Black-billed Magpie in flight
Raising the glass attached to my camera that is! I’m excited about the photographic opportunities that will present themselves in 2015. For a few more weeks I will be photographing winter birds and snowy critters but when March arrives I’ll be photographing some of the early nesting birds like this Black-billed Magpie taken as the bird flew away from the nest it was constructing on Antelope Island State Park. Some people think they are pests but I think they are wonderful, graceful in flight and smart.
House Wren portrait
I hope to spend more time photographing little birds like this House Wren photographed in Clark County, Idaho in May. I also hope that my hawk-eyes stays with me because without it I never would have spotted and pointed out these small birds constructing their nest in a tree that also housed lifer birds for me, a pair of Williamson’s Sapsuckers.
Moose calf in Idaho
I hope to see more Moose. More Coyotes, more bears and many more furry creatures. Living in the west gives me plenty of opportunities for photographing wildlife but I would always love more. This Moose calf and its mother were a delight to see and photograph in the Targhee National Forest in Idaho in July.
Portrait of a juvenile Swainson’s Hawk
And of course I would love to see and photograph tons of raptors and owls. This beautiful light morph Swainson’s Hawk juvenile was a very cooperative subject as it perched on a fence in Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge in southwestern Montana in September which was a camping trip where I saw lows of 11°F. Brr.
The photos are always a delight to create but one of the best things about doing what I do is spending time in nature with all the great views, animals and birds I see.
Happy New Year everyone! May 2015 be your best yet.
Life is good.
Mia
Wonderful images all – have an amazing 2015 Mia!
A very happy bird and nature filled year to you.
Really great pictures!
Happy new year and happy shooting! I like the photos you posted today.Look forward to more.
Happy New Year, Mia! I love the photo of the Moose calf and the iridescence on the Black-billed Magpie is beautiful!
Thank you for continuing to share your high quality photographs and giving hope to some of us striving to improve.
All the best for the New Year!
Happy New Year, Mia. Happy photographing in 2015.
Happy new year Mia.
Wonderful!!!!!! Happy New Year, Mia!!!!! Here’s to another great photographic year for you … and for us, because we get to reap the benefits of all your hard work, lol!!!