also within the city limits of Calgary Alberta. The last few days have been exciting for me as I love to find and photograph raptors! Over the last few days I have photographed all kinds of birds of prey.
Hooded Merganser In-Flight
Another evening with crappy light, total cloud cover but I went out (again) anyway but this time I got lucky, was at the right location at the right time when a male hooded merganser decided to take flight!
Wood Ducks In-Flight
Was lucky to capture a few male wood ducks flying this morning, always fun photographing birds in-flight, especially wood ducks! Here are a few from the wood ducks in flight series, or from this morning duck shoot. I captured about 25 sharp pictures of these guys this morning and some good close-ups.
Birds In-Flight Photography Workshops Calgary Lessons
In this Calgary photography workshop learn what it takes to photograph birds in flight, things you never thought of, tips, tricks and my personal tactics for fast moving objets that WILL make you a better photographer in capturing avian in-flight photos.
Bohemian Waxwings In-Flight Photos
Our jaws dropped as we watched 100’s if not a 1000 or more bohemian waxwings gather in a small wood lot in the south end of Calgary’s Fish Creek Park last Saturday March the 20th.
At first we thought these birds to be cedar waxwings, but a closer look proved them to be bohemian’s!
Light Morph/Phase Rough-legged Hawk Flight
We spotted 4 or 5 rough-legged hawks today, the in-flight hawk pictured on the left was a light morph (or light phase) rough legged hawk. With cameras in hand fellow photog David Lilly & I scouted around south west of Calgary looking for anything interesting and hoping to see an early mountain blue bird. Still a little early for blue birds, but we found a few rough legged hawks including a light (pictured) and dark morph bird as well as few others hunting a stretch of dirt road south west of Calgary.
Bald Eagle Trying To Catch A Duck Dinner
I watched and photographed an immature bald eagle make a VERY lame attempt to catch a goldeneye duck on some open water on the bow river late this afternoon. These pictures are heavily cropped as the action was a long way off but I though I should post them anyway.
Pond Life - Beavers, Ducks & Canada Geese
A quick visit to a nearby pond was worth it as I had lots of time to photograph this beaver munching on some assorted branches. He didn’t mind me watching him at all, the evening light was perfect but it was still cold outside.
Black-Capped Chickadee
I asked myself before taking this shot, how many times have I photographed a Black-Capped Chickadee? The answer, too many times, or just the right amount? I don’t need another photo of a Black-Capped Chickadee, really I don’t, but then again I liked this photo from today and am glad I took it. 
Cold Mallard Ducks - Inglewood Bird Sanctuary
I made a quick visit to Inglewood Bird Sanctuary in Calgary Alberta this afternoon, It felt cold, and it was at -20 c with the wind, and the wind showed up. The male mallard duck photographed on the left was just coming in for a landing on the main ponds small patch of open water, and looked like he might need a little de-icing. His bill noticeably had ice forming on it along with his head and chest area…
Birds In-Flight Action Photography Tips
I love action photography and birds in-flight are one of my favorite forms of this, especially birds of prey (hawks, eagles, owls & falcons).
Seconds count in this type of fast action photography, grab the moment if you can, and you can if you practice…
Wood Ducks In-Flight
Late September wood ducks photographed in flight in evening light, the fall colours are in full swing now making the backgrounds rich and full of colour!
