Badger Pose

Any day you can spend with a badger is a good day. This was an especially good day. The badger wasn’t even the coolest thing that happened. Here’s everything I saw in one day: Magical day in Point Reyes.

Rainy Day Snack

It’s been a while since I’ve posted one of my favorite subjects: soggy raptors. While most raptors hunker down to the best of their ability in the rain, American Kestrels will happily hunt in light to moderate rains. I assume their small bodies and high metabolisms means they can’t go that long between meals. Or […]

Rock Owl

Mighty Leap

Don’t forget to spring forward tomorrow!

The Hills Have Eyes

Magical Day in Point Reyes

It had been a few weeks since my last significant photography outing. A visit to Point Reyes, my favorite place in the world, was in order. I would have been happy just to spend some time outdoors, even if I didn't manage much photography. Instead, I was rewarded with one of the most magical days of wildlife photography I've ever experienced.

Strut

I watched this Bobcat hunting along the side of the road. Once I had a sense of its direction of travel and tolerance for humans, I did a wide circle to position myself ahead of and offset from its path, with the sun at my back. It was truly my lucky day, as some noise […]

Killdeer Hide

Cars make excellent hides for wildlife photography. I’m not sure I ever expected to use a car as a hide for shorebird photography. But, our wintering Killdeers often feed in grassy fields. When this one was pecking around on a small rise right next to the road, I was able to gingerly open my door […]

Night Stalker

As the day starts, a Raccoon descends from a tree after an unsuccessful nest raid.

Heterochromia

Notice something unusual about this Coyote? You may have heard that California has blue-eyed Coyotes. Recently, I saw something I’ve never seen or heard of before: a Coyote with one blue eye and one brown/yellow eye. I’ve heard of a Coyote with an injured eye that looked blue, but I think this is a different […]

Snoozing Coyote

There are some moments that you know will stick with you for quite a while. I was having a quiet evening, watching the fog roll in on the bay. A Coyote walked up and curled up for its evening snooze, just barely 100 ft away from me. The Coyote slept through the sunset, waking up […]

Rock Wren on a Rock

The Mojave Desert: it was love at first sight when I visited Joshua Tree National Park just over a year ago. I’ve been planning a return ever since, and in November I finally headed back, camping in Mojave National Preserve for a few days. The trip ended up being more exciting than I’d planned. Nothing […]

On the Prowl

A Bobcat intent on the hunt just before sunset.

Godwit Scene

A Marbled Godwit serenely perching in front of dramatic cliffs.

Rainy Hike at Tomales Point

I’ve been trying out a new creative direction: short films about being out in nature. This one is my second attempt. The first attempt had too many technical issues to be worth posting. I took a 10 mile hike at Tomales Point in Point Reyes. In the rain. It was a very moody and atmospheric […]