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 Bay in Katmai, 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

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

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.

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.

Butterfly on Lentana

Great egret in Towola Dunes

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.

Lesser Goldfinch at River Fork Ranch

Chipping sparrows on barbed wire

Turkey Vulture Perched

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.