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Spotted Towhee Portrait
Usually they’re pretty skittish, but today a Spotted Towhee stopped by my portrait studio to briefly sit for some headshots.
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Anticipation
On the eve of #elephantsealmonth, everyone was preparing for the imminent arrival of female Northern Elephant Seals to give birth at Point Reyes. A bull staked a claim to a prime section of beach while a National Park Service ranger cleaned up bits of trash. (I used a telephoto lens here, so everyone looks closer
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Jailbird
This Common Raven was kind enough to perch for a few minutes while I figured out a composition with Alcatraz and the San Francisco skyline in the background.
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Big Snooze
January, as everyone knows, is #elephantsealmonth. This big bull Northern Elephant Seal is kicking things off with a big snooze while waiting for the females to arrive.
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Great Gray Owl
One of my photographic goals for 2026 was to track down and photograph a Great Gray Owl. What should I aim for next? A frame-filling shot of a Gray Wolf? I was very grateful for a quiet couple of hours spent mostly alone with this owl. They’re truly spectacular hunters. I don’t know if they
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Snowy Pika
This is probably the hardest wildlife photography project I’m actively working on. The goal: photography an American Pika (or any pika, really) on a snowy rock, with snowy mountains in the background. Three attempts in, I’ve managed the pika, the snowy rock, but not the background. I wasn’t expecting to get this opportunity. The roads
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All The World’s a Stage
This was only my second time ever getting a photo of a Hermit Thrush. Unlike the other one, which stuck to a deep thicket, this one briefly hopped on a log and struck a pose just long enough for me to get this shot.
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Wrentit on a Stick
I will continue shamelessly posting lazy photos of Wrentits on sticks with cluttered backgrounds every chance I get (which is about once every 6 months).
