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...

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

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...

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...

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...

A sanderling rests in the wet sand between the rocks of Drake's Beach in Point Reyes National Seashore. I always love to see shorebirds...

Continuing the thread of my wishful thoughts of summer, here's another dive into an untouched folder from last May. This was one of one ...

A black-bellied plover, in the middle of transitioning to its summer plumage, along the edge of the water at Pillar Point Harbor. Updated ca...

A black-bellied plover that is almost to its full breeding plumage. They are such stunning birds in their summer patterns, and it's a pl...

Northern shovelers are beautiful in any light, but especially when you catch the right reflection off of their iridescent feathers. The rig...

When I have a cooperative subject, I try to remember to turn the camera vertical to get some variation into my images for the day. While sh...

A sanderling walking the water's edge on Limantour Beach, Point Reyes National Seashore.

By this time of year the burrowing owls should have left Cesar Chavez Park at the Berkeley Marina to spend the summer months in their breedi...

A few more shots from the nice encounter I had last month with a large flock of American avocets at Radio Road Ponds. Mid-march is right at ...

There's just something about northern shovelers that fascinates me, and it's always a pleasure when I get a chance to photograph...

The unseasonably warm temps with plenty of sunshine the past few days calls for a colorful and warm picture. Here's a willet cruising a...

I took so many shots of this individual plover as we spent over an hour together on the beach at Pillar Point Harbor last month, and I have ...

This is the second half of the courtship and mating ritual of a pair of American avocets that I witnessed at Radio Road Ponds in Redwood Cit...

After dropping my wife off at SFO a few weeks ago, I decided to make a quick stop at Radio Road Ponds to see what birds were around before i...