I know a loon is already black and white, but I feel this processing just draws it out so much nicer… You may recognize these photos from the other loon post…
Of course, the hovering ospreys were nice, but the real treat was seeing them dive for fish. I unfortunately never good a good shot of one diving – every time I either couldn’t keep it in the frame properly or my camera decided to change…
One of the days in Grand Tetons National Park, there were several ospreys hunting where the Snake River flows out of Jackson Lake (right at Jackson Lake Dam). They were completely unconcerned with the small crowd of photographers that had gathered at the walkway there.…
Technically this was not my first time seeing pronghorn – I saw a few last year when I visited Bryce Canyon National Park, but I was unable to get the camera out in time to get any photos before they ran away. Speaking of which,…
While in Yellowstone, I got lucky to see this coyote hunting along a river… It pounced on something in the snow a couple times, but it was also keeping an eye on those ducks to see if any came close enough for it to take…
When I first arrived in Montana, the Flathead River – specifically the Middle Fork of the Flathead River was running a beautiful green color and looked pretty clear and not too high. By the time I left, it was running very muddy, high, and fast…
It is early June and temperatures in Pittsburgh are already in the 90s… but just a few short weeks ago, I was in a still snowy Yellowstone…
One of the days in Glacier NP, while I was hoping to photograph some loons, I had this Horned Grebe grace me with quite a while of getting to watch it hunt. It usually stayed just out of the good range for my lens, but…
Since I was visiting Yellowstone at the very front edge of spring, I thought maybe I’d get some photos of bison in the snow. I did get a couple shots, but nothing fantastic (and technically some of these are from outside the park, but close…
Ok – not technically a duck… and again with the “common” argument… but Loons are one of those birds that I’ve always wanted to see, and they did not disappoint. Such a beautiful bird. And to hear that haunting calls they make – just unforgettable.…
I guess we’re going to do a “Duck Week” here… Today we’ll look at some Cinnamon Teals. I first saw some at the Arcata Marshes in California, and then some more in that same spot where I saw the Ring-necked Ducks I shared the other…
While in Montana and Wyoming, I saw multiple pairs of Common Mergansers. I’m honestly not sure why certain birds get that “common” label. Maybe they were much more numerous in years past because it definitely doesn’t apply to their coloration or patterns…
I first stopped by this little pond where I found these Ring-necked Ducks on my initial drive to Yellowstone from Glacier. I pretty much got lucky again here as I actually spotted some Sandhill Cranes (more on them later) on the right side of the…
Like all the other posts recently, this one was pre-scheduled… and since it is looking like my time in Yellowstone and Grand Teton will be spent in some rather cold camping conditions, I figure I might be dreaming that I was back in the desert…
