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Anna's Hummingbird (Calypte anna) visiting a bird feeder in Clarksdale, Arizona. This male was aggressively chasing all other hummingbirds from the yard.
Vertebrate Photography
Vertebrate Photography
I am not a very patient photographer. That is to say, I take pictures if I see something in passing, but I don't wait around for the perfect shot. This is not the best strategy for subjects that move fast, or subjects that move at all. Still, I got to see some pretty cool critters throughout the years. Hope you enjoy this selection of some of my favorites.
Australian Scrub Python (Simalia kinghorni) snoozing under the cover of an experiment at the Daintree Rainforest Observatory, Queensland.
American Black Bear (Ursus americanus) calmly looking around on the other side of the road from me in Litchfield, Connecticut,
A large "committee" of Black Vultures (Coragyps atratus) had gathered outside the campus of Eastern Connecticut State University in Willimantic, Connecticut.
Cactus Wren (Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus) perched in an Aspen on the campgroun in Marfa, Texas.
Beisa (Oryx beisa) peacefully watches our field party drive by in Samburu National Reserve, Kenya.
It looks like a snake, but it's a limbless lizard: the Common Slowworm (Anguis fragilis), here in Roekel, Netherlands.
Encountered while off-trailing in Shenipsit State Forest, Connecticut: the Eastern Box Turtle (Terrapene carolina).
Emerald Anole (Anolis evermanni) in the rainforest understory of El Yunque National Forest, Puerto Rico.
A Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) at Rockefeller State Park, New York.
A Greater Short-horned Lizard (Phrynosoma hernandesi) amongst granite scree in Tesuque, New Mexico. Fascinatingly, this is the only red individual I've ever seen. Presumably because it alters colors to blend in with the background.
Helmeted Chameleon (Trioceros hoehnelii) living in the Hagenia treeline at Mt. Kenya National Park, Kenya.
Cheeky Kea (Nestor notabilis) claiming my poor old Mitsubishi at Hollyford Valley, New Zealand.
Kererū (Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae) perched over the path at Taieri River, New Zealand.
A sleepy Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) looks up from its Eucalyptus perch to have a look at the human getting all excited about a Koala.
Approach quietly: one of the many Krug's Anoles (Anolis krugi) in the understory of the rainforest in El Yunque National Forest, Puerto Rico.
Mexican Jay (Aphelocoma wollweberi) perched in a piñon at Big Bend National Park, Texas.
My first (but not last) encounter with an eastern US snake: the Northern Black Racer (Coluber constrictor) at Bear Mountain State Park, New York.
"You go left, I go right." New Zealand Sea Lion (Phocarctos hookeri) at Tunnel Beach, New Zealand.
An Ornate Tree Lizard (Urosaurus ornatus) is basking on the sandstone in the Munds Mountain Wilderness, Arizona.
A noisy visitor: A Pearly-eyed Thrasher (Margarops fuscatus) reliably woke us up every morning in Coral Bay, US Virgin Islands.
A Plateau Fence Lizard (Sceloporus tristichus) perched on a log in Tesuque, New Mexico.
Inquisitive visitors: spend some time in the mountain beech forests and you'll likely get a visit from the South Island Robin (Petroica australis). Here at Piano Flat, New Zealand.
Red-billed Gull (Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae) bumming for scraps at Allans Beach, New Zealand.
A Reticulated Giraffe (Giraffa reticulata) checking out the commotion at Mpala Research Station, Kenya.
Sand Lizard (Lacerta agilis) at De Hoge Veluwe, Netherlands.
Spring Peeper (Pseudacris crucifer) blending in with last fall's foliage at Tillinghas Pond, Rhode Island.
A Lion (Panthera leo) wanders by at Mpala Research Station, Kenya.
Weka (Gallirallus australis) checking on our trail etiquette at Marlborough Sound, New Zealand.
Peturbed this poor Variable Oystercatcher (Haematopus unicolor) at Allans Beach, New Zealand.
Wood Frog (Lithobates sylvaticus) at Barkhamsted Reservoir, Connecticut.
A juvenile Woodland Jumping Mouse (Napaeozapus insignis) being too dang cute in Litchfield, Connecticut.
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