Wildlife

Wildlife Gallery

From the wild to the lens, nature comes alive.

Environmental Advocacy Through Wildlife Photography

I've always believed that wildlife photography can do more than create beautiful images. It can make people care. This collection comes from years of fieldwork across some of the planet's most remarkable ecosystems: the Alaskan wilderness, New Zealand's volcanic terrain, and Yellowstone's open plains.

Every shot here tells a story about survival. The grizzlies I photographed fishing for salmon in Alaska, the Steller sea lions hunting along cold coastlines, the humpback whales breaching in northern waters. These animals are living through climate change in real time. Their habitats are shifting. The glaciers I've documented for the Active Geology project are retreating, and that directly changes where these animals can go and what they can eat.

The American West shows us what conservation can accomplish. Yellowstone's bison herds, Roosevelt elk, bald eagles soaring overhead. These animals exist because someone fought to protect their habitat. They're proof that when we turn advocacy into policy, wildlife can recover.

New Zealand's fauna is unlike anything else. The Blue Penguin, the kea parrot. These species evolved in isolation and exist nowhere else. They're especially vulnerable to environmental shifts, which is exactly why I photograph them. People protect what they can see and understand.

This isn't just nature photography. Every image here is documentation. It's evidence of what we stand to lose if we don't act. I want viewers to feel connected to these animals, to see them as I've seen them in the wild, and to move from just looking at pictures to actually giving a damn about what happens next.

These photographs sit alongside my glacier work and other climate documentation. Together, they form a record of a changing world and the species trying to adapt to it.

Hooker sea lions, gulf of Alaska, “larry, curly and moe”
Dall Porpoise, Gulf of Alaska
Salmon eager to spawn
Bald Eagle, Seward AK
Puffin
Bald Eagle learning to fly as mom watches in background Makai Reservation, Washington State
Eagle
Bisons pushing each other, Yellowstone NP
Bison eyeing photographer, South Dakota
Bison can use tools and are very flexible. Custer State Park, SD
Brown Bear, McCarthy AK
This Cub was photographed in the near dark during a pouring rain. I rolled down my window, and took one shot with my flash. Bear never noticed the flash. His mom, browsing about 40 feet away, was undisturbed.
Listen to your Mom
Fish Creeek Grizzlies mom and cub
Denali Grizzly Bear
Elk in Velvet
Moose in Alberta. This took me by surprise; I didn’t know it was there
Female moose on the run parallel to the road. She’s frightened and wary. South Dakota.
Bull Moose in Yellowstone NP
Moose and stupid tourists
Mother Moose and Calf. A bow hunter is out of frame to the right.
Young Antelopes, South Dakota
Pronghorn Antelope Close Up. Custer State Park, SD
Here’s one photo of a Big Horn sheep grazing in the Badlands
Another Prong Horn. This one was in Wyoming
Mountain Goats licking salt from the roadside, near Jasper, Alberta
Caribou Mother and Child Tombstone Territorial Park, Yukon
Protective Bull Elk, Yellowstone NP 2020
Elk in Rut, North Carolina
Reindeer Running
Mountain goat
Elk locking horns
Elk Stag in Yellowstone Sept 2010
Blue herons build a nest
Black crowned Night heron
Sandhill cranes
Sandhill Cranes landing
Canada goose
Feeding Frenzy
Southern Royal Albatross (New Zealand)
Great Northern Albatross (New Zealand)
Blue Penguin (rare and endangered) New Zealand
Llama
White llama
Llama on a windy day
Prairie Dog, Roosevelt NP
Egret Landing, Scituate MA
Great Egret Virginia
Gulp! Heron catching a meal (note lump in throat).
Egret Portrait, Florida
Pelicans on patrol, Rialto Beach, WA
Pelican squadron on patrol, Rialto Beach
Pileaated woodpecker drumming on a tree (explains the blurring of the bird)
Broad-shouldered hawk leaving the nest. Great camouflage!
Orca spouting
A family pod of orcas off Alaskan coast
Humpback whale sounding
Fin whale, Gulf of Alaska
Humpback whale sounding, Iceland
Orca close-up
Yellow Eyed Penguin Portrait
Yellow-eyed penguin threesome
Yellow-eyed Penguin Nesting
Penguin Commuters
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