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In the heart of Yellowstone, when the snow falls heavy and the winds bite cold, the Bobcat thrives. These elusive hunters are masters of survival, using their stealth and sharp instincts to navigate the harsh winter landscape. With their thick fur coats and powerful paws, they are built for the cold, stealthily stalking their prey in the snow-covered wilderness.
Luskentyre Grazing Pony
The white horses of Luskentyre Beach, on the Isle of Harris in Scotland, are a striking sight where foaming waves gallop ashore against a vast stretch of silver-white sand. Set against turquoise waters and the rugged Harris hills, the rolling surf creates the impression of wild, untamed energy—nature’s own white horses dancing across one of the most beautiful beaches in the Outer Hebrides.
Resting Pea Fowl
Spotted: A majestic male peafowl looking serene and unflappable while resting among spring flowers at Rip Van Winkle Gardens on Jefferson Island in Louisiana. His vibrant feathers outshone the jewel-like blooms that surrounded him which reminded me of a scene straight out of a fairytale. While in Cajun Country, I am always aware that nature and beauty go hand in hand.
On The Hunt
Female snowy owls aren’t just majestic creatures! They are also fierce protectors of their hunting grounds? While snowy owls are known for their impressive hunting skills and beautiful plumage, it's the females who take on the important task of defending their territories, often from smaller male snowy owls!
Garden Idyll (Peahen)
Unlike the vibrant plumage of the male Indian peafowl, the female’s more subdued brown and green coloration serves an important evolutionary purpose: camouflage.
These muted feathers help peahens remain concealed from predators, especially while nesting on the ground or caring for chicks. This cryptic coloration increases both her survival and the likelihood of her offspring reaching maturity — a key advantage in natural selection.
These muted feathers help peahens remain concealed from predators, especially while nesting on the ground or caring for chicks. This cryptic coloration increases both her survival and the likelihood of her offspring reaching maturity — a key advantage in natural selection.
All Boy
In Spring, Prairie Chickens participate in a mating ritual called booming. According to Nebraska Extension Wildlife, dancing or "booming" males in ornate breeding plumage will flair their head feathers, stomp their feet, inflate their bright orange air sacs to show dominance, and produce long, low hums broken up by clucks, whines, and cackles. These sounds are known as “booming calls,” and they can be heard from up to 1 ½ miles away.
Evening Preen
This beautiful male egret spent the last moments before sundown preening. There is method in this posturing behavior. Interested females often gather around to watch the male preen and are attracted by his stylized movements and attention to detail.
Deep In Winter
Bison have continuously roamed Yellowstone National Park since prehistoric times. These hearty mammals can survive in deep snow but not always comfortably. Their thick, shaggy coats insulate them from sub-zero temperatures and blood-freezing wind chill. Their large, muscular shoulders and giant heads allow them to clear paths through chest-deep drifts and push meters of snow aside to find tundra grasses underneath the accumulated frozen layers.
Black Beaf of Anan
In Tongass National Forest, two keystone species of Alaskan wildlife meet each year at Anan Creek. Pink Salmon fight their way up the creek to their ancestral spawning grounds and bears gather on the banks by the hundreds to feast on the captive bounty.
Miles To Go
For over a thousand years, Sandhill and some Whooping Cranes have followed an ancient migration path called the Central Flyway. This hour-glass-shaped fly route stretches from South America to the Arctic regions of North America. Happily for the exhausted Cranes, the flyway bottlenecks in Nebraska’s Platte River Valley where there are plenty of open corn fields and resting spots in and near the Platte River.
Mediterranean Sea Horses
For generations, Camargue horses have adapted and thrived in the coastal marshes and coastlines of the French Mediterranean.
On the Plains II
Spanish explorers first brought "painted" or two-toned horses to North America. Spanish breeds like the Barb, Andalusian, and Arabian eventually formed the foundation for the wild mustang herds found throughout the American West.
Local Barred Owl Colorized
Barred Owls are territorial. They breed and nest in the same general area year after year. This stylized photo is of my neighborhood owl in
Western NC.
Western NC.
Hunting Fox Portrait
Red Foxes in Yellowstone have to brave severely harsh winters. To survive, they use their acute hearing to pinpoint prey under the snow. After locating, they leap up into the air and pounce head first into the snow, pinning their prey down with their paws and catching it with their teeth.
Headed Towards the Thermals
Three Bison make their way across a thermal field as they push on to
hot springs where they can warm up during the harsh winters in Yellowstone National Park.
hot springs where they can warm up during the harsh winters in Yellowstone National Park.
Evening Call
A Barred Owl, photographed in the swamps around Lake Martin, LA, calls to her mate.
Silent Flight
A Barred Owl, photographed in the swamps of Lake Martin in
Louisiana glides across black water channels on silent wings.
Louisiana glides across black water channels on silent wings.
All White
I was stunned by the stark, ethereal beauty of this all-white Peacock I saw while photographing birds in Louisiana in this past May.
Most of us have seen an Indian Peacock with iridescent, blue-feathered bodies and a 70-inch long trailing "train" of feathers dotted with blue, gold and green eyespots. When displaying, typical Peacocks are a riot of regal color.
Peacocks with an inherited defect in pigment cells called leucism didn't get the full cellular memo that color is required. Leucistic birds lack the cells responsible for melanin production. Melanin pigment, which causes feathers to appear dark colored, is absent.
The Peacock in the photograph is fully leucistic, meaning that there is reduction in all types of pigment resulting in a completely pale or white bird. With leucistic animals, eye color will be normal since eye development occurs separately from other areas of the bod
Most of us have seen an Indian Peacock with iridescent, blue-feathered bodies and a 70-inch long trailing "train" of feathers dotted with blue, gold and green eyespots. When displaying, typical Peacocks are a riot of regal color.
Peacocks with an inherited defect in pigment cells called leucism didn't get the full cellular memo that color is required. Leucistic birds lack the cells responsible for melanin production. Melanin pigment, which causes feathers to appear dark colored, is absent.
The Peacock in the photograph is fully leucistic, meaning that there is reduction in all types of pigment resulting in a completely pale or white bird. With leucistic animals, eye color will be normal since eye development occurs separately from other areas of the bod
Generations
The oldest and wisest female in an Elephant heard teaches younger Elephants all about survival in the African bush.
Gator Stance
A joke told by residents of Lake Martin, LA goes like this:
How do you know if there are Alligators in any body of water in Louisiana? You put your hand in the water and, if the water is wet, you know for sure that Alligators are in there!
How do you know if there are Alligators in any body of water in Louisiana? You put your hand in the water and, if the water is wet, you know for sure that Alligators are in there!
First Steps
After watching this Grant's Gazelle give birth for an hour, I was doubly
rewarded by this intimate moment when the fawn first stood with the help of his adoring Mom.
rewarded by this intimate moment when the fawn first stood with the help of his adoring Mom.
Coming Home
The white horses of the Camargue are known to love the water so much that in France, they are called "horses of the sea". They are often found galloping through the blue waters of the Mediterranean Sea.
Chrome Ever More
California Chrome is one of the top-rated race horses of all time, racking up over $13 million dollars in prize money during his racing career. I photographed Chrome at Taylor Made Farms in Lexington, KY.
Cheetah Couple At Rest
Cheetah couples rest most of the day in the shade of acacia trees before they hunt for food. This pair was photographed in the Serengeti
Mara.
Mara.
At Attention
The Gray Crowned Crane population in Tanzania and Eastern Africa is severely compromised. There are many threats to the survival of the species including habitat loss due to wetland degradation, human disturbance, live capture, and chick and egg collection for the commercial trade.
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