Why the Resplendent Quetzal?
The Resplendent Quetzal is a bird watcher’s dream. To “tick” one requires near superhuman persistence. Since persistence is one of my strongest traits, this should [...]
Toucans in Three Acts
Big or colorful birds. This is what I told our Costa Rican guide when he asked what birds I wanted to photograph. After a brief [...]
Rules of our Youth
Rules for everything! When I was very young, there were rules for everything. Do this. Don’t do that. One of my parents’ favorites was I [...]
Gorilla Carnival
The Setup To photograph Mountain Gorillas, you must want it. It is hard trip, hard to get to Uganda, hard to get to our hotel [...]
Big Cats of the Mara
Many tourists go on a game drive content to observe animals from afar. Not us. We want to get as close as possible without interfering [...]
Speed Dating at Samburu
I have never had the experience of speed dating. Conceptually, it is quite simple, about 20 men and women sit in a circle of 10 [...]
Finally Bears
Until now we have been shut out of bears. For a trip that professes to be a whales and bears trip, disappointment was setting in. [...]
A Morning with Bears
It was going to be epic. The salmon were plentiful in the stream, the brown bears hungry from hibernation, photographers lined up with telephoto lenses, [...]
And Then There Were None
My dad is a very private man, often prioritizing the writing of his latest play, novel, or short story over friends and family. He is [...]
Reaching for the Stars
There’s a Starfish waiting in the pool He’d like to come and meet us [sorry, David Bowie] The Ochre Star is a species of starfish [...]