We made it to Ushuaia in Tierra del Fuego, Argentina today and spent a few hours just wandering around the town and seafront getting a feel for the place....
I’ll end this short Black Skimmer series with a shot of a flock of the birds flying along the shoreline of Cocoa Beach, Florida shortly after sunrise...
In the air, Black Skimmers (Rynchops niger) are amazingly elegant and dexterous flyers. On the beach, however, they look rather comical. Here are a couple...
A flock of Black Skimmers (Rynchops niger) skims the surface of the waters off Cocoa Beach, Florida early in the morning on March 25th, 2024.
As usual when I’m up in New Mexico, I took a camera along on my evening walk yesterday and grabbed a few local scenes. High desert flora is fascinating...
Of the gull-like birds I watched on Cocoa Beach last week, the Royal Terns (Thalasseus maximus) were probably my favourite. They are so elegant and graceful...
Staying with the theme of birds in flight, here’s another image I took while stalking the Black Skimmers on Cocoa Beach last week. This was taken...
While waiting for last week’s aborted Delta IV Heavy launch, I pointed a camera at various birds that were flying around Cape Canaveral Space Force...
Segueing nicely from space hardware back to birds, here’s a Great Blue Heron that was fishing near Titan III Road in Cape Canaveral Space Force Station...
A group of Willets (Tringa semipalmata) apparently enjoying the view of Cocoa Beach Pier, Florida, shortly after sunrise.
Let’s leave space hardware for a while. Here’s a shot I grabbed while out for a walk shortly after sunrise on Monday morning. There were a couple...
A group of Steller Sea Lions relaxing on a rock outcrop in the Inian Islands of south eastern Alaska.
A Bald Eagle perched on an iceberg which was floating in front of the face of Margerie Glacier in Alaska’s Glacier Bay National Park on September...
We’ll stay with Alaskan wildlife today. Here’s a sea otter that popped its head up to say hello then smiled at our boat as we cruised past...
We saw many bald eagles in Alaska last September but most were some distance away and not easy to get a good, close image of. During our visit to the Alaska...
I’m out of town for Thanksgiving this week and haven’t been taking many pictures so didn’t post for the last few days. I’ve just...
Back to Alaska today with this image of a Glaucous-Winged Gull (Larus glaucescens) seen in Sitka at the start of our September visit to the state. The skies...
Here’s another of the long lost Yosemite National Park photos I discovered while wandering through the library a couple of days ago. This coyote...
Moss Glen Falls is a popular stop for people driving Vermont’s picturesque Route 100. They are easily visible from the road itself so no hiking is necessary...
Dead salmon lying on the banks of the Indian River in Sitka, Alaska. Each year, millions of fish return to the rivers where they originally hatched to spawn...
