Northern Harriers (Circus cyaneus) are amazing raptors. A cross between diurnal raptor and owl (look at that facial disc!), these low-flying birds cruise hillsides, open country, wetlands, and agricultural areas looking for birds and small mammals to pounce on. Harriers ...

*** Wild Lens Scientific Director Neil Paprocki worked during the 2014 summer in Nome, Alaska on The Peregrine Fund’s Gyrfalcon Conservation Project with Boise State University graduate student Bryce Robinson. You can learn more about this project via previous Wild ...

These roughly 30-day old Rough-legged Hawk nestlings stand stoically in the stick nest constructed by their dutiful parents. They would be due to fledge from this cliff around 36 to 45 days of age. I observed this particular nest from ...

Another month, another raptor: the Peregrine Falcon, Falco peregrinus. We've been learning a lot about Gyrfalcons recently because of my work with the Gyrfalcon Conservation Project, but there are many other raptor species on the Seward Peninsula of Alaska. Golden ...

If you keep up on the Wild Lens blog, this months raptor photograph will come as no surprise: the Gyrfalcon. For the better part of four weeks I have been studying the worlds largest falcon for The Peregrine Fund and ...

I don't think I've ever been more excited to see a life-bird than I was last week after seeing my first Great-gray Owl. Standing a whopping 3-feet in height, the tallest owl in North America inhabits the northern boreal forests ...

While I was hoping to highlight a different raptor species every month for this 'raptor photograph of the month' 2014 project, this Ferruginous Hawk was just too cool to pass up (and quite honestly I didn't have anything better to ...

Our raptor for February 2014 is the Rough-legged Hawk. This time of year always makes me a bit sad as I know the Roughies are making their way poleward, back to their arctic breeding grounds. While some birds will stay ...

Well I couldn't stay away for too long. I gave up on the idea of continuing the 2013 52-week project into 2014 as it would have been too big of a commitment, but I wanted to do something in 2014 ...