2016 Retrospective (Video)

The year 2016 was full of wildlife adventures and unexpected surprises.  In 2016 I spent time photographing local ducks from a blind in bitter cold, traveled to Florida twice, photographed cliff-nesting Peregrine Falcons, toured glacier bay aboard the 12-passenger Snow Goose and spent 10 days in the African bush of Tanzania. To select a single favorite encounter from those adventures Read More …

Cold Lunch

Listening to the harsh wind whipping outside I was grateful to be working on a project indoors.  As I sat cozy and warm by the fireplace I thought there was nothing that would bring me out into that bitter cold.  And then the phone rang.  My friends at the local Wild Birds Unlimited had a Merlin outside that had captured Read More …

“Puffins Ahead!” A Journey around South Marble Island

“A man has not seen a thing who has not felt it.” – Henry David Thoreau South Marble Island is a remote limestone outcrop within Glacier Bay, Alaska that has been deglaciated for less than 200 years.  In that relatively short time the island has become a critical habitat for a variety of seabirds and mammals.  It is a haul-out Read More …