Deer Walk Softly

A Doe and her fawn walk home through the marshes at the Sacramento Wildlife Refuge south of Willows, California.

Vigilant Red-tailed Hawk

Sandhill Cranes in Rice Fields 

The Greater Sandhill Crane stands 5 feet tall and has a wingspan  of up to 7 feet. They winter in the upper Butte Basin, foraging on harvested rice stubble, but also enjoy a variety of amphibians, reptiles, small mammals, birds, eggs and plants.

Tundra Swans Take Flight 

Migrating Tundra Swans spend their winters at the Lower Klamath Wildlife Refuge on the border of California and Oregon.

 Love Birds

 A Mother's Love

 Watchful Young Buck

 Black Stallion Runs Free

I was photographing deer when this wild stallion started neighing and galloping towards me in Taylorsville, CA

 Red Barn Buck

 Where's Mommy?

 His Eye is on the Sparrow

This picture reminds me of the Bible verse, ""Not even a sparrow, worth only half a penny, can fall to the ground without your Father knowing it. And the very hairs on your head are all numbered. So don’t be afraid; you are more valuable to Him than a whole flock of sparrows." Matthew 10:29-31

 Proud Mom

 Contented Gull

 Marsh Hawk In Flight

I was on the Mendocino Coast taking pictures of the ocean when this hawk caught my eye in the field across the street. He kept soaring about 3 feet above the ground looking for his next meal.

 White Crowned Sparrow

 American Goldfinch

 Goslings in Tow

This proud Canada Goose mom takes her family on a water stroll.

Spawning Salmon Takes the Leap

Chinook salmon migrate from the Pacific Ocean to the Feather River in Oroville every fall  to spawn at the place of their birth.

Snow Geese Explosion 

Thousands of migrating Snow Geese spend the winter at Greylodge Wildlife Refuge in Gridley, California. The Sutter Buttes, the smallest mountain range in the world, is in the background.

 Flight of the Full Moon

Bald Eagle Surveys the Land 

Bald Eagle 2 

A Bald Eagle in the Lower Klamath Wildlife Refuge watches for dinner. Having traveled from as far away as Northwest Territories in Canada and Glacier National Park, hundreds of Bald Eagles quickly settle into a daily routine of waterfowl scavenging throughout the Basin’s marshes.

 Bald Eagle 3

 Baby Peregrine Falcon

Some friends in Paradise, California invited me up to their property to take pictures of the Peregrine Falcons that nest every year in their oak tree. This baby was venturing out of the nest for the first time.

 Peregrine Falcon Parent

 Jack Rabbit on the Alert

Cat in the Sun 

Black and White Hawk 

Deer Walk Softly in Black and White