Marmot Dance
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 Gray Owl in Snow
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.
Young Ring-Tailed Lemur
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.
Baby Giraffe
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.
Superb Fairy Wren
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.
Mating Toads
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.
Unidentified Lizard
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.
Black-Shouldered Antshrike
After doing my research, I realize there’s not a lot written about the black-shouldered antshrike. What I can tell you — it’s small, it’s black, it has little white spots and it was photographed in Corcovado National Park in Costa Rica. Nikon D800 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens (at 400mm) ISO 3200, f/4 at 1/160th of a second.
Collared Peccary
La Selva is a protected rainforest about an hour from the capitol of Costa Rica that hosts all sorts of wildlife biologists and other scientists studying various aspects of the area’s flora and fauna. I’ve seen a great deal of wildlife there in my three visits, perhaps the most conspicuous being the peccaries that come out to the open areas to forage in the late afternoon. This is a collard peccary, taking a quick break before getting that head back down into the grass. Nikon D800 with Nikkor 70-200mm lens (at 200mm) ISO 3200, f/2.8 at 1/100th of a second.
Giraffe at Sunset
For the majority of the day, lighting in Botswana’s scrublands can be harsh on sunny days. But when that sun hits the horizon, all that scrub brush takes on a whole new look. And there’s usually a subject or two around to pose for the camera. Nikon D700 with Nikkor 70-200mm lens (at 150mm) ISO 800, f/2.8 at 1/1000th of a second.