Recently I wrote an essay about the difficulty of observing flying birds. It explored the reason why small birds are much harder to photograph in flight than big birds. Leaving aside the technical difficulties that the essay explored, there is the additional problem: You have to be present at just the right time and place to capture any of these images. For the fliers, below, being there was a matter of happenstance.
This is the fist year that I have seen Turkey Vultures attracted to the feast of spawning kokanee. Here are two of five soaring over the creek.
I see the Great Blue Heron maybe a half-dozen times a year, but usually at a distance. On this occasion, three juveniles flew close overhead allowing a satisfying image.
