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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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All The World’s a Stage
This was only my second time ever getting a photo of a Hermit Thrush. Unlike the other one, which stuck to a deep thicket, this one briefly hopped on a log and struck a pose just long enough for me to get this shot.
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Into The Light
After I took my eye out of the viewfinder, I watched a man walking a large dog give his dog a treat as a reward for not staying calm near the Coyote. “Did you get the shot?” he asked me. “Yup, I got it!” “*Hell* yeah!” he responded before taking his dog by the leash
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Out of the Shadows
When there’s dappled light and an animal moving through it, you hope it’s all going to line up for you, even if just for a moment. How many people have walked along this path, oblivious to the wildlife creating a niche right beside it?
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Stellar’s Breakfast
I came upon this Stellar’s Jay and its mate early in the morning, digging a hole in the ground with their beaks. After a few minutes, one of them came up with a buried nut and hopped up onto a snag with a triumphant rattling call. I’d never never seen a Stellar’s Jay retrieve cached
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Hello Old Friend
I don’t photograph urban Coyotes in the summer months. In the city, they’re mostly active around dawn and dusk, and I don’t quite have it in me to wake up at 5 am on the weekends. So as the days have been getting shorter, I’ve started looking for my favorite Coyote family. It took me
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Poised
A Great Blue Heron watching and waiting for a fish to swim by. I don’t usually get too fancy with foregrounds, but when I saw a tiny window in some greenery between me and the heron, I figured out a way to get just its head un obstructed and was pretty happy with the result.
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Stellar’s Jay
Someday I’ll make an artistic composition with a Stellar’s Jay, but for now I’ll keep contenting myself with decent shots of one out in the open.
