“Those who charm scorpions and handle snakes only brand themselves with their own hands.” ~ Sri Guru Granth Sahib I’ve been spending a lot of time out in the desert and sagebrush country in Central Washington over the past couple of weeks, particularly in the area from Yakima to Vantage where Spring is in full
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Yesterday I was in sagebrush country – that vast open wilderness that is Central Washington and is home to rolling hills covered with sagebrush and rabbitbrush, rattlesnakes and coyotes, crumbling basalt rock formations and wide open blue skies. Near Vantage, WA, a small village near the mighty Columbia River, I was taking a walk through the
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Over the years I’ve seen all kinds of snakes meet their end at the end of a beak, but the other week in the Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge just outside of Olympia, WA, I saw a first. A great blue heron (Ardea herodias) I was stalking at the edge of a flooded wetland and it
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This was my first close-up encounter Southeastern Arizona corvids as I was photographing wildflowers in the Chiricahua Mountains when I ran into this Mexican jay (Aphelocoma wollweberi). These extremely smart relatives to magpies, crows and ravens are either very camera-shy or are flagrant show-offs. Not only are they one of the most intelligent and resourceful families of
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A springtime favorite, this trio of western trilliums (Trillium ovatum) was found just yesterday growing next to Lewis Creek in Bellevue, Washington – just south of Cougar Mountain. Like many wildflowers and forbs of moist, damp forests in the Pacific Northwest, these trilliums depend on ants for pollination. Trio of Trilliums! (click to enlarge) See
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Quick post of photo I shot of a big, bold rooster at a farm. A gorgeous and incredibly vivid rooster close-up on a Florida farm. click to enlarge
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After all these years of traveling around the country to get the best photographs of backyard songbirds, today I had to go no further than my back porch just south of Seattle, Washington. There is a bigleaf maple tree that is just going into flower, yet is still without leaves, perfect for visibility among the branches!
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I’m going to let everyone in on a secret. Over the last decade or so, many hundreds of people have asked me where I get all my information on such a vast number of species, and how I apply that information to my work as a professional nature photographer. I’m going to share my secret with
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