Shifting Beneath
Some days the world feels tilted.
Tag: USA
The Most Pleasant Of Waterfronts
Seattle has made progress with its waterfront over the last 20 years. It used to be a place some tourists would go but now it is a magnet for activity Continue Reading →
Average Awesome Hawai’ian Sunset
What more needs to be said about enjoying the colorful display of a Hawai’ian sunset.
That Time In Alaska With A Drone And Nature
Okay, there’s a ship in this picture, but without it, I wouldn’t have been in this spectacular location. As fate would have it, a couple of bad decisions lead to Continue Reading →
Death Valley Airport Runway
Not many national parks have runways but Death Valley has three! This is the only paved strip in the park and there are only about six national parks around the Continue Reading →
High Up In Hawai’i
Thanks to a local’s suggestion, I took the high road from Hawi to Waimea on the Big Island. Seemed like it would take longer to get back to my hotel Continue Reading →
Got A Teakettle? Leave A Teakettle
Way out in the desert, along a bumpy and rutted dirt road on your way to the Racetrack in Death Valley National Park, is Teakettle Junction. No one really knows Continue Reading →
Oven Bisect
In one of the older buildings near the Augereberry mining claim in Death Valley is an old, old stove.
California Coast – Palos Verdes
Just another golden sunset on the California Coast
The Long View Of Death Valley
From 6300′ up on Aguereberry Point in Death Valley is a pretty great view looking South down the length of the park. Badwater Basin and more spreads far, far away.
Life On The Road – End Of A Long Day
Long empty hallways are another repeating theme in my life. When I am out filming for work I often pick hotels that have free breakfast and that usually leads to Continue Reading →
Pagoda Buckwheat
Ever take pictures of things you don’t know and then forget to look them up? Sure you do! Agree with me to make me feel better! This is the Pagoda Continue Reading →
Western Bluebird
I had a chance to go birding with the LA Birders today up in the San Gabriel Mountains, a location on the back side by Big Pines. It’s not a Continue Reading →
What The Heck???
Not sure what you’re looking at here, huh? It took me a minute to remember what it was as well! And I was there. This is the Sundial Bridge in Continue Reading →
The Wreck Of The Peter Iredale
120 years ago the Peter Iredale ran aground and amazingly enough, you can still see parts of it today. Even more amazing, there is no (obvious) tagging or graffiti! You Continue Reading →
More and More Layers
Long time viewers of this blog, now in its 21st year, know I love layers. Okay, maybe not even the long time readers know this, but I do, I really Continue Reading →
Western Sandpipers In The Shallows
Sandpipers are for me a difficult lot to identify. I rely on Merlin a lot. Both for the photos identification capabilities and for the audio identification. If not for Merlin, Continue Reading →
Baby Orcas Are Cute Little Predators
Spotted up in Alaska this May while on assignment with Uncruise Adventures (so happy to have worked with them for 14 years!). After the sun went down, around 9:45pm, while Continue Reading →
Shifting Sands
The amount of images you can bring home from White Sands National Park changes daily with the shifting winds and sands.
The Simple Folly Of Trying To See One Bird You Already Saw Before
A “Big Year” in birding terminology is trying to observe tons of different species of birds in a calendar year. It’s a personal challenge some birders do and I decided Continue Reading →
Black-chinned Hummingbird
There here in LA for some breeding, meet the Black-chinned Hummingbird! #234 on my 2026 list and mission to observe 500 this year. I need to step it up a Continue Reading →
Zion Rock Patterns
Not all the rock in Zion National Park is red sandstone.
Zion Morning Sun
From the campground in Zion National Park. Pretty easy to enjoy this park without having to hike a hundred miles.
Downtown Chicago On A Fine Day
The sun was shinning, the wind was blowing (not evident in the photo) and the sky was almost cloud free. A great day on the lake in Chicago.
Beach Eagle
I imaging this Bald Eagle somehow rode all the way to the beach on their surf log. I might have been out in the sun too long today.
Snowy Plovers And Persistence
I didn’t come to Oregon to find Snow Plovers, but once I was near them and knew they existed, I had to find them and add to my 2026 goal Continue Reading →
Lake Manly Panorama
It’s a bummer panoramas can’t be properly appreciated on most of our screen, especially if you are reading this on a phone. But I still love taking them and working Continue Reading →
I Don’t Know Why It’s Cool To Walk Behind A Waterfall
I don’t know why it is fun to walk behind a waterfall, but I sure enjoy it especially when there is no one around. At Silver Falls State Park in Continue Reading →
Circling The Icebergs
Fresh from Alaska, where the cold winds blow and the icebergs flow.
Wilson’s Warbler
Soon all the birds with people’s names in them will be changing, at least in the US. I’m wondering what the Wilson’s Warbler will become? Bad-toupee Warbler?