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What's New
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Please bookmark my website and the Upcoming
Safaris page (LINK)
for the most accurate schedule of safaris.
Next Up
- November is all about bobcat safaris on
November 10-11, 12, 24, and 30. December
is also a heavy bobcat safari month with safaris
on December 3, 8-9, 15, 29. (LINK)
- December 7 is a California Coast Wildlife
Safari that starts with Northern Elephant Seals
that are pupping near San Simeon, tule elk in
the rut, sea otters at Morro Bay, wintering
Monarch Butterflies at Pismo Beach (needs to be
cold), and finishes back at the Elephant Seals.
(LINK)
- December 30 is the first of two
Northern Pygmy Owl Safaris I do in winter, with
the second being on January 27. (LINK)
- The next Yellowstone Safari is January
14-21 for the winter wildlife safari, followed
by a free Utah Wild Horse Safari the day after
it ends. (LINK)
The second of the two winter Yellowstone Winter
Wildlife safaris is February 14-20, it also has
a Utah Wild Horse Safari the day after it ends.
Latest
Quote:
"Look deep into nature, and then you will
understand everything better."
Albert Einstein
Newest Wallpaper
You
can download this wallpaper
here,
or you can view all the wallpaper options
here. The wallpaper
is sized 1980px by 1080px to fit most computer
monitors.
Images from the Southern Utah Fall Safari
The Southern Utah Fall Safari had some
amazing high points. We ran into a nice
size herd of desert bighorn sheep up on the roof
in Zion (above the two tunnels). There
were several rams, with one being a full-curl,
two dozen ewes and lambs of the year, and they
hung out along the road giving us multiple great
encounters. We were able to catch the very
first shuttle early in the morning, while it was
still dark, to the end of the line at Sinewava
Falls where Narrows trail begins. We
walked the trail looking for color, with
Gambel's Oak, Rocky Mtn Maple, and Fremont
Cottowoods lining the Virgin River and the
trail. The colors were brighter in upper
Zion, and in shooting them I managed to slip in
mud (left over from the previous weeks rains and
floods) and ended up covering my 24-120 zoom in
mud, as well as myself. Currently, it is
being cleaned with any needed repairs by Nikon -
oh well, it's been 8 years since I damaged one
of my lenses.
We shoot in Bryce Canyon
before getting up early and heading out to the
Toroweap area of the Grand Canyon, all the way
south across the Arizona Strip to the rim.
Luckily, the dirt road had dried out over the
previous 5 days making the trip (62 miles of
dirt road, one-way) possible. The
expansive, stunning views were improved by a
volunteer who showed us some viewpoints I had
not photographed before on one of my dozen or
more previous trips out there. However, the last
two miles is tough, bottoming out my truck many
times. It isn't for the faint-hearted, or
any non-high clearance vehicle. Our plans
were to finish at Snow Canyon State Park near
St. George, but as we got up that final morning
in Kanab dark clouds and lightning greeted us -
so we made the wise decision to head west for
home before the next round of storms.
The
new wallpaper image (above) of the male Hermit
Warbler was an image I had sought for several
years since shooting a female in Sequoia
National Park. The yellow ring on this
warbler's head is much lighter on the female, so
getting a clean shot of a male has been high on
my list for awhile. It will definitely be
among my top 20 images for 2026. On my
most recent Bobcat Safari the other day I
photographed this amazing Red-shouldered Hawk as
it perched and hunted the nearby brush for
rodents or small birds. While I've
photographed many previously, this hawk image is
one of my very best. BRP
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