by Rich Leighton | Jan 25, 2024 | Colorado, Mammals, Natural History, Nature & Wildlife, Nature Photography, Rocky Mountains, Squirrels, Uncategorized, Utah, Washington
The golden-mantled ground squirrel (Callospermophilus lateralis) is a fascinating species found across most of the western United States and north into Alberta and British Columbia in Canada. With a distinctive striped appearance and several unique behaviors, this...
by Rich Leighton | Mar 19, 2022 | Birds, Natural History, Nature & Wildlife, Nature Photography, Texas
I’ve been trying to get a decent shot of a northern cardinal (I grew up calling them red cardinals in Florida) on camera for decades! Last week I was in near Weslaco, Texas and this handsome male dropped out the trees and landed right in front of me and stayed...
by Rich Leighton | Mar 24, 2017 | Birds, Florida, NANP, Natural History, Nature & Wildlife, Nature Photography, Photography
Quick post for today. I’ve been sitting on this photo of a trio of black-necked stilts for a while because I saw something in it, but it just didn’t look right. Then I had one of those “a-ha!” moments and cropped it from a horizontal...
by Rich Leighton | Mar 20, 2017 | California, Mammals, NANP, Natural History, Nature & Wildlife, Nature Photography, Travel
A few days ago, I was traveling through Oregon and took a little dip into Northern California to spend some time in the wetlands of the Klamath Basin. My aim was to photograph migrating waterfowl as well as check out some of the local landscapes. It was sort of a...
by Rich Leighton | May 7, 2015 | California, Mammals, NANP, Natural History, Nature & Wildlife, Nature Photography, Photography
A few weeks ago I flew into Los Angeles, California to start my 2015 southwestern nature photography trip, and within 20 minutes of being released into the wild I stumbled into this yearling California sea lion. I could tell instantly that something was not right. It...
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