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...

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...

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 great gray owls seem to be everywhere this year, we can hear and sometimes see the fledgling great gray owls deep in the woods. Photographing them is tough in these low light conditions (no light), as the evening went on I had to keep pushing my ISO...

The Swainson’s Hawk (Buteo swainsoni) is about the size of the red-tailed hawk and this wild male bird photographed here is a light morph or light phase. In September, these birds of prey migrate all the way down to Argentina, after wintering in...

Flying low over a slough in western Canada, this adult male gadwall duck was photographed in-flight. The subtle colours of the male gadwall duck make it an instant favorite to photograph, hope you like this one… male gadwall duck inflight over an...

Just one of many in-flight photos of the gorgeous male redhead duck, this time caught in-flight of a slough here in southern Alberta, Canada. Spring is in the air and the birds are showing brilliant mating colours. This photo is available in canvas prints. A...

Being from the east, I never saw these colorful birds until I moved to Calgary a few years ago. They make the most amazing sound, almost like a spring about to pop! Nothing like the red-winged blackbirds I am used to. I photographed a bunch of these amazing...

The male northern shoveler, I love these ducks! Amazing colours, and that long, shovel like beak makes these quackers fun to photograph! Right now they seem to be everywhere here in southern Alberta, but these ducks are still skittish and somewhat hard...

When I first saw the Swainsons hawk, these amazing birds of prey two years ago I was amazed at the colors of the adult male birds. Being originally from the east, the Toronto area I had never seen a Swainson’s hawk before so for me, a raptor fanatic...