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Goldfish Point Pelicans: the Gift that Keeps on Giving, Winter 2022/2023, Part V
I’m shooting the La Jolla pelicans often this winter; see recent blog posts about La Jolla Pelicans as well as a gallery of my favorite brown pelican photos. Our wonderful weather and bird activity...
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A Bird Photography Weekend at Bosque del Apache, December 2022
I had been discussing the possibility of re-visiting Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge in New Mexico for the last several months with Skip Stubbs, and we finally decided to commit a weekend...
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Royal Terns in La Jolla, Sterna maxima
I’ve got a couple places in La Jolla that I go to to photograph animals or seabirds. Lately, one of those spots has had many Royal Terns (Sterna maxima). These images illustrate non-breeding plumage...
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Brown Pelican Glottis Exposure: A Curious Seabird Behavior
Glottis exposure — what is it? A “glottis exposure” is a not-so-well described pelican behavior. I have seen it thousands of times among California brown pelicans but didn’t know the proper term for...
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Pelican Portraiture in Overcast Light, Winter 2022-2023, Part VI
In overcast light there is really only one type of photograph I am looking to make: a portrait. Overcast skies can be thought of an enormous soft box, diffusing the light so it has little or no...
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Pelicans Soaring Along Cliffs After the Storm, Winter 2022/2023, Part VII
I’m shooting the La Jolla pelicans often this winter; see recent blog posts about La Jolla Pelicans as well as a gallery of my favorite brown pelican photos. Our stretch of near-perfect weather for...
View ArticleFavorite California Sea Lion Photos of 2022
Enjoy some of my favorite California sea lion photographs from 2022. Select HD quality if you can. Cheers and thanks for looking!
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Images of Brown Pelicans in Soft Overcast Light and Against Big Surf, Winter...
I’m shooting the La Jolla pelicans often this winter; see recent blog posts about La Jolla Pelicans as well as a gallery of my favorite brown pelican photos. This winter certainly has turned out to be...
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The Best La Jolla Brown Pelican Winter Season Ever
I’m shooting the La Jolla pelicans often this winter; see recent blog posts about La Jolla Pelicans as well as a gallery of my favorite brown pelican photos. In November I decided to spend a lot of...
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California Sea Lions Bodysurfing Boomer Beach in La Jolla
My long-term project to photograph California Sea Lions bodysurfing in La Jolla continued this past winter and was a lot of fun. We had quite a few mornings of great action, some of the best I have...
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Newborn Pacific Harbor Seal Pups at the Children’s Pool in La Jolla
I made an effort to photograph Pacific harbor seal pups (Phoca vitulina richardsi) this past winter after a long absence and managed to create a few new images I am happy with. I photographed the La...
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South Australia Marine Life Sampler, a Dive Trip on the M/V Rodney Fox
I recently joined friends for a 10-day dive trip on the M/V Rodney Fox in South Australia organized by Richard Salas. Richard organizes great trips and this one was no exception; we had a lot of fun...
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Photos of Giant Sea Bass Courtship, Mating and Spawning Groups at Catalina...
Giant sea bass (Stereolepis gigas) are an enormous species of wreckfish (not a true bass) found in the kelp forests of California. Once known as “jewfish” and later as “black sea bass”, giant sea bass...
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Peregrin Falcon (Falco peregrinus) at Torrey Pines State Reserve, San Diego
Peregrin falcons (Falco peregrinus) have nested on the sheer cliffs overlooking the ocean at Torrey Pines State Reserve for years. This past spring I made a few visits to try to photograph them....
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November Waves and Wind, Pelicans and Sea Lions
We recently had an episode of Santa Ana winds, warm dry offshores that often glass off the ocean and bring skies clear of any clouds. I almost always go out to photograph at sunrise when Santa Anas...
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Wildlife Photography with the Sony Alpha One and Sony 200-600 Lens
I switched to a Sony Alpha One for my topside photography in May 2023. After shooting about 50,000 frames through it in Kenya and locally, I have thoughts. African elephant herd crossing dry lake bed,...
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California Brown Pelican Breeding Plumage Study
I saw my first breeding California brown pelican of this winter’s season yesterday. November is sort of on the early side for them. Many will be in winter colors at this time but won’t have the...
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Young California Sea Lions Underwater in the Coronado Islands, Fall 2023
As I try to do every year, I did some diving at the Coronado Islands in October and November to watch California sea lions (Zalophus californianus). Islas Coronado lie just south of the US border...
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Brown Pelicans in La Jolla, November into December
I photographed in La Jolla many mornings in late November and early December. One of my projects involves California sea lions but, while there have been many on the point, they were not exhibiting...
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Lilac-Breasted Roller, Coracias caudatus, Kenya
The Lilac-Breasted Roller (Coracias caudatus) is my favorite bird in Kenya. It is not rare, although it is typically found in trees and large shrubs so if the area you are in is treeless you probably...
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Has Bosque Del Apache National Wildlife Refuge Jumped the Shark?
Has Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge jumped the shark? I fear that it may have. The bird photography at Bosque Del Apache NWR can be sensational from dawn to dusk, but the last couple years...
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La Jolla Seabirds in Late December
Our long run of perfect weather mornings changed, and my string of uninterrupted days photographing in La Jolla came to an end, in mid-December around Christmas. Still, I enjoyed several nice...
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Photographing California Brown Pelicans in La Jolla
Here are my thoughts and recommendations for photographing California brown pelicans in La Jolla. If you like these photos, you can also see lots more blog posts from past sessions photographing...
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California Sea Lions Bodysurfing at La Jolla Cove
I’ve been waiting and watching for weeks for the California sea lions at La Jolla Cove to begin bodysurfing. It’s usually a winter behavior. I’ve seen small bouts of surfing from them recently but...
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Some of my Favorite Cluttered Pelican Images
The first couple of weeks of 2024 have been great as far as photographing wildlife in La Jolla is concerned. Many mornings the weather has been typically “winter perfect” (shorts and hoodie) and we...
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Brandt’s Cormorants (Phalacrocorax penicillatus) Courtship and Nesting on...
Late January and early February is an ideal time to see Brandt’s Cormorants (Phalacrocorax penicillatus) practicing their courtship behaviors and building nests in preparation for egg laying in a few...
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La Jolla Pelicans in Late January and Early February
The Pelicans in La Jolla were fantastic in December and early January but have been spotty for me since. One reason is that the wave action died down. Large waves make for great seabird photography...
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Wildlife Portrait Photography on Point La Jolla; Year-Round Closure Makes...
For many years I photographed wildlife on Point La Jolla, usually at sunrise. I’m referring to the flat tabletop reef below the walkway to the west of La Jolla Cove. That was a prime ocean entry for...
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Finding Leafy Sea Dragons at Rapid Bay Jetty, South Australia
While cruising around South Australia and Kangaroo Island, we stopped at a couple jetties. I think of a jetty as a breakwater formed of large bolders or rocks, but in Australia a jetty can be a wharf...
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Warblers, Whimbrels and Hummingbirds on the Coast Walk in La Jolla
I recently acquired a 600mm lens which I plan to use with 1.4x teleconverter often, probably for birds much of the time I suspect, and have been out practicing with it. The combination is too long for...
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