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Red-tailed Hawk Behavior When A Northern Harrier Attacks

By Mia McPherson|May 6th, 2019|Categories: Birds, Box Elder County, Red-tailed Hawks, Utah|Tags: attack, behavior, birds of prey, Buteo jamaicensis, Buteos, defensive pose, defensive posture, hawks, Hawks of Utah, Northern Harrier, raptors, reaction, Red-tailed Hawk|

When I heard a call to my left I glanced in that direction and saw a female Northern Harrier flying towards the Red-tailed at break neck speed.

Photographic Frustrations – Red-naped Sapsuckers in the Targhee National Forest

By Mia McPherson|July 11th, 2018|Categories: Birds, Clark County, Frustrations in bird photography, Idaho, Red-naped Sapsuckers, Targhee National Forest|Tags: adult, aspen, begging, behavior, chick, defensive pose, exposure, exposure compensation, extremes, food, forest, frustrations, lighting conditions, male, nesting, nesting cavity, nesting tree, nestling, photographic, photographing, Red-naped Sapsucker, sapsucker, sapsuckers, Sphyrapicus nuchalis, tree, woodpeckers, young|

One year ago today I experienced one of the two most frustrating days in my entire time of being a bird photographer while photographing Red-naped Sapsuckers in the Targhee National Forest of Idaho.