by Rich Leighton | Jun 15, 2022 | Lizards, NANP, Natural History, Nature & Wildlife, Reptiles, Texas
Sometimes you are just walking along admiring the wildflowers like I was on this day in the Rio Grande Valley in South Texas, when from inside a a thicket of shrimp plants, I saw this green anole watching me carefully. I just love the turquoise color around its eye!...
by Rich Leighton | Feb 9, 2017 | Alberta, Canada, Landscape, NANP, Natural History, Nature & Wildlife, Nature Photography, Photography, Rocky Mountains, Travel
So far as I continue to edit and prepare my landscape images from my recent trip to Banff National Park where I attended the HIGHLY recommended International Landscape Photographers’ Association Summit last month, this image on Mount Rundle is my favorite so far. ~...
by Rich Leighton | Feb 8, 2017 | Alberta, Canada, Landscape, NANP, Natural History, Nature & Wildlife, Nature Photography, Photography, Rocky Mountains, Travel
If you ever feel the urge to stand between two incredible major North American mountain ranges in the Canadian Rockies in the most beautiful light in the middle of winter, this is the best spot: Moose Meadows in Banff National Park. This valley of the Bow River is...
by Rich Leighton | Jan 26, 2016 | Invertebrates, NANP, Natural History, Nature & Wildlife, Nature Photography, Pacific Northwest, Photography, Washington
If you’ve ever hiked or visited the Pacific Northwest, you’ve undoubtedly come across this majestic mollusk – the Pacific banana slug. While most people take a look and say, “cool!” and continue hiking, these slugs are actually very...
by Rich Leighton | Apr 24, 2015 | American Southwest, Herps, Landscape, NANP, Natural History, Nature & Wildlife, Nature Photography, Photography, Travel
For those who know me, have hiked with me in the outdoors, or had been to my home in the early 2000’s, they will know that I am an acute arachnophile. My love for arachnids developed as a kid growing up in my hometown of Bradenton, Florida where one could find...
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