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

A song sparrow singing in the yellow wildflowers that line the ponds of the Ellis Creek Water Recycling Facility in the spring. Here it is s...

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...

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 ...

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 ...

A ruddy turnstone in breeding colors at Pillar Point Harbor. Here the bird is running across an exposed area of sand between the rocky forma...

A western sandpiper in transitional plumage takes a stroll along the water's edge at Pillar Point Harbor. I've had a few comments re...

A ruddy turnstone strolls through the sand in Pillar Point Harbor near Half Moon Bay, California. These birds are so stunning in their summe...

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...

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

The blackbirds are starting to make a real ruckus, which must mean that spring is just around the corner! These are two shots from an eveni...

I figured the most appropriate thing to post for today is a pair of pintails. Here's a male and female snuggling up together on the wat...

I love to photograph northern pintails, and I think the drake's can look especially stunning when they show off those patterns as they p...

One of my favorite duck species to photograph, I think that northern pintails are just so beautiful. They have wonderful lines to their sle...

This great blue heron was hunting out on the mudflats of Pillar Point Harbor last November.