Sometimes dinner comes pre-garnished for a river otter. In winter, river otters will see to it that select entry points into and out of a frozen body of water remain unfrozen. This guy had just emerged from one of those entry points and dropped dinner onto the ice before digging in. Photographed in southern Indiana. Nikon D700 with Nikkor 70-200mm lens (at 200mm) ISO 400, f/5 at 1/500th of a second.
Thanks to Connecticut Magazine for the Q&A feature in their May issue. And thanks to my wife Karen for taking the cover image which you can click to get to the full digital version of the article.
No animal in this one, just the glory of terra firma to celebrate on Earth Day. This was taken on Mount Rainier many years ago when the mid-summer alpine wildflowers were at their best. Nikon D700 with Nikkor 17-35mm lens (at 19mm), graduated neutral density filter, ISO 200, f/18 at 1/25th of a second.
Gambel’s quail are quite sartorial with that head plume they strut around with. These birds spend the majority of their time on the ground, only occasionally taking to the air. I photographed this one in the Anza-Borrego desert of southern California. Nikon D500 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens (at 400mm) ISO 800, f/4 at 1/500th of a second.
A lone bighorn sheep doing what bighorn sheep do, high on an eroded butte in Badlands National Park. Nikon D800 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens (at 400mm) ISO 400, f/8 at 1/1000th of a second.
Days are short come November in northern Manitoba. But when the sun gets low on the horizon it can cast a magical glow across the frozen landscape. When a polar bear just so happens to be walking past, things get even better. Nikon D700 with Nikkor 70-200mm lens (at 82mm) ISO 800, f/8 at 1/1600th of a second.
A snapping turtle searches for a new body of water to lay her eggs. I took this one years ago at Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge down in Delaware. Nikon D300 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens (at 290mm) ISO 400, f/5.6 at 1/1250th of a second.
This moose cow ventured out to the middle of the lake to dine on the nutrient-rich vegetation growing underwater. Although she certainly looks like I caught her eating something that she shouldn’t have been. Photographed in Baxter State Park in Maine. Nikon D200 with Nikkor 600mm manual focus f/5.6 lens, ISO 200, f/8 at 1/350th of a second.
Many years ago I photographed these three mountain goat kids at Mount Evans in Colorado. The middle goat seems quite pleased to be sandwiched between the two siblings. Nikon D300 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens (at 200mm) ISO 200, f/8 at 1/640th of a second.
It’s been quite a while since I’ve been to Bosque Del Apache in New Mexico. This image is from back in 2009. Two snow geese coming in for a landing. Nikon D300 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens (at 250mm) ISO 800, f/4 at 1/500th of a second.