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Wren Friends
A couple of Cactus Wrens find their light on top of a rock as the sun rises over the Mojave Desert.
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Cactus Wren Portrait
A Cactus Wren poses on its favorite cactus. Commonly known as Teddy Bear Cholla, this cactus is ready to give fleshier visitors a big prickly hug as they brush by, but the wrens love to perch and feed on them.
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Eastern California Road Trip
Lately, I’ve been getting interested in using a van as a base camp for wildlife photography. I’ve done some backpacking photography, and while it’s a lot of fun, the limitations of dragging all of your gear with you requires some real compromises. Not to mention, some of my favorite places to do photography are very…
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Mojave Bun
As the sun’s glow started to sneak over the eastern horizon, this Black-Tailed Jackrabbit was already hard at work, feeding on the Mojave Desert’s bounty.
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Gambel’s Quail
This was my first time seeing Gambel’s Quail. They’re very shy birds, but in the springtime, the biological imperative drives the males up onto high perches where they sing their little hearts out to establish a breeding territory.
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Desert Owl
I didn’t know there were Burrowing Owls in the Mojave. I was hiking through a yucca and cholla patch when a light-colored owl took flight ahead ahead of me. My best guess was a Barn Owl, but it was the middle of the morning. As soon as it alighted, I could tell from that sassy…
