My favorite images

Here is a sample of my images from across all genres of nature photography. These are ones that represent the breadth and quality of my work. Click on an image to see it at full screen resolution and start a slide show.

Just before sunrise, a band of wild horses runs to their first watering hole of the day, kicking up dust that floats into the sky and captures the warm colors of the dawn.
In mid-autumn in Grant Teton National Park, a subadult Black Bear is in seventh heaven gulping down hawthorn berries to fatten up for the winter.
Sharing a moment, these two wild horses touch noses in a friendly gesture. They are lit up by the late afternoon sun colored dark orange by the smoky atmosphere made by wildfires to the west of them.
A curious Brown Bear cub carefully studies a beach plant it picked up. Is it food? How flexible is it? What does it taste like? After handling and biting it for a minute, it dropped the plant and ran off after his family.
Even wild horses are curious. These ones stopped to inspect me for a minute before continuing their morning trek to the next watering hole.
We think of cats as mostly nocturnal animals, but some kinds, like this American Bobcat, often hunt during the day.
While its mother is busy eating sedges in the meadow, a lone bear cub waits patiently in the rain.
A pair of Rockhopper Penguins shares a tender moment at the nest. Such 'billing' behaviors are a common way for mated birds to reinforce their bonds to each other.
A mother bear sees danger in the next meadow and calls to her cub. The cub runs up nervously and stands up for a better look, clinging to its mom for support and assurance.
Where did Mom go? A small bear cub peers over tall meadow grass to catch a glimpse of its mother.
On an intensely cold morning in southern Patagonia, water vapor in the air condensed to form frozen fog that settled in the valleys. Emerging from the fog are the famous peaks of the Torres del Paine, while a small herd of guanacos peers curiously a
Do you see what I see? A mother bear looks intently at another bear in the meadow - is it friend or foe? The cub reacts to her mother's gaze by standing up and looking in the same direction.
An adult King Cormorant shows off its mating decorations (intense blue iris, orange caruncles and iridescent crest). Monogamous birds like cormorants are often thought of as being dull-colored, but birds that nest in colonies often have colorful pat
Not much of anything about an American Bison makes sense unless you see it in winter: this is an animal designed to survive the most extreme winter conditions!
During a rare colorful sunrise in coastal Alaska, an adult Brown Bear searches the tidal flats for the buried razor clams that are their main source of protein in mid-summer.
A young adult male Brown Bear stands up in a glacial stream to find the next salmon to chase. Before he shakes, ribbons and streams of water cascade off him.
Without a sibling to play with, this inventive bear cub picked up a molted Bald Eagle feather and toyed with it for nearly 10 minutes, adopting an astonishing variety of poses.
A Brown Bear splashes through a shallow stream to look for spawning salmon. I used a slow shutter speed to capture a sense of the dynamic movement of the water.
A head feathers of a Macaroni Penguin are among the longest of any penguin species and often sway in the strong winds of the southern oceans.
After emerging from a glacial stream, a young adult Brown Bear shakes himself vigorously to rid himself of the nearly one gallon of water in his coat.
Sitting on top of the dead tree that contains its nest, a male Western Flicker shows off his colorful wing feathers as he preens.
On a typically foggy morning in coastal Alaska, a young male Brown Bear runs at full speed through the shallow water of the tidal flats. As he runs, he searches in all directions to find a salmon he can pursue.
Against a full moon, a Great Grey Owl takes off from its treetop perch.
After hours of chasing salmon in a glacial creek, a young adult male Brown Bear emerges and shakes out his sodden coat in the later afternoon sun.
I caught this Black Oystercatcher in the middle of preening its back feathers between the wings. Its colorful beak and eye denote an adult bird in breeding condition.
Just before sunrise, a young adult Brown Bear chases a salmon in a shallow stream. The salmon often gets away as it can sense the splashing of the bear long before the bear is within striking distance.
A relaxed sea otter keeps all four paws out of the water as a way to conserve its body heat. They are its only body parts that are not covered in dense fur. I caught this one with a surprised expression on its face.
Male Grizzlies, like this immense boar, are the first bears to emerge from their winter dens. There is no vegetation to eat and prey are often scarce, so the bears will gladly scavenge a frozen bison carcass.
An adult King Penguin trumpets out a call in the late evening of a long summer's day in the Falkland Islands. These loud calls are often given by members of a pair to locate each other in the a crowded colony, or to announce their mated status to oth
An adult Brown Bear walks along the edge of a glacial stream shortly before sunrise. Although he looks thoughtful, he is actually using his exquisite sense of smell to search for its favorite prey, spawning salmon.
A Rockhopper Penguin is caught in mid-leap as it flings itself out of the surf onto a rocky ledge. Starting at speeds up to 5 miles per hour in the water, a penguin can hurl itself over 6 feet into the air and cover a distance of over 10 feet.
When sea lions pull out on human-made haul-outs like a wharf, space can be limited. Luckily sleepy sea lions are tolerant of each other!
Having no land mammal predators, baby penguins are intensely curious about other creatures on the ground. That includes photographers lying on their bellies!
Set off by the famous peaks of the Torres del Paine, a herd of guancos approaches. The lead guanaco stopped for a moment to look at me curiously.
A pair of Southern Pygmy Owls sits atop an old-growth tree in southern Chile. Their attention was attracted by some rustling in the leaves near the base of their tree.
Two foxes engage in a ritualistic territorial spat. Although they look vicious, the fight is more about status than actually harming your rival.
Elephants often 'dust-bathe' by spraying dust over their bodies with their trunks. Covering their hide with dust (or mud) helps to keep insects away and acts like a layer of sunscreen.
Two young adult male Brown Bears are caught in the middle of sharing a joke - well, not really. They are play-fighting, exchanging fast but restrained blows from their paws. No bears were hurt in the process.
Returning to its favorite perch, a male Rufous Hummingbird settles gently on the branch tip. I took this picture in late evening, so I had to use a slow shutter speed, giving a hazy effect to its fast wingbeats.
An adult Brown Bear is dwarfed by the estuary of a glacial river in Alaska. Although bears might seem common when they gather at productive fish runs, they are really spread very thin overall - about one Brown Bear per 20 square miles!
Searching for leftover kernels of wheat, a line of Snow Geese marches through rows of stubble from the last harvest in eastern Montana.