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Stellar Bird
This Steller’s Jay was kind enough to pose in front of some bokeh balls for me. It wasn’t kind enough to avoid the dried grass in the foreground, but that’s how you can be sure this isn’t AI.
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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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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.
