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 | Nov 6, 2016 | Birds, California, NANP, Natural History, Nature & Wildlife, Nature Photography, Travel
Large for a sandpiper, and of the four species of godwits in the world, marbled godwits are the biggest. This beautiful cinnamon-mottled shorebird breeds in the central North America’s Great Plains (Alberta, the Dakotas, Montana, Minnesota and Nebraska) and...
by Rich Leighton | Jul 30, 2015 | Birds, California, NANP, Natural History, Nature & Wildlife, Nature Photography, Photography
New photos! Recently passing through LA, I had a bit of time for a quick stop at the beach to check out the local shorebirds….. Brandt’s Cormorant (Phalacrocorax penicillatus) Cormorants (family Phalacrocoracidae) are medium to large fish-eating waterbirds...
by Rich Leighton | Jun 27, 2015 | American Southwest, Cactus, NANP, Natural History, Nature & Wildlife, Nature Photography, Photography, Travel
If it may seem like I’ve been a little quiet lately, it’s for good reason. I took on a personal project of an enormous magnitude that while I’m still working on it now, I have enough of it put together to show and share with the world. After a recent...
by Rich Leighton | May 21, 2015 | American Southwest, California, NANP, Natural History, Nature & Wildlife, Nature Photography, Travel
Quick post today from a even shorter stop just outside of Mecca, California in the dry and arid Colorado Desert where I found some very beautiful trees in flower and an interesting flowering bush that brings in loads of hummingbirds! Blue Palo Verde with Beans This...
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