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Birds

A colorful collection of avian life — from tiny songbirds to majestic waterbirds, captured across continents.

16 photographs

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A Red-and-green Macaw that flew right in front of us as it came in to land on a nearby branch, in Brazil.
Three mallard ducklings swim across a pond while their mother keeps a watchful eye on them.
A Sooty Grouse in the fall foliage at Mt. Rainier National Park.
A California Scrub Jay in Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge.
A Great Blue Heron with a vole it had just caught in the brush, Klamath National Wildlife Refuge, California.
A Helmet Vanga in the rainforest of Masoala National Park, Madagascar
A male Mallard swimming on a duck pond in Washington State.
A Yellow-billed Hornbill perched in Namibia.
An Anna's Hummingbird perched among blueberry blossoms, feeding, in Washington State.
A Glossy Starling perched in the rain, with a herd of elephants in the distance, in Tarangire National Park, Tanzania.
Two backlit macaws flying together as the sun was setting in Brazil.
A Ring-necked Pheasant briefly poked its head up for a look before disappearing back into the brush, in Montana.
A Common Raven at Yellowstone National Park waited hoping for lunch scraps, giving me an opportunity to capture this close up of the wing feather structure and iridescence.
A Common Yellowthroat flitting through tall grass, pausing on a stem with the bug it just caught.
One of nature's ugliest birds, but I still like them, a Marabou Stork in the Serengeti, Tanzania.
A Red-and-green Macaw in flight highlighted in the sun against a dark shaded background.

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A mother Chacma baboon grooming her young baboon in Chobe National Park, Botswana

My Favorite Images

This young Lion climbed up the tree in Tarangire National Park, Tanzania, and looked down at us in our land cruiser. I'm not sure who was watching who.

Wild Cats

Fishing the shallows paid off for this Brown Bear, which came up with a sockeye.

Bears

This Coyote kept coming up toward the car and retreating again, until he worked up the nerve to pass by and carry on down the road.

Wild Dogs, Coyotes, Jackals & Hyena

An elephant that is red from rolling in the red clay in Tarangire National Park Tanzania

Elephants, Rhinos & Hippos

The waterfowl scattered before I saw anything, and then this Bald Eagle swooped in hunting over the lake.

Owls, Eagles, Hawks & Vultures

A Mountain Gorilla in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park, Uganda

Apes, Monkeys & Baboons

I heard rustling off the path that sounded bigger than a bird, stepping around the tree I found this Raccoon looking down from the hillside at me.

Otters, Mongoose & Raccoons

This American Bison calf was up on the hillside right next to the road in Yellowstone National Park.

Giraffes, Zebras & Other Ungulates

A Leopard Tortoise in Ndutu, Tanzania

Reptiles & Amphibians

A Southern Tamandua crossing an open field in the evening light, heading for another clump of trees.

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A Red-and-green Macaw that flew right in front of us as it came in to land on a nearby branch, in Brazil.

The Brazilian Pantanal

It was amazing watching a bear this size match the salmon turn for turn.

Katmai National Park