Big Bend National Park I would highly recommend taking a trip on the Rio Grande I recently took a canoe trip down the Rio Grande in Big Bend National Park. This was a great experience, and I would highly recommend it to anyone visiting the area. We had booked the trip a few weeks out […]
Mallards
Mallards – IUCN Conservation Status: LEAST CONCERN Mallards are the most common duck in North America I took this photo while kayaking on Eagle Creek Reservoir. You can often see mallards while at this park. On this day, I was on the far north end of the reservoir when I came across these two. This […]
Rain over Alakai Swamp
Alakai Swamp Trail Mount Wai’ale’ale once received 683 inches of rain in one year This photo was taken during one a surprising hike on the island of Kauai in Hawai’i. It was surprising for a few reasons. One, Jill and I had thought that we would only be hiking the Nu’alolo Trail on that day. […]
Mahaulepu Beach Incoming Storm
Hawaiian Monk Seal – IUCN Conservation Status: Endangered Maha’ulepu Beach consists of three beaches Have you ever wanted to find a place where you were the only one on a tropical beach with the sun shining and the ocean gently lapping against the sand? If so, then you’ll know the dream that my wife and […]
Snow in the Grand Canyon
Grand Canyon National Park Suddenly the snow turned into sleet and then to rain I love this photo because in looking at it, you really feel like you are caught in the middle of a snowstorm. I took this photo while coming up from an eight-mile out-and-back hike down into the Grand Canyon. In the […]
Texas Virgin’s Bower
Texas Virgin’s Bower, Clematis – IUCN Conservation Status: Varies This was the most remote night of camping in my life Two of the photos that I took this month were from a trip to Big Bend National Park that I took with Matt, Nick, and a good friend Kenny in the fall of 2021. On […]
Green Anole
Green Anole – IUCN Conservation Status: Least Concern The scientific name is Anolis carolinensis This photo was taken on the island of Kauai in Hawai’i. My wife, Jill, and I were coming down from the summit of Sleeping Giant on the east side of the island when I saw this little green anole hanging out […]
Cardinal Catchfly
Cardinal Catchfly – IUCN Conservation Status: Varies I took this shot with a 1/500th shutter speed This is one of two photos from this month’s gallery that come from Big Bend National Park in Texas. This photo was taken on my first full day in the park. I was descending from the highest point in […]
Mexican Jay
Mexican Jay – IUCN Conservation Status: Least Concern Mexican jays are closely related to crows and magpies Matt, Kenny, Nick, and I were descending from Emory Peak in Big Bend National Park when we came across this blue bird sitting in a tree. It was just a little bit above head height, as we were […]
Snowy Egret
Snowy Egret – IUCN Conservation Status: Least Concern This photo is courtesy of a long walk on the beach This photo of a snowy egret was taken while on a birding walk on Siesta Key beach in Florida. For my birthday, I had received a rental from LensRentals.com. I had decided to rent a Sigma […]