It was as dark as the ominous storm clouds swirling mightily above me. And it was only the second time I’d seen this unfamiliar raptor in my 20 years of photographing the Carrizo Plain. I was ...
A handsome hawk mystified three bird watchers as we strolled around Plaster Reservoir in Broomfield. Not a red-tail, we finally decided. A long yellow “gape” extended back from its beak. Ah ha — a ...