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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…
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Diademed Sandpiper-Plovers at Valle del Yeso
My big wildlife trip for this year centered around a week-long Patagonian Puma photography tour. Given the length of the trip, I wanted to spend some extra time in Chile. Just getting to Santiago from San Francisco is a 17 hour trip, with the flight from Santiago to Patagonia taking another 3 hours. As I…
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Diademed Sandpiper Plover
The Diademed Sandpiper-Plover is a fascinating shorebird, one of a small number of high alpine specialist shorebirds. It inhabits glacier-fed wetlands high in the Andes. I photographed this one at 3000 ft, but they’re found as high as 4500 ft. Despite their name, they’re a true plover. Very little is known about them. For example,…