There are three species of Scrub Jays in North America: the Florida Scrub Jay, the Island Scrub Jay, and the Western Scrub Jay. As the name implies, the Florida Scrub Jay is limited to the peninsula of Florida. The Island…
Western Scrub Jay
January Desktop
Feel free to click on the image below, download and save for use on your computer’s desktop. Personal use only, please.
Blue Hour
The Blue Hour is the all too short period of time between when the sun disappears behind the horizon and the arrival of night. The evening sky takes on its richest color during this time, and the tones are…
My Favorite 6 Images of 2011: Part 2
This post is the second and final part of my contribution to 2011 retrospective pieces. (See Part 1 here.) As I sorted through my images from the year, I realized that I was surprisingly unproductive. All three of these next…
My favorite 6 Images of 2011- Part 1
Jumping on the end of year retrospective bandwagon, here are my personal 6 favorite images from 2011, and the stories that go with them. These are my favorites for a number of reasons, but it is the memories that go…
Bushtits
I’m currently in Colorado visiting my folks, brother and young niece for the holidays. Christmas is a big deal for the Shaws and I really look forward to this time of year. In addition to the chance to see my…
Recent Images: Aurora Borealis
There was a decent Aurora display last night. It wasn’t particularly bright so it required some long (30 second) exposures which blurred the patterns of the lights. Still it was a lovely, if cold, night of shooting. I experimented…
Avian Retrospective 7: Green Violetear
Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Today, activities like cooking, eating and then desperately exercising to try and burn off the gluttony are higher on my list than posting to the blog, so I’m going to make this one short. Today we move…
Avian Retrospective 4: Rusty Blackbird
Today I turn to one of my favorite species of birds. I’ve had the great pleasure of intensively studying the Rusty Blackbird for the past five years as part of my work at the Alaska Bird Observatory. They breed throughout…
Spinning Perceptions
I found this woman spinning wool on a roof top on Isla Taquile on the Peruvian side of Lake Titicaca, Peru. I sat with her for a while, but she didn’t seemed particularly pleased to have my company. Eventually I…