The Barrow’s goldeneye is a sea duck that lives mostly in the Pacific Northwest, but can also be found in a few other pockets of the world. They were one of the species hit hard by the Exxon Valdez oil spill back in 1989. I photographed this male near Vancouver, Canada. Nikon D800 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens (at 400mm) ISO 800, f/4 at 1/1000th of a second.
Squirrel monkeys are the smallest of the four species of monkey found in Costa Rica. I was down on the Osa Peninsula near the Panama border when a troop of these little guys came for a visit — eager to feast on the red berries that were ripening on the local trees. Nikon D200 with Nikkor 70-200mm lens (at 175mm) ISO 400, f/4 at 1/180th of a second.
Secretary birds are quite large and spend most of their time on the ground roaming the grasslands of east Africa. But they can also be seen perched atop acacia trees from time to time. I photographed this pair in the Masai Mara of Kenya. Nikon D500 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens (at 400mm) ISO 400, f/4 at 1/1600th of a second.
A couple of marmots engaged in marmot-y behavior. These are the yellow-bellied species and they were photographed at Mount Evans in Colorado. Nikon D300 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens (at 350mm) ISO 400, f/5 at 1/125th of a second.
Great grays are certainly majestic owls. But they do look kind of funny when they’re on the ground — often half sunken in snow — just after diving for a vole or other prey. I’m not entirely sure if this was a successful attempt or not. The owl hung out for quite some time in the snow and then turned and flew in the opposite direction. Nikon D500 with Nikkor 500mm PF lens, ISO 800, f/5.6 at 1/3200th of a second.
Looking forward to someday returning to Madagascar. Ring-tailed lemurs were the first of the 23 three species of lemur I ended up photographing on my three-week trip back in 2007. Nikon D200 with Nikkor 80-200mm lens (at 175mm) ISO 100, f/2.8 at 1/1250th of a second.
This young giraffe lost track of mom and was heading back to safety. You can see the scrub land conditions that cover much of the Linyanti region of Botswana. Nikon D800 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens (at 330mm) ISO 400, f/4 at 1/2000th of a second.
These little guys are superb indeed and aptly named. They are native across Australia. I photographed this one in Narawntapu National Park on the northern coast of Tasmania. Nikon D810 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens (at 400mm) ISO 800, f/4 at 1/6400th of a second.
A pair of American toads doing their best to make more American toads. I photographed this one on a commercial shoot up in Toronto a while back. Nikon D810 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens (at 400mm) ISO 400, f/32 at 1/30th of a second.
Not really sure who this guy is but he/she was giving me a pretty intense stare down late one afternoon while I was hiking in the cloud forest of Ecuador. Nikon D800 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens (at 360mm) ISO 3200, f/4 at 1/30th of a second.
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