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Estero Coyote
A Coyote pops up out of the grass as the sun sets on Drakes Estero. This place gets me every time.
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Friendly Black-Tailed Deer
I don’t photograph Black-Tailed Deer very often, but this one was kind enough to put up with me while I maneuvered to get in composed into a notch between two hills. A nice welcome to a week in my favorite place.
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Night Owlets
A pair of recently fledged owlets prepare to explore their neighborhood as night falls over the city.
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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
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Mojave Scene
In the heart of the Mojave National Preserve, a Cactus Wren perches on a prickly pear cactus. This spot has been my white whale photographically. The butte in the background is in a lush valley filled with yucca, cholla, and prickpear cactus. Unfortunately I have not been able to convince a single bird to pop
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Ground Squirrel Scene
A California Ground Squirrel comes out of its burrow to survey its territory as storm clouds blow past.
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Happy International Day of the Seal
Northern Elephant Seals are a huge conservation success story. They were hunted almost to extinction in the 19th century, as a prized source of lubricant and lamp oil. They were believed extinct until an 1892 Smithsonian expedition found a small colony with eight individuals far off the coast of Mexico. To document this momentous find,
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Foggy Doggy
A Coyote briefly pauses to consider me as it makes its way across a field after a rainstorm.
