Hayden Valley Baby Bison
Yellowstone Red Dog
I just returned from Yellowstone National Park. What an amazing place for a wildlife photographer! I had many opportunities to shoot closeups of animals that included bison, elk, and pronghorn.…
Snowy Owl on Edmonds Waterfront
Snowy Owl Story and Photos
Check out my Snowy Owl story and photos recently printed in the July/August issue of Bird Watcher's Digest! The story, "Meeting the Neighbors," describes an unexpected encounter with a Snowy…
Song Sparrow on a Cattail
Song Sparrow On A Cattail
Birders often call small brown nondescript birds like sparrows LBJs, short for "little brown jobs." Strictly speaking Song Sparrows qualify as LBJs. However as the photo above shows these little…
Horned Grebe in Breeding Plumage
Horned Grebe in Breeding Plumage
A Horned Grebe in breeding plumage is one of my favorite water birds to photograph in the spring. Starting in early April the grebes begin the change into their amazing…
A Male Ruddy Duck
Bird of the Week: Ruddy Duck
This post is titled "Bird of the Week: Ruddy Duck." It probably should be more like "bird of the month." I got busy with my day job and hadn't posted…
Blizzard of Snow Geese
Bird of the Week: Snow Goose
There's nothing like watching a giant flock of Snow Geese blast off when a predator approaches. The photo above shows a flock that I photographed this weekend in the Skagit…