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.
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
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.
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?
A young fawn stares at my camera, even though I am a ways off and hidden ... apparently not well enough.
Male lion eating a zebra
A male lion eating a recent zebra kill in Amboseli, Kenya.
Male lion drags zebra kill
Reedbuck feeding in Amboseli
A female reedbuck feeding on grasses in a marsh in Amboseli in Kenya.
