Northern Shoveler – Male | Bosque del Apache | April, 2011
Northern Shovelers use their large flattened bill to strain the water for small aquatic plants and animals. |MC36-0081
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Blue Grouse – Male | Burgess Junction, Wyoming | May, 2009
This bird is displaying in an effort to attract a female. Blue Grouse do not display on communal leks used by other males. Each adult male bird finds his own favorite spot to perform. |MC4-0302
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Moose – Bulls | Walden, Colorado | September, 2010
The bull on the right has not shed all of the velvet off his horns. It was a little too early in the fall for these bulls to be serious rivals. | MC25-0289
Read MoreLesser Prairie-Chickens – Males | Roswell, New Mexico | April, 2011
These 2 males are fighting to establish who is the dominate bird on this lek or strutting ground. The dominate birds will mate with the majority of the females. | MC34-0379
Read MoreLesser Prairie-Chicken – Male | Roswell, New Mexico | April, 2011
This bird is displaying on a lek in an effort to attract a female. |MC35-0020
Read MoreMt. McKinley | Denali National Park | May, 2011
Mt. McKinley is the highest peak in North America, with an elevation of 20,320 feet, and is hidden in clouds a great deal of the time. It was named after President McKinley in 1890 and attempts by the state of Alaska to change the name to Denali have been blocked by a national board that want to keep the McKinley name. |MC40-0210
Read MoreSharp-tailed Grouse – Male | Craig, Colorado | April, 2010
This bird is displaying on a communal lek used by other males all with the hope of attracting a female. |MC21-0365
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Moose – Bull | Walden, Colorado | October, 2011
The bird sitting on this bulls back is a Black-billed Magpie. It hopped all over it’s back and the bull did not seem to even know it was there. |MC51-0166
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Sandhill Cranes | Bosque del Apache | January, 2011
Sandhill Cranes usually always fly with their legs stretched out behind them, except on very cold mornings. When this picture was taken the temperature was -2 degrees. |MC29-0250
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Ring-necked Duck – Male | Albuquerque, New Mexico | January, 2011
These ducks look like they have been missnamed. They do in fact have a light colored ring around their necks, but it can only be seen when they extend their necks. |MC31-0113
Read MoreWild Turkey – Male | Carlsbad, New Mexico | April, 2011
This bird is an adult Rio Grande subspecies gobbler. |MC35-0197
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Wild Turkeys – Immature Males | Carlsbad, New Mexico | April, 2011
These birds are immature males of the Rio Grande subspecies. These one year males are called “jakes”. |MC35-0114
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Wild Turkey – Male | Carlsbad, New Mexico | April, 2011
This bird is an adult Rio Grande subspecies gobbler. |MC35-0139
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Wild Turkeys – Male & Female | Peloncillo Mts. NM | June, 2009
The largest of all wild turkey’s, this adult gobbler and hen of the Gould’s subspecies are quite rare in New Mexico, where they are found only in the Peloncillo Mts. This range of mountains is located along the New Mexico, Arizona border just north of the border with Mexico. The Sierra Madre Occidental Mts. in northern and central Mexico are home to most of the Gould’s turkeys. |MC10-0113
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Moose-Bull | Walden, Colorado | September 2010
The dewlap hanging from the throat of this bull is the longest we have ever seen on a moose. Just what purpose it serves continues to be debated. |MC26-0026
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Grizzly Bear | Atigun Pass, Alaska | June, 2011
Even though this picture is not the quality I would normally use it is still one of my favorites. It was taken one windy, overcast day with very poor lighting. This is a Barren-Ground Grizzly crossing the tundra on the North Slope between the Brooks Range and the Arctic Ocean. These bears living on the North Slope are at the absolute northern most limit of their range. This bear was only about 70 miles south of the Arctic Ocean and may spend part of the summer along the coast where it could very well cross paths with a Polar Bear. | MC42-0314
Read MoreRed Fox – Pup | Atigun Pass, Alaska | June, 2011
We found this Red Fox den site quite by accident when we pulled off the Haul Road to look for musk ox.The den was not that far off the edge of the road, and if you remained still, the young foxes would come out of their den to watch us. They seemed as curious of us as we were of them. |MC42-0179
Read MoreStone Sheep – Ram | Fort Nelson, British Columbia | May, 2011
Stone Sheep, Bighorn Sheep, Desert Bighorn Sheep, and Dall Sheep are the 4 types of wild sheep native to North America. |MC41-0095
Read MoreMusk Ox | Atigun Pass, Alaska | June, 2011
The Musk Ox is one of the oldest species of mammals living today, and one of the very few large animals that managed to hang on after the end of the last ice age 10,000 years ago.They shared this world with mammoths, mastodons, saber-toothed cats and giant ground sloths,yet while the vast majority of these animals disappeared the Musk Ox has managed to survive. |MC42-0215
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Arctic Tern | Anchorage, Alaska | June, 2011
Arctic Terns have, by far, the longest regular migration of any animal, from it’s summer breeding grounds in the Arctic and Sub-Arctic, to the oceans around the Antarctic. They will chart a meandering course to take advantage of prevailing winds and can easily travel 40,000 to 50,000 miles during a yearly migration. These birds may live to 25 or 30 years of age and will travel 1.5 million miles during their lifetime. |MC45-0324
Read MoreRed Fox – Pup’s | Atigun Pass, Alaska | June, 2011
There were 5 young Red Foxes in this den that were 6 or 8 weeks old. We did not see either one of the adults which, I assume, were kept very busy hunting to feed these guys. |MC43-0128
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