Burrowing Owl
Michael McAuliffe Photography Archive
I recently created a new Michael McAuliffe Photography archive. This site is a great place to view some of my best and favorite photographs. These images can also be licensed…
A Snowy Owl (Bubo scandiacus) perched on a log on Leque Island near Stanwood, Washington. Photo by Michael McAuliffe.
Snowy Owl on Leque Island
I have been going back through some old bird photographs taken as far back as ten years ago. These photos of a Snowy Owl on Leque Island in Stanwood, Washington,…
A male Northern Pintail at the Fir Island Farm Reserve near Conway, Washington, in the Skagit Valley.
Male Northern Pintail
My favorite avian winter photography subjects are waterfowl like this male Northern Pintail. I recently photographed this handsome duck at the Fir Island Farm Reserve near Conway, Washington, in the…
Burrowing Owl
Burrowing Owls At The Salton Sea
I was really hoping to photograph Burrowing Owls at the Salton Sea on a recent trip to the Southern California desert. I have photographed Barred, Snowy, Short-eared, Long-eared and Northern…
A Short-eared Owl, Asio flammeus, hovers over a grassy field in Northwest Washington state late in the afternoon. These owls use their acute hearing to hunt for small birds and mammals like mice and voles. Photo by Michael McAuliffe.
Short-eared Owls Hunting
One of my winter photography highlights is photographing Short-eared Owls hunting over fields at the Samish Flats in Northwest Washington. It's always a challenge to photograph these birds. They move…
A gray day on the Oregon coast at Thor's Well near Yachats.
Gray Day At Thor’s Well
See a larger image in my Oregon Coast photo gallery. I took this photo in September on a gray day at Thor's Well on the Oregon coast. Thor's Well is…