When November comes around here in the Pacific Northwest, it’s hard to make myself get out to take photos. The weather is usually dreary and cold which does nothing to inspire picture taking. But I did get out a couple times. On November 12, I took a drive over to the Nisqually National Wildlife…
In late summerI booked a photo tour in the Grand Tetons for September 26. I decided I wanted to head east early enough to visit Yellowstone before and after my 4 day Tetons tour. As it turned out I left Yellowstone a day earlier than planned due to an incoming snow storm and was not…
I haven’t used the Nikon 200-400mm f/4 since February when I shot Snowy Owls so I decided to take it on a walk to McLane Nature Trail to look for ducks. As it turned out, there weren’t many ducks and the few Wood Ducks I did see had lost all their color since it was…
The first weekend of April is always the semi-annual meeting of the Nature Photographers of the Pacific Northwest. This year the meeting was held in Eugene, Oregon. We had just purchased our “new to us” 1989 Volkswagen Syncro Westfalia, so we were anxious to take it on a road trip. Although we stayed with friends…
It’s mid-February and time for baby owls at the Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge. We headed over there and found two Great Horned Owlets in the tree nest. I really didn’t have the lens I wanted to photograph them, so went back the next day and found only one in the nest. Mom was hanging out nearby,…
In both the winters of 2012 and 2013 we saw the occurrence of snowy owls at Damon Point in Ocean Shores, Washington. I hiked out there in 2012 but was not very satisfied with my photos, so when I heard the owls were back again in 2013 I headed out there again – twice! The…
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