It is no surprise that many Canadians, including me, are feeling especially nationalistic these days. As it turns out, this moment in history coincides with the 50th anniversary of the beaver becoming Canada’s official national emblem. Back in March 1975, with the passage of the National Symbol of Canada Act, […]
During the winter months, my wife Aubrey and I take frequent walks through a wooded area near our home. We’re always on the lookout for wildlife, hoping to spot a rarity such as a short-tailed weasel, a striped skunk, a moose, or a bobcat, but usually have to settle for […]
Sometimes an unexpected photo project falls straight into your lap, and so it was with me and mermaids. In the winter of 2008, my wife and I decided to rent a condo in Crystal River, Florida to fulfill the promise I had made to myself some 36 years earlier. I […]
I got to follow the romantic exploits of this young bull, who I estimate was just three or four years old, when, over the course of two days, I spent over nine hours with him as he shadowed and courted a reluctant adult female who was mothering a four-month old […]
In May 2023, my wife Aubrey and I spent three weeks camping in the southern Okanagan Valley in British Columbia. Our quest was to explore, hike, and photograph the wild lands west of the town of Osoyoos where Parks Canada is hoping to locate the country’s latest protected natural region, […]
The walrus will never win a wildlife beauty contest. Still, I have a soft spot in my heart for this whiskered, google-eyed, wrinkle-faced beast that has played a role in many of my most memorable Arctic adventures. One summer in particular, my fondness for the walrus grew even more when […]
The polar bear embodies the allure of the Arctic like no other animal. As our world tackles the implications of climate change, the bear has become an important bellwether of global warming. I have been fortunate to observe and photograph polar bears in Wapusk National Park, near Churchill, Manitoba, on […]
Last month I featured the sandhill cranes I photographed in New Mexico a few Christmases ago. While I was in New Mexico, I secretly hoped to see a critter that had been on my bucket list for nearly 40 years. The animal I dreamed of seeing was the javelina (pronounced […]
When it comes to my appreciation of Christmas, I’m a real Scrooge, so every December I search for a photo destination to escape the crazy commercialism of the season. One Christmas a few years ago I settled on Bosque del Apache along the Colorado River in central New Mexico – […]
Two species of foxes live in the Canadian Arctic, the cosmopolitan red fox, which has the widest distribution of any wild mammal on Earth, and the circumpolar Arctic fox. Generally, the red fox lives in forests, while the Arctic fox lives on the tundra. In the past 50 years, however, […]
