Queen of the Mara
The sun was setting in the Maasai Mara as we spotted several lions in the pride moving through the tall grass. Our driver positioned me perfectly for this shot so I could get low and shoot this lioness coming right toward the camera.
A juvenile ermine licking lips on Kodiak Island
A juvenile ermine pokes its head out of the rocks and licks its lips on Kodiak Island in Alaska. The ermine, also known as a short-tailed weasel weighs under 8 ounces, but are considered one of the best predators pound-for-pound as they are capable of killing animals, such as rabbits, which are twice their size.
Kodiak Red Fox peers out
A Kodiak Red Fox peers out of the underbrush and up at me as I was sitting, hoping it would appear. The gaze of her yellow eyes was piercing.
Charging brown bear with eyes on his salmon
A charging brown bear has his eyes focused intently on a salmon right in front of his nose. In Geographic Harbor in Katmai National Park, Alaska.
A bald eagle splashes water as it takes flight in Kodiak
A bald eagle takes flight in Kodiak on Kodiak Island as its talons splash the water beneath its wings.
Two Kodiak Bear Cubs Wrestling
Two Kodiak Bear cubs wrestle at the Frazer fish pass and weir near Frazer Lake on Kodiak Island.
Brown Bear eating salmon in Geographic Harbor Alaska
A Brown Bear holds a salmon against its leg as it is eating while staring into the camera. Photo was taken in Geographic Harbor on the Kenai Pennisula in Alaska in the Katmai National Park and Preserve.
Black oystercatcher on a stormy day
A black oystercatcher searching for food on the rocky coastline of Mendocino, California. It was a stormy day and the little bird just scurried about as the waves crashed around it.
Wild horses galloping in water in the Outer Banks
Three wild horses, a stallion and two mares, galloping through the water in the Outer Banks of North Carolina near Beaufort.
Wild horse stallion and mares galloping through water
Two wild horse mares and a stallion send water splashing as they gallop through the shallow water in Shackelford Banks North Carolina, in the Outer Banks.
Eared Grebe at Mono Lake in Sunset Light
An Eared Grebe catching beautiful sunset light at the South Tufa Area in Mono Lake, California.
Male California Quail On guard
A male California quail stands guard over his mate and their chicks as they are feeding around the tree stump below. .
Juvenile gentoo penguin in Antarctica
A juvenile gentoo penguin showing off its best side in Antarctica.
Swallowtail Butterfly on Lantana
A Swallowtail butterfly feeds on the nectar from colorful Lantana flowers.
Great egret in Towola Dunes in Northern California
A Great Egret poses and looks down on me as I am photographing it standing on pine branches above me in the Towola Dunes in Northern California.
Great Blue Heron taking flight
Near the coast in Northern California, just off Highway 101, a Great Blue Heron takes flight.
Roosevelt bull elk in California's Redwood Coast standing near Stone Lagoon.
A Roosevelt bull elk stands and stares at me as I am taking its photograph in Humboldt Lagoons State Park in Northern California.
Lesser Goldfinch at River Fork Ranch
Lesser Goldfinch perch on dry grasses in the late afternoon sunlight at River Fork Ranch near Genoa in Nevada.
Chipping sparrows on barbed wire
Two Chipping sparrows perch on a discarded roll of barbed wire on a ranch in Spenceville, California.
Turkey Vulture perched on oak tree branch
A Turkey Vulture perches high up in an old oak tree covered in moss.
California Quail on barbed wire
Callifornia quail perches on barbed wire in Spenceville Wildlife Area
Acorn woodpecker with acorn
An acorn woodpecker gives its best profile with an acorn in its beak.
And then she said...
A sea gull opens its beak and appears to be spreading all kinds of gossip to a rather indifferent friend.
Why is everyone looking at me?
A young fawn stares at my camera, even though I am a ways off and hidden ... apparently not well enough.
