Wildlife Pictures, Page 5
Expert wildlife photographers stake out their quarry like a hunter and wait, sometimes for days, for the perfect shot to appear. I am not one of them. But once in a while on a trout stream the wildlife photo opportunities come to me, and when I can I have my camera ready.
A two families of Canada geese flee our canoe.
A Bonaparte's Gull cruises low over a rapids.
Date AddedMay 25, 2011
CameraDMC-LX3
Wandering tattler. This type of sandpiper is known to nest next to high streams above treeline in rugged Alaska mountains.
These seagulls live at the salmon-cleaning station during this time of year.
Seagulls were perched on the rocks watching for outmigrating juvenile sockeye salmon to get disoriented in the whitewater and bubble up to the surface where they can be grabbed. I caught one of them that hit my fly in mid-air and got hooked in the wing, but didn't get any pictures because I was too focused on releasing it. It was fine.
Date AddedJul 21, 2016
CameraNIKON 1 AW1
A Dall Sheep ram sits atop a mountain in Denali National Park.
Dall Sheep in Denali National Park.
This golden eagle is soaring through Denali National Park.