Pronghorn buck catches some air
The most fleet-footed animals on the plains, pronghorn are not only fast, they are pretty skittish. This handsome fellow proved that true on both counts. He was fine with me…
Backlit touch down!
Normally backlighting is not desirable in photography and certainly I probably would have preferred direct lighting for this shot but I actually kind of like how it turned out. The…
Bald eagle performs a fast flyby for Freedom Friday
Finally! It had been a while since I had a quality photo session with my favorite subject, the bald eagle. This past Sunday I was intent on fixing that and…
Sleepy common nighthawk
On our camping trip on Colorado's northeast plains a few weeks ago I spotted lots of these birds early in the morning. As you can tell, they were not exactly…
Stallion on the run in black and white
Such an amazingly handsome horse for #WildHorseWednesday. This is apparently Tuscarora, a gorgeous gray stallion. A couple of years ago he apparently controlled one of the largest bands in the…
“Brave” bison calf hides behind mama
As I mentioned in a recent post, I haven’t had much luck getting pics of spring babies. Thankfully I appear to be putting that behind me, in part due to…