by Rich Leighton | Apr 14, 2018 | Cervids, Interesting Nature Facts, Mammals, Natural History
Elk are associated with love in many tribes, and Native American legends often credit elk with the creation of the first flute, an instrument used by men to woo women in many Native American cultures. MORE PHOTOS OF ELK AND OTHER MAMMALS MORE INTERESTING NATURE FACTS...
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 | Jan 9, 2017 | American Southwest, Mammals, NANP, Natural History, Nature & Wildlife, Nature Photography, Photography, Travel, Utah
I was hiking through the hills in Southern Utah in April when in the early evening I came upon a large band of about thirty individual desert bighorn sheep, including other rams, ewes, and lambs. It took me many hours of stalking and staying put to get this close for...
by Rich Leighton | Sep 20, 2014 | NANP, Nature & Wildlife, Nature Photography, News, Photography, Updates
Small change in the North American Nature Photography galleries! For the past 6 or 7 years, my images of mammals were divided into four sub-galleries. One for rodents, small mammals, large mammals and marine mammals. I’m not sure why I chose that odd system at...
by Rich Leighton | Jul 30, 2013 | NANP, Nature & Wildlife, Nature Photography, Photography, Travel, Washington
No matter where you live or travel in the entire world, one of the most common types of mammal you are going to encounter are squirrels (with the exception of Antarctica and the Arctic Circle). There are more than 200 species that not only live, but thrive in just...
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