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Here’s another shot from my magical snowy session with a great gray this May in Yellowstone National Park. I’m not sure if I had mentioned it in an earlier post, but this was my first GGO experience in this park after many attempts over t

Backlit flyby! This short-eared owl gave me a close shave as it flew by while on the hunt for a meal. Fun fact about this amazing species of owl: they are one of the most wide-spread owl species in the world, and can be found on every continent excep

I came across this sow with her two cubs early on the fourth morning of my trip. She was hanging out with them on the beach right next to the Brooks campground. It was a brief encounter but I was able to hang around with them as they foraged and walk

Let me just say, Alaska is amazing! I knew going up there last month was a risk as it was a little early in the season, but it was my only chance to make it up there this year as I had to work around my other travels and schedule. It unfortunately di

Look at those beautiful eyes! This mother fox was a busy bee last month taking care of her nine kits. I captured this image as she ran right in front of me on her way to go hunting for her hungry little ones. Hope you enjoy the photo and have great F

Finally home! It’s been a busy last month or so and I’m finally back home in Colorado from my trip to Scandinavia. We had a great time in Finland, Sweden, and Denmark, but coming home always feels so nice.
I have a lot of images from my

I’m back home for a few days from Alaska and getting ready to head out again to Finland and Sweden tonight, and I just wanted to make a quick post before I go. Here’s a photo of a male great horned owl from a local pair that I had been tr

Ok, one more post before I head out of town. On Sunday night we drove up to Mt. Blue Sky to look for mountain goats and other critters. The weather was pretty awful and we had to deal with rain, sleet, hail, snow, and heavy winds, and unfortunately s

This weekend we decided to take a short camping trip up to Rocky Mountain National Park to look for some moose and elk calves. Well we weren’t disappointed as we found three moose and four elk calves. The first moose calf we found was very late

What a super fun time we had with some friends up in Colorado’s west slope photographing a red fox family last weekend. I don’t usually go out of my way to photograph fox, but I got a call from a friend about a den with 9 kits, two of whi

Just over two years ago I was camping with friends in Grand Teton National Park and we decided to take a drive up to Yellowstone because the grizzly bear activity was pretty good. We packed up early and drove up and would spend the day looking for be

Two weeks ago I arrived in Yellowstone National Park for the start of my annual spring trip to find and photograph wildlife. I had a mission of finding bears this year, especially black bears, and to also look for any other critters I came across. On

You’ve goat to be kid-ding me, it’s almost mountain goat season?!?!?! You better billy-eve that I’m super excited to get up to the peaks of the Colorado Rocky Mountains and go looking for some of my favorite alpine residents in just

I’m back home and what a trip it was to Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks! It was a super busy trip and I took tons of photos and had a few amazing experiences. I also made a bunch of new friends and really just had a super time up the

One year ago today, grizzly bear 399 made her first appearance of the year, and more excitingly, with a new cub. When she finally came out I had been in the park for about a week, and I began to wonder if I would miss seeing her before needing to ret

Outside of owls and wood ducks, I will occasionally go out and photograph other birds. One of my favorites if I come across them is the American avocet. These long-legged waders don an orange head and neck in the summer breeding season and will use t

Oh boy, it’s almost time! While I’m getting ready to head up north to Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks on Monday, I’m going through some photos from the last few years and I came across this great shot of grizzly bear 1063

Before I talk about this photo, I wanted to thank everyone for their incredibly supportive comments and messages about the loss of my beloved pup, Suka. The last few weeks have been incredibly hard for us, but receiving so many supportive, caring, an

This past Friday we had to make the hardest of decisions to help the sweetest of dogs take one final adventure.
For over 15 and a half years this giant hairball of unwavering love has been by my side and helped me through some of the hardest and mos

Here’s another photo of a great gray owl from my first experience photographing them in May of 2020. Before this trip to Grand Teton National Park, I had only a little experience photographing owls, and just great horned and burrowing owls arou

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