by Rich Leighton | Dec 21, 2015 | American Southwest, Herps, NANP, Natural History, Nature & Wildlife, Nature Photography, New Mexico, Photography, Reptiles
The round-tail horned lizard (Phrynosoma modestum) is a member the lizard family Phrynosomatidae, also known as the spiny desert lizards. Horned lizards also happen to be one of the most curious and interesting of the American Southwest desert spiny lizards, which are...
by Rich Leighton | Jun 11, 2014 | Featured, Herps, NANP, Nature & Wildlife, Nature Photography, Pacific Northwest, Photography, Reptiles, Washington
Last week I was doing a swing through Central Washington and I finally saw, caught and released my first West Coast rattlesnake. I can’t believe it’s taken me this long already. Oddly enough I had my main portrait lens on my camera when I spotted it, and...
by Rich Leighton | May 9, 2013 | California, NANP, Nature & Wildlife, Nature Photography, Photography, Reptiles, Travel
*As I was putting together images for this post, and finishing up editing my images of the California kingsnake, “Like a California King” by Everclear just happened to start playing on iTunes by sheer coincidence, so it became the title of this post....
by Rich Leighton | Feb 4, 2013 | Florida, NANP, Nature & Wildlife, Nature Photography, Photography, Reptiles
Every once in a while I go through my old images and find one I can’t believe I missed….. but better late than never! American Alligator ~ click to enlarge ~ In some parts of the Fakahatchee Strand in the northwestern Florida Everglades, it is very common...
by Rich Leighton | Nov 28, 2011 | NANP, Nature & Wildlife, Nature Photography, Washington
Last August as I was just learning my way in a totally alien environment in the Cascades Mountains, this newcomer from Florida was searching for exotic wild orchids in Stevens Pass east of Seattle. Constantly looking over my shoulder for that great white shark of the...
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