The Albatross family contains the largest birds with the largest (Wandering Albatross) having a wingspan of 11 feet.  The Black-browed...

We are coming up on the tail end of the best time of what I consider to be the best time to visit the Southern Ocean.  On the Falklands...

The setting sun silhouettes a Sandhill Crane.  You can see the hole in the beak very clear which is how the Sandhill Crane breathes.

A Sandhill Crane comes in for a landing and doing so against the wind helps to control it and make it smooth.

Sandhill Cranes and Snow Geese prepare for departure at sunrise as mist rises up from the nearby pool.

Look chicks go out onto the water the day they are born, riding on the back for the first couple of weeks and then swimming behind but...

Did you know that the Loon gets its name from the clumsy and awkward way it walks on land?  They are very graceful in the water though.

This Downy Woodpecker was also photographed near Kamloops in 2010 but unlike the Sapsucker from yesterday, this one had a feeder nearby...

I’ve been going back and working on some images from my Avian photography days.  This one was captured near Kamloops, British Columbia in...

Buttermilk country is an area near Bishop, California that is known for bouldering and rock climbing.  Its also a nice place for...

A red and blue window on the wall of Carmel Mission.

A path straight to the summit.

The cliffs of the Big Island’s south eastern coast are breath taking.

Zinger spectacle is a species of true ginger found mainly in Asian countries.  I photographed this bunch in a botanical garden in Hawaii.

Even juvenile Herons look like they have attitude.

An example of that long, snake-like neck of the Anhinga I was talking about yesterday.

Anhingas are beautiful birds with a snake-like neck.  You can easily spot these guys in the Everglades in Florida.

Fall is my favorite time of year, I like the weather (temperature starts cooling), the trees get all pretty and at least in some places...

Up close and personal with a Marine Iguana.  To me the eyes and the mouth look like they have attitude, love these guys.

A Sally Lightfoot Crab crawls over a sea of Marine Iguanas to get to where its going.  There was a moment where it paused on top of this...

Its been over 5 years since I was last in the Galapagos but you can’t forget those Marine Iguanas (or get tired of photographing them)....

I figured this posing Silverback Mountain Gorilla would be a great way to wrap up a week of Apes images.

Switching back to Chimps, this is one we followed for some time on our second day of trekking.  The second day wasn’t as photographically...

A baby Mountain Gorilla looks out at us while tucked in the warmth of mom during rain.