The yellow bush lupine is in full bloom at Point Reyes National Seashore, and the park's coastal scrub is carpeted in yellow. This phot...

In wildlife photography, it's so easy to get caught up looking for just the biggest, flashiest male to photograph. Unfortunately, this o...

I encountered a herd of maybe 20-25 tule elk bulls with velvet antlers on a hike along the Tomales Point Trail in Point Reyes National Seash...

This is the same handsome male quail that I posted some shots of last week as he posed in front of some rattlesnake grass lit by the late af...

A young mule deer buck that I found browsing the coastal scrub near Abbott's Lagoon in Point Reyes National Seashore. He was travelling ...

A branch of blooming yellow bush lupine, complete with a cute bug crawling on the top flower, along the trail to Kehoe Beach in Point Reyes ...

When I was out in Point Reyes National Seashore last weekend, I wasn't seeing very much as I drove through the park. I started out by he...

The Bear Valley Visitor's Center in Point Reyes National Seashore is a great place to look for birds. Quail are almost always hanging ar...

While driving on Pierce Point Road through the northern end of Point Reyes National Seashore, I can't drive by the Abbott's Lagoon p...

On my last trip to Point Reyes National Seashore, I walked the trail to Kehoe Beach in hopes of finding some song birds in the wildflowers t...

California quail are one of my favorite birds to photograph (if you couldn't tell from my blog banner and gallery page icon), and I ofte...

It's been a while since I posted some shorebirds to the blog, and I was getting that itch. Since most of them are up north on the tundra...

Two shots of a young mule deer buck with velvet antlers enjoying the tall spring grass in Point Reyes National Seashore. View more in my Mul...

A male California quail posing on a fencepost along Sir Francis Drake Blvd in Point Reyes National Seashore. This was the only quail we saw ...

Two bull tule elk with velvet covered antlers stand in a field of wildflowers along the Tomales Point Trail in Point Reyes National Seashore...

While flipping through my archives in the past few days, I saw this shot that I had originally overlooked as I edited images from this trip ...

Here is a series of images of our state bird, the California quail, taken at the Tomales Point Trailhead in Point Reyes National Seashore. A...

I just love to watch and photograph California quail. Other than shorebirds, they are quite possibly my favorite subjects. The arrival of sp...

Sanderlings dig deep into the sand looking for a meal after a wave pulls back along Limantour Spit in Point Reyes National Seashore. View mo...

I love to see these regal animals with their velvet antlers during the spring. The amount of energy and resources they must invest in growin...