Wildlife
Birds
Pterodactyl South Whidbey Harbor, Langley Washington - 26 August 2025
Clark's nutcracker (Nucifraga columbiana) in Rocky Mountain National Park - 10 July 2024
Clark's nutcracker - 10 July 2024
California Condors (Gymnogyps californianus), Pinnacles National Park. Not the best photos (they were a LONG way away), but I'll take any photos of California Condors - one of the rarest birds in the world - 8 May 2024
Condor Green Tag 726 (Lil Stinker), female, hatched 18 March 2014 in the San Diego Wild Animal Park, and Juvenile female 1215 (yellow underlined 15) hatched in Pinnacles National Park on 7 May 2023. Lil Stinker is not her mother, but she seems to have taken her...under her wing..... - 8 May 2024 (Yellow 15 is a year and a day old and still has a black head)
California Condors Green 26 and Yellow underlined 15. I hiked a mile uphill to see them, and could barely make the mile back with my bad knees, but it was worth it - 8 May 2024
A California quail (Callipepla californica) - also known as the Valley quail - that walked through our campsite in Pinnacles National Park - 7 May 2024
Moriarty - 27 October 2022
Great blue heron (Ardea herodias ), Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge, Washington - 11 January 2023
Raven (Corvus corax) in Yosemite National Park - 22 June 2023
This American robin (Turdus migratorius) posed perfectly for me. This was one of the earliest photos I took with this camera, and I think it was one of the best. Unfortunately, I seem to have lost the original - this photo was pulled over from my blog when I transferred to this platform.
Mammals
Hmm. 40% of my mammal photos are of bison. I just REALLY like bison. Apparently.
Young Harbor Seal (Phoca vitulina) in South Whidbey Harbor, Langley Washington - 26 August 2025
Seal in Anacortes marina - 18 July 2025
Young Seal on a dock in Anacortes - 18 July 2025
American bison calf (Bison bison), Grand Teton National Park - 17 July 2024
Field of Bison, Grand Teton National Park - 17 July 2024
Butting Heads - 17 July 2024
Who's Scruffy-Looking? - 17 July 2024
Don't lick your nose, kid! - 17 July 2024
Yellow-bellied marmot close-up - 10 July 2024
Yellow-bellied Marmot (Marmota flaviventris) in the alpine tundra of Rocky Mountain National Park. I was walking along the Forest Canyon Overlook trail, and he was running along parallel to me - 10 July 2024
Young female moose nervously watching as people in the distance rode by on horses - 10 July 2024
Young female moose (Alces alces) - 10 July 2024
Rocky Mountain elk (Cervus canadensis nelsoni), Rocky Mountain National Park - 10 July 2024
Rocky Mountain elk - 10 July 2024
Bull elk - 10 July 2024
Golden-mantled ground squirrel (Callospermophilus lateralis) in the Ruby Mountains, Nevada. Photographed from the passenger side of the van through the driver's side window - 4 July 2024
Golden-mantled ground squirrel - 4 July 2024
American red squirrel - 9 April 2024
American Red Squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus) , Central Indiana - 9 April 2024
American red squirrel - 9 April 2024
Keeping an Eye on You Rock Squirrel (Otospermophilus variegatus) high in a tree at the Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park - 23 May 2023
Black-tailed prairie dog (Cynomys ludovicianus), Theodore Roosevelt National Park - 14 October 2022
American black bears (Ursus americanus) in Big Bay State Park on Madeline Island, Wisconsin. It was a mom and three cubs, but one cub was hiding behind a tree - 18 Oct 2022
American red squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus) Big Bay State Park on Madeline Island, Wisconsin - 18 Oct 2022
Bison (Bison bison) Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Contemplating Life Bison in Theodore Roosevelt National Park - 14 October 2022
Pardon Me, Do You Have Any Grey Poupon? White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) in Copper Falls State Park, Wisconsin - 18 Oct 2022
Curious Young white-tailed buck in Copper Falls State Park, Wisconsin - 18 Oct 2022
Daydreaming Badlands National Park - 30 October 2022
Mom Has My Back Theodore Roosevelt National Park - 14 October 2022
Bison Buddies Badlands National Park - 29 October 2022
Desert Cottontail (Sylvilagus audubonii) Badlands National Park, South Dakota - 29 October 2022
Itchy Bison Badlands National Park - 29 October 2022
STRETCH Black-tailed prairie dog in Badlands National Park - 29 October 2022
Reptiles
"Cowboy Compy" by Christina Lo'ren Morrison. A tiny mural of a Compsognathus painted on a curb. Part of Golden, Colorado's Itty Bitty Art Project. It doesn't really belong in the Reptiles section and I don't know if it technically belongs in the Wild gallery either... - 21 October 2023
Arthropods
Arctic blue butterfly (Plebejus glandon) Rocky Mountain National Park - 11 July 2024
Honey Bee (Apis melifera) on Coneflower. Kingston Marina, Washington - 2 August 2024
Bee Wings - 2 August 2024
Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) on a coneflower in Kingston - 2 August 2024
Same bee on the same coneflower - 2 August 2024