It’s always fun to check out some new locations where eagles might be congregating…some stay the same, year after year, and others change. Nothing in nature is ever really static. Through the tip of a friend, I checked out this spot of open water on the Iowa river, and sure enough, it turned out … Read more
The winter leading into 2019 has been a mild one so far. Way too mild temperature wise. Eagles just won’t congregate in warmer weather, like they do when it get’s really cold and a lot of waters freeze up. But by mid January, it’s starting to cool off. This image was taken on one of … Read more
Make no mistake, this beauty rules the backyard feeders. I used to think Blue Jays or Red Bellied Woodpeckers were pretty bossy. They’d announce their arrival well ahead of time, and if any other birds where near the feeder they wanted to command, they were soon shown the door. But try to scrap with this … Read more
In a past life, I was heavily involved in falconry. I still have many friends who practice the art and from time to time I get to go out with them during a hunting foray. On this day, Jim Taylor and his Red-tailed Hawk Stella, provided some nice opportunities for some aerial shots. Although there … Read more
I had the extreme pleasure of watching a local fox emerge from his den…while his misses tended to what I hope were a big litter of kits. For some reason, fox, and other predators, get a bad rap from a lot of people and I have to assume they are living in the past. The … Read more
The whole wide ether is the eagle’s way. The whole earth is a brave man’s fatherland. – Euripedes