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  • Lioness on the prowl

    Lioness on the prowl

    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.

  • Black oystercatcher on a stormy day

    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.

  • On guard

    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

    Juvenile gentoo penguin in Antarctica

    A juvenile gentoo penguin showing off its best side in Antarctica.

  • Butterfly on Lantana

    Butterfly on Lantana

    Swallowtail butterfly feeding on bright yellow and orange lantana blossoms.

  • You looking at me?

    You looking at me?

    Great egret perched above me in the trees in Towola Dunes in Northern California.

  • Great Blue Heron taking flight

    Great Blue Heron taking flight

    Near the coast in Northern California, just off Highway 101, a Great Blue Heron takes flight.

  • Roosevelt bull elk strikes a pose

    Roosevelt bull elk strikes a pose

    Roosevelt bull elk in California's Redwood Coast standing near Stone Lagoon.

  • Lesser Goldfinch at River Fork Ranch

    Lesser Goldfinch at River Fork Ranch

    A male and female lesser goldfinch perch on golden grass at River Fork Ranch in Carson Valley, Nevada.

  • Birds on a wire

    Birds on a wire

    A pair of chipping sparrows perch on barbed wire at Spenceville Wildlife Refuge in Northern California.

  • Eye-to-eye with a California newt

    Eye-to-eye with a California newt

    Noticed this newt working its way along the forest floor in the rain. I wanted to capture the view at eye-level, so I lay down on the wet ground and positioned my camera on the ground facing in the direction it seemed to be heading. Soaked by the time it arrived, my patience was rewarded with this shot. The California newt is an amphibian that spends part of its life in the water and part on land. Though cute to look at beware of picking up. Adults secrete tetrodoxin (a powerful neurotoxin) through its skin. The same toxin found in pufferfish and harlequin frogs.

  • Turkey Vulture Perched

    Turkey Vulture Perched

  • California Quail on barbed wire

    California Quail on barbed wire

    Callifornia quail perches on barbed wire in Spenceville Wildlife Area

  • Acorn woodpecker with acorn

    Acorn woodpecker with acorn

    An acorn woodpecker gives its best profile with an acorn in its beak.

  • And then she said...

    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?

    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.

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  • Male lion eating a zebra

    Male lion eating a zebra

    A male lion eating a recent zebra kill in Amboseli, Kenya.

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  • Male lion drags zebra kill

    Male lion drags zebra kill

  • Reedbuck feeding in Amboseli

    Reedbuck feeding in Amboseli

    A female reedbuck feeding on grasses in a marsh in Amboseli in Kenya.

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    Roosevelt bull elk strikes a pose
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