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Coyote at the Gate
This shot came together in the blink of an eye. A large dog was barking behind the gate. I have no idea what the Coyote was hoping to find when it approached. The dog’s person could be heard telling the dog it wasn’t dinnertime yet, unaware that the dog was displeased to have a competitor…
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Morning Sparrow
I was searching for coyotes, but when this White-Crowned Sparrow hopped up on a railing with a glowing golden background, I had to pause to line up a shot.
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Puma Love
While Dania stole the show and our hearts for most of the trip, this was the most special Puma encounter we had. The darker Puma is a shy female who hasn’t been named. The lighter one is a male. In general the males never get as comfortable with humans as the females can. We first…
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Winter Floof
A Coyote looking especially floofy in a Yellowstone forest.
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Juvenile Diademed Sandpiper-Plover
This juvenile Diademed Sandpiper-Plover is starting to fill out and develop a more adult plumage. The chicks start out as cotton balls on toothpicks like all plovers, just more mottled than North American plovers. The adolescents don’t sport the striking diadem the adults have, but do have a richer and more varied coloration on their…
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The Land (Almost) Before Time
Dania looks out from the estancia as the sunrise warms Torres del Paine National Park. While much of this area looks at once pristine and millions of years old, there are important exceptions. A driver on the road down below claimed the life of one of Dania’s cubs last year. Her other cub was taken…
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Dania
While Pumas aren’t always easy to find, sometimes you get really lucky. We found Dania just before dawn on our first day in the field. She was sitting on a small ridgeline just as we entered the estancia. Shortly after that, she relocated to these bushes to take a snooze. If she’d moved spots a…
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Owl Portrait
When this Great-Horned Owl perched in a cypress tree, I was pleased to be able to duck behind a low-hanging eucalyptus branch to create a bit of extra depth for this photo.
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Winter’s Heart
I’m obviously biased here, but have you ever seen quite as beautiful a photo of a partially-devoured carass?
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Tree Topper
Okay, it’s not actually at the top of the tree, but this Bald Eagle did pick just the right branch to help it pop on this spruce tree.