Smoked Salmon…
…Or old salmon? On fist sight, this young grizzly bear, photographed on a creek on the interior of BC a while back, could certainly look as if he’d got himself…
Rocky the Racoon
How can you not love a face like that? This was a racoon I spotted one evening sneaking through the garden and was quite surprised when I saw it's right…
The Red Postman
Red Postman (Heliconius erato) are one of the most commonly found butterflies in Mexico (where this shot came from) and Central/South America. Also known as Crimson-patched Longwings, I found this…
Grizzly Watching
We’d been stood at the end of a trail on the BC coast watching this female grizzly bear fishing and feeding for quite some time. She would catch a salmon…
Southern Elephant Seal
I came across this moulting Southern Elephant Seal (Mirounga leonina) in South Georgia - thought to be the home of the most dense mating colony in the world. This is…
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Here’s an attractive small bird only found on the Pacific coast from Alaska down to mid-California - the Chestnut-backed Chickadee (Poecile rufescens). It is also the only species of chickadee…
Fishing – Coastal Wolf Style
This is a great series of shots of this coastal grey wolf fishing. Starting with the image of him ‘pointing’ at the water as he hones his senses ready to…
Coastal Momma
Here’s a momma grizzly bear giving us the eye. She’s a bear of the BC coast that I know well and that little cub just in shot is one of…
Wet-look Eagle
It’s been a while since we featured a bald eagle, but this shot stood out recently and with the autumnal weather (rain) we're now seeing it seemed quite appropriate. I…
Kermode Bear
I haven’t been fortunate enough to get out and see any spirit bears for a while now and this is a shot from ten years ago that never got processed.…
Southern Giant Petrel
Whilst searching for something through my archives recently, I found myself looking back at a series of images that I have which are from my film days, taken when I…
Resilience
Back in 2018 I watched this bear one day as he swam across the Khutzeymateen inlet and disappeared at quite a pace off to the west. I didn’t see him…
Bittersweet Nightshade
This attractive purple perennial - Bittersweet Nightshade (Solanum dulcamara) - was found on the shores of Vaseux Lake in the Okanagan Valley of BC back in August. Although pretty to…
River Float
After a fruitless search for salmon (see No Salmon) an adult male grizzly bear lets the current take him down river to continue his search. As he floats by he…