Category: #accipiters

• Red-tailed hawk in Claremont, CA

  A week ago my wife and I visited my home town, Claremont California. Whenever I go there I prioritize taking a walk along Thompson Creek. As we walked, something caught my eye—a hawk on a 15-foot-high eucalyptus branch. I began to photograph what was apparently a red-tailed hawk. The next thing I know, another hawk…

  jwilce

  September 3, 2018

  #accipiters, #bird photography, #California, #digital cameras, #hawks, #outdoor photography, #photoblog, #photography, #photonarratives, #raptors, #wildlife photography, #wings, animal behavior, bird photos, California, outdoor photography, wildlife photography

• Hawks: Chasing and Being Chased

  Anywhere you see hawks you are likely to see them being chased by smaller birds and not just chasing after them. The following photos (some of which are links to wilcephotos.com) tell two stories. The first story consists of a single photograph of what we might expect to be most common—a bigger, more carnivorous bird…

  jwilce

  February 18, 2016

  #accipiters, #bird photography, #FlagstaffArizona, #hawks, #northern Arizona, #outdoor photography, #photoblog, #photography, #photonarratives, #raptors, Arizona

  #Arizona, #birds, #nature, #northern Arizona, #photography, #photonarratives

• Looking back: New and old photos

  I was looking through some photos that are up to a decade old today, because I remembered some of them fondly. Three cameras are represented here— a Konica-Minolta DiMAGE Z6 (2004-2008), a Fujifilm Finepix S6500fd, and my current Canon Powershot SX50 HS (with just a few shots between the Finepix era and the Powershot era…

  jwilce

  July 30, 2015

  #accipiters, #digital cameras, #hawks, #photography, #photonarratives

  #Arizona, #bees, #birds, #bumblebees, #hawks, #insects, #nature, #photography, #photonarratives, #raptors, #technological improvement, #technology