You may enlarge any image in this blog by clicking on it. Click again for a detailed view. Peregrine Falcons have occupied a significant place in human culture throughout recorded history and probably before that. In the first post of this series I mentioned that Egyptians worshiped a god with
You may enlarge any image in this blog by clicking on it. Click again for a detailed view. I’ve been an active photographer for over 60 years and a passionate photographer of wildlife for the past decade. As the years roll by I have become more and more interested in
You may enlarge any image in this blog by clicking on it. Click again for a detailed view. When I post I try to tell a story about the subjects of my images. To me, all creatures have fascinating characteristics and/or lifestyles. My mission in posting about these creatures is
You may enlarge any image in this blog by clicking on it. Click again for a detailed view. Over the next several weeks I will be posting periodically about the Peregrine Falcons that spend the winter months in our community in Tucson’s suburbs. I’ve been photographing these magnificent raptors for
You may enlarge any image in this blog by clicking on it. Click again for a detailed view. I don’t know about the rest of you, but I have a definite need to look at something soothing, given the events of the past few days. So, today, I’m bringing you
You may enlarge any image in this blog by clicking on it. Click again for a detailed view. I was driving through farmlands recently when I encountered a pair of Red-tailed Hawks sitting side by side atop a utility pole. I thought that they were a charming couple. These two
You may enlarge any image in this blog by clicking on it. Click again for a detailed view. I confess that I’m a big fan of European Starlings. They are extremely beautiful birds even if they are a nuisance in so many American cities. As pretty as they are, I
You may enlarge any image in this blog by clicking on it. Click again for a detailed view. I posted recently about my “friend,” a male Vermilion Flycatcher that I’ve become acquainted with and photographed over a period of about three years. He inhabits a heavily trafficked local park and
You may enlarge any image in this blog by clicking on it. Click again for a detailed view. I’ve posted recently about how wading birds — birds associated with aquatic habitats like bays, estuaries, and ponds — show up in southern Arizona’s Sonoran Desert environment. It’s a function of two
You may enlarge any image in this blog by clicking on it. Click again for a detailed view. Every bird species (well, every one that can fly) has evolved its own strategy for getting airborne. These strategies differ from species to species, sometimes considerably. Red-tailed Hawks and their buteo cousins,
