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...

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...

Photographed this male (drake) wood duck in flight last week under overcast skies using the 300mm 2.8 VR. I liked the way it turned out, great colors in nice even light. Photographed in low light, a drake (male) wood duck

From a quick evening outing, about 30 min. into my walk I came across this shedding female coyote crossing a pond. She looks a bit chubby, maybe coyote pups are on the way this spring? A Calgary coyote stalking over the rocks photo

Some photos from this springs grouse lek outing in southern Alberta, we had perfect conditions, great light and co-operative grouse strutting their stuff on the lek. sharp-tailed grouse inflight over lek We crawled on out bellies before sunrise and...

Definitely one of my favorite bird/ducks to photograph, the male wood duck is SO colourful, its scary! Especially this time of year when its showing full mating colours. These photos are from a few evenings ago, the light was getting low and only patches...

I photographed this wild great horned owl was photographed in flight just southwest of Calgary, Alberta, Canada using the Nikon 300mm f/2.8 VR lens and the Nikkor 1.4 TC (tele-converter). great-horned-owl-flight-alberta inflight great horned owl, Alberta...

I photographed this northern red-shafted flicker this evening, in low light as it was very overcast here in Calgary. I was on the ground, getting as low as possible so I had a nice blurred out background. This photo was taken with the Nikon 300mm f/2.8...

A few photos of two different northern hawk owls photographed in flight, from this winter, 2010 Alberta, Canada. Wanted to post these photos earlier, but totally forgot to! Anyway, lots more photos of these amazing hawk owls to come, but for now here...