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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.
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Winter Bison Scene
I had a really good time working on compositions with bisons in the snow in Yellowstone. This one was kind enough to come walk into the perfect spot to show off the snowy hills of Little America.
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Patagonian Scene
A Puma gazes out over the Paine Massif. Taken on a Puma photography tour with @danieldietrichphoto, which was truly an unforgettable experience. For all the photos I’ve seen of Pumas and the Torres del Paine, I still wasn’t prepared for the feeling of being out in the wild Patagonian landscape watching these majestic cats go
