In just about the same spot that I photographed the bear last Friday, I captured this wild turkey today. There were actually about twelve of them roaming the backyard — a mother and her almost grown chicks. I’m still waiting for the male with open tail feathers to pay a visit. Nikon D500 with Nikkor 500mm PF lens, ISO 800, f/5.6 at 1/50th of a second.
A mallard drake takes a look beneath the surface. Photographed in British Columbia just outside of Vancouver. Nikon D800 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens (at 340mm) ISO 800, f/4 at 1/1000th of a second.
This guy made an appearance in our backyard on Friday evening. Our yard slopes up in the back and catches the last rays of the sun, just a bit of which were hitting his nose and the surrounding foliage. He took a quick look our way before disappearing into the forest. I’m still waiting for him, or one of his friends, to show the courtesy of walking through my camera trap. Maybe tomorrow. Nikon D500 with Nikkor 500mm PF lens, ISO 1600, f/5.6 at 1/60th of a second.
A female gerenuk emerges from the bushes in Samburu National Reserve in Kenya. Their unusually long necks, as well as their habit of rearing back on their hind legs, allow them to reach foliage that other antelope species can not. Nikon D500 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens (at 340mm) ISO 400, f/4 at 1/320th of a second.
As I’ve mentioned before, the silver fox is actually just a black variant of the red fox. There’s also a cross fox, which is part reddish and part blackish. The “silver” fox name comes from the white (silverish) tips to the fur that you can see on the in-focus part of this guy’s face. Nikon D300 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens (at 200mm) ISO 400, f/5.6 at 1/50th of a second.
When the tide recedes, ochre sea stars are a common sight along the shoreline in Olympic National Park in Washington state. They come in varying hues of purples and orange, clinging to the volcanic rock. A misty day combined with a slow shutter speed added to the atmosphere of this image captured at Rialto Beach. Nikon D700 with Nikkor 17-35mm lens (at 17mm) ISO 200, f/20 at 8 seconds.
The zebras were getting understandable nervous as these three cheetah brothers went on the prowl. About twenty minutes later they made an unsuccessful sprint while attempting to capture one of the young zebra calves. Photographed in the Ol Pajeta Conservancy in Laikipia, Kenya. Nikon D300 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens (at 400mm) ISO 800, f/4 at 1/250th of a second.
Along with the Cobb’s wren, the Falkland steamer duck is the only endemic bird to the Faulkland islands, occurring nowhere else in the world. It is a large duck and also flightless. This is a mated pair, the male to the left and female to the right. Nikon D800 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens (at 200mm) ISO 800, f/14 at 1/500th of a second.
Koalas have three fingers and two opposable thumbs on each of their two front paws. Both the fingers and thumbs have sharp pointed claws to assist in climbing, holding onto trees and gripping food. On the back paws, they have a grooming claw. Photographed at Hanson Bay on Kangaroo Island in South Australia. Nikon D200 with Nikkor 600mm f/5.6 manual focus lens, ISO 400, f/5.6 at 1/30th of a second.
You can see just how much bighorn lambs blend in with their surroundings in Badlands National Park. Bad for any would-be predators. Very good for the lambs. These two were having a good old time chasing each other up and down the sides of these eroded buttes, the dominant landscape feature in the park. Nikon D800 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens (at 400mm) ISO 1600, f/4 at 1/320th of a second.
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