Jacques Fortier
Jacques Fortier
@jacquesf@jacquesfortierart.com
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  • Home Sweet Home

    Whenever possible, you want your photos to tell a story. Sometimes it’s a complicated story. Sometimes it’s very simple. This Long-Tailed Weasel lives in a hole in a grassy field. I was really pleased to get the weasel coming out of a well-defined hole in a reasonably sized dirt mound. Just the right amount of…

  • Foggy Doggy

    A Coyote briefly pauses to consider me as it makes its way across a field after a rainstorm.

  • 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…

  • 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…