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Bobcat Prize
This is the first time I managed to photograph a successful bobcat hunt. It happened so quickly. I arrived, scanned a hillside, spotted the bobcat, and started to drive closer. It disappeared into the bushes while I was driving, but I decided to walk over to where I had last seen it. Before I could…
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Black Oystercatcher Landing
Black oystercatcher coming in for landing. Check out that pedicure!
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Coyotes in San Francisco
My interest in photographing Coyotes and other predators was first sparked by an encounter with a Coyote at Fort Mason. It’s somewhat ironic that most of my subsequent Coyote photography has occurred in Point Reyes. After chatting with @riffle_shots on Instagram for a while, we found time this weekend for him to show me urban…
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Pet Photo Shoot
For a bit of a change of pace, I got out the fancy camera and did a photoshoot with a family pet over the Thanksgiving weekend.
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Rise and Shine
Time to shake off the post-Thanksgiving torpor and get out to enjoy the long weekend!
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Tule Elk Silhouette
On a bit of a silhouette kick lately.
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First Weasel
I spent a great evening with @fledglingbirder waiting for a weasel he’d spotted earlier in the day to emerge from its burrow. The sun had dipped below the dunes behind us, its last rays raking across the far end of the field, when the weasel finally made a bounding appearance out of its burrow. I…
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Quailcopter
Our majestic state bird, the California Quail, soars above blooming coyote brush.
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Misty Morning Elk
As every photographer knows, the best light occurs right around sunrise and right around sunset. The two aren’t interchangeable either. The light has a very different quality when filtered through cool misty morning air than through warm and hazy evening air. I know all these things, and yet I can’t usually bring myself to get…
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Down the Hatch
A Great Blue Heron devouring a gopher whole. While Great Blue Herons are best known for eating fish, in California they can often be found stalking through fields, plucking insects, voles, and even gophers from the grass. Similar behavior has been observed in Idaho, where one study showed over 25% of their diet came from…