When I first arrived in Montana, the Flathead River – specifically the Middle Fork of the Flathead River was running a beautiful green color and looked pretty clear and not too high. By the time I left, it was running very muddy, high, and fast…
It is early June and temperatures in Pittsburgh are already in the 90s… but just a few short weeks ago, I was in a still snowy Yellowstone…
One of the days in Glacier NP, while I was hoping to photograph some loons, I had this Horned Grebe grace me with quite a while of getting to watch it hunt. It usually stayed just out of the good range for my lens, but…
Since I was visiting Yellowstone at the very front edge of spring, I thought maybe I’d get some photos of bison in the snow. I did get a couple shots, but nothing fantastic (and technically some of these are from outside the park, but close…
Ok – not technically a duck… and again with the “common” argument… but Loons are one of those birds that I’ve always wanted to see, and they did not disappoint. Such a beautiful bird. And to hear that haunting calls they make – just unforgettable.…
I guess we’re going to do a “Duck Week” here… Today we’ll look at some Cinnamon Teals. I first saw some at the Arcata Marshes in California, and then some more in that same spot where I saw the Ring-necked Ducks I shared the other…
While in Montana and Wyoming, I saw multiple pairs of Common Mergansers. I’m honestly not sure why certain birds get that “common” label. Maybe they were much more numerous in years past because it definitely doesn’t apply to their coloration or patterns…
I first stopped by this little pond where I found these Ring-necked Ducks on my initial drive to Yellowstone from Glacier. I pretty much got lucky again here as I actually spotted some Sandhill Cranes (more on them later) on the right side of the…
Like all the other posts recently, this one was pre-scheduled… and since it is looking like my time in Yellowstone and Grand Teton will be spent in some rather cold camping conditions, I figure I might be dreaming that I was back in the desert…
One of a couple new-to-me species of nudibranchs I got to see and photograph during my last visit to the Pacific Northwest, these Moss Landing Aeolids (Cerberilla mosslandica) are pretty little nudis.
I’m hoping by the time this post goes live, I have a bunch more (and maybe better) bear photos from Yellowstone and Grand Teton NPs, but I figured I’d share this set now. I got a bit lucky with this one – I had done…
Happy Mother’s Day! I intentionally held back a couple of these since they seem fitting for some Mother’s Day photos. Enjoy!
Some Lemon Shark photos from the archives…
I’ve shared a couple other sets of amusing warning signs… and I’ve had a couple sitting in the archives, and since I just found a couple new ones in Montana, I’ll go ahead and share another batch… This first one I found along a hike…
