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What is the last thing a Jackrabbit might see – A Ferruginous Hawk

By |2021-09-23T15:45:55-06:00August 6th, 2013|Categories: Beaverhead County, Birds, Ferruginous Hawks, Montana|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Ferruginous Hawks west of the Continental Divide prefer rabbits as prey so what you see here might be the last thing a Cottontail or Jackrabbit might see.

American Black Bear Surprise

By |2022-05-20T09:09:09-06:00July 28th, 2013|Categories: American Black Bears, Deer Lodge County, Montana|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I had been looking at the shoreline where the tree line comes down to the river when I saw what appeared to be a large dark boulder move only the "boulder" had legs and the face of a Black Bear!

Green-tailed Towhee high up on Bountiful Canyon

By |2021-05-13T15:18:56-06:00July 24th, 2013|Categories: Birds, Green-tailed Towhees, Sky Line Drive, Bountiful Canyon, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Last week while heading up the Skyline Drive of Bountiful Canyon this Green-tailed Towhee was singing on top of a shrub and I was surprised when it hung around for about 2 minutes

Mule Deer Doe Blur

By |2021-08-29T04:31:17-06:00July 23rd, 2013|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Mule Deer, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

When I spotted this Mule Deer doe standing in the golden light on the Antelope Island causeway I thought I would take a few static images of her but as soon as I stopped the doe began to run so I fired off a burst of shots as I panned her movement and knew they would be blurred

Prickly Poppy – Argemone munita

By |2023-10-08T06:17:57-06:00July 19th, 2013|Categories: Flatbud Prickly Poppy, Stansbury Mountains, Tooele County, Utah, Wildflowers|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

The Prickly Poppy is well named because the leaves and flower stems do have spines on them.

Mountain Bluebird Tribute to Fathers

By |2024-03-28T17:57:17-06:00June 16th, 2013|Categories: Beaverhead County, Birds, Centennial Valley, Fremont County, Idaho, Montana, Mountain Bluebirds|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Yesterday my post focused on female Mountain Bluebirds and today I am presenting males in honor of Father's Day. I was blessed to have two fathers, one who died when I was very young and later in my second Dad came into my life.

Owl See You at Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge

By |2021-04-04T04:22:31-06:00May 6th, 2013|Categories: Beaverhead County, Birds, Centennial Valley, Montana, Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, Short-eared Owls|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I've said before that owls fascinate me; probably more times than I can count, and Short-eared Owls are always a delight.

Bird Sampler for April 28 through May 4, 2013

By |2024-03-25T08:13:50-06:00May 4th, 2013|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, Burrowing Owls, Canada Geese, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Killdeer, Swallows, Utah, Western Grebes, Western Meadowlarks|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I wanted to share a sampler of bird images that I have taken over the past week in Davis and Box Elder Counties.

Chukar on Antelope Island State Park

By |2016-12-07T12:11:20-07:00May 3rd, 2013|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Chukars, Davis County, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , |

Two days ago I spotted this Chukar on Antelope Island State Park on the edge of the road near the marina, the Chukar was at road level but just beyond the rock there is a slope that drops about 25 to 30 feet.

Tale Of A Red-tailed Hawk

By |2021-04-28T14:55:18-06:00April 26th, 2013|Categories: Birds, Red-tailed Hawks, Tooele County, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

This is a rather short tale about a Red-tailed Hawk although the tail of the Red-tailed Hawk is no shorter than any other Red-tailed Hawk.

Palmlix.com’s Thieving Owner also owns A-GC.com

By |2016-12-07T12:11:32-07:00March 22nd, 2013|Categories: Copyright Infringement, Copyright Issues|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

In case you hadn't noticed, scraper sites like these tick me off. Our images are copyrighted the moment we take them and they are not to be used without our permission or authorization.

Is Google’s New Image Search Violating Their Own Policies? The Law?

By |2016-12-07T12:12:13-07:00February 4th, 2013|Categories: Copyright Infringement, Copyright Issues|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

Google needs to remove the hotlinks on Image Search to our files immediately, remove the "View Original File" button and stop facilitating the unauthorized distribution of our Copyrighted work. Anything less is criminal.

Google has become the biggest image scraper of the Millennium

By |2017-01-25T09:55:37-07:00February 1st, 2013|Categories: Birds, Chukars, Copyright Issues|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

You might wonder why I have used this title but since the 25th of January changes have been made to Google Image Search that have infuriated webmasters, photographers, artists and many more.

Changes to On The Wing Photography

By |2016-12-07T12:12:21-07:00January 11th, 2013|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Copyright Issues, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Because of image theft I have made some changes to my blog, one of the first that will be noticed by people who have subscribed to my blog is that I will only be using a summary for my published posts from now on.

Coyote on a snowy morning

By |2023-03-16T04:04:43-06:00January 2nd, 2013|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Coyotes, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

The weather forecast for yesterday was "mostly sunny" and once again the weather forecasters were wrong, at least for the period of time I was out photographing on Antelope Island State Park.

Coyote after an early morning swim?

By |2021-08-01T04:14:25-06:00September 24th, 2012|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Coyotes, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I'm not exactly sure why this Coyote was wet but it had to have been from the water of the Great Salt Lake because the Coyote was along the causeway to Antelope Island, a couple miles from the park entrance and a couple to the island itself.

The Morning Mist at Red Rock Lakes NWR

By |2021-09-12T04:47:30-06:00June 16th, 2012|Categories: American Coots, Beaverhead County, Birds, Centennial Valley, Montana, Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , |

I don't have much time to post today but I wanted to share a few photos taken this week of the mists at the Lower Lake of Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge in Montana. Red Rock Lakes NWR is an incredibly wild and beautiful location that has stolen a piece of my heart.

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