I was out taking sunrise photos this morning. On the way home I noticed the swans were a up early rooting around in the marsh. As I got out to practice my bird photography they suddenly stopped dipping they're heads below the water and started honking away. I knew from the previous experience that usually means they are getting ready to take off! So I excitedly got into position. A few minutes later they had positioned themselves at the edge of the water and started their not so graceful take off. Now I can check this off my photographers bucket list
A bald eagle spotted what looks a hooligan filet along the shoreline of Turnagain. This is a sequence of four shots.
Finally got one of the hard to capture Warbling White-eyes. 1 out of 500, I'd call that a success.
Gosling canada geese watching their parents for the next move.
Canada Jay in Denali National Park
Corvus corax (Common Alaskan Raven)
The trickster finally gave in and gave me one shot facing me. Then he flew away.
One of the many swanss gathered at a lake off of the Denali Highway
I took a trip to Eagle river nature center today. There were tons of spruce grouse hanging out along the trail. Also unknown to me at the time was the agressive brown bear that charged some people yesterday was yards away from me. I found all this information out after I arrived back home.
Pair of gulls found the perfect nest at the top of an old post.
A Chestnut Munia oddly sitting all alone on the ground.
Little Junco was singing away.
I had a bird photographer friend that made a couple of suggestions on my original photo. Tell me what you think. Tell me which you like better?
Noisy raven at the Fortress of bears in Sitka, Alaska. Every time I would try to take his picture he would turn his back to me and walk away.
King Eider. Large sea duck that lives along the coastline of the Alaskan north slope during the summer breeding seasons. In the winter it lives along the southern coastline of Alaska.
I took a trip to Eagle river nature center today. There were tons of spruce grouse hanging out along the trail. Also unknown to me at the time was the agressive brown bear that charged some people yesterday was yards away from me. I found all this information out after I arrived back home.
The lead swan, I believe it is the male, is taking off from a local marsh early one saturday morning. Shot near Anchorage, Alaska.
A couple more cranes decided to join the group right as I finished setting up my camera
Black-Bellied Plover hanging out near the beach. He wasn't too sure about me. He kept a close eye on me while catching bugs as he was running behind the landscaper mowing the grass.
A dark-eyed junco posing in the woods.
Puffin cheesing for the camera.
I took a trip to Eagle river nature center today. There were tons of spruce grouse hanging out along the trail. Also unknown to me at the time was the agressive brown bear that charged some people yesterday was yards away from me. I found all this information out after I arrived back home.
Pair of Trumpeter Swans are warming up their wings in preparation for taking to the air. This pair had a few cygnets this summer, but they were no where to be seen. More than likely they have already taken left the nest for warmer climates.
White-rumped shama sits in a thorny bush, waiting for me to pass by. I found this female white-rumped shama while hiking the trails of Koloa Kauai
Yell it from the rooftops. This magpie had a lot to say.
Raven hanging out at the visitor center at Eagle river nature center
Seward Sealife center puffin posing for the camera.
One of the species that was introduced to Hawaii
A bald eagle spotted what looks a hooligan filet along the shoreline of Turnagain. This is a sequence of four shots.
Japanese White-eye perched on a hibiscus. Shot while on vacation in Kauai.
Black-billed magpie
Bald Eagle at Eklutna tailrace, Alaska
Young bald eagle in Seward, Alaska
Alaskan black billed magpie (Pica hudsonia)
This guy was in my backyard this afternoon pecking at one of the dog rawhides that was left out in the yard.
Rooster waiting for tourist to crack macadamia nuts on the wooden stump.