Dr. P in Africa
On this trip he worked with the local veterinary team to sedate 3 rhino’s, one Cape buffalo, one cheetah, and several impala. Web page to follow once he has edited the photos.
On this trip he worked with the local veterinary team to sedate 3 rhino’s, one Cape buffalo, one cheetah, and several impala. Web page to follow once he has edited the photos.
Some pictures of the Great Blue Heron on the inland lakes of Michigan as they go about their daily activities. These photos were taken with a Canon 1Dx Mark III and a Canon R5 camera, using 400 mm and 500 mm telephoto lenses. To learn more about the birds of Northern Michigan, which
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The following photos are of a bald eagle bringing a morning breakfast of lake trout to his chicks.
Dr. P had an opportunity to work with biologists from the Little Traverse Bay Band of the Odawa Indians. They helped a group of dedicated researchers from the University of Minnesota and the University of Michigan. These birds are not just a research project to these biologists, and they showed it by the gentle and
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Over the years Dr. P has taken photos of a wide array of deer. Here are some miscellaneous shots.
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In February of 2013 I took 10 people to Lake Ndutu in the southern Serengeti of Tanzania to photograph the wildlife, particularly the big cats. The Serengeti is a wildlife photographers dream, and will spoil you when you travel to other parts of the world to photograph wildlife. Click here to see my prior page on the
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Sandhill Cranes are a large, colorful, wary, and loud bird. Oftentimes I hear them in the distance long before I see them. This is advantageous since now I have time to set my camera and focus on them as they fly by. Compared to the smaller and faster birds I photograph like Kingfisher and Terns,
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Dr. P took Dr. K and two assistant photographers to tour the Falkland Islands (they should be renamed the Breezy Islands) on a three-week personal tour in January of 2018. Our tour guide was Georgina Strange, a Falklands native. She was trained by her father Ian, the man who wrote the book (actually ten books) on
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This endangered bird usually makes a nest on the beach. This one decided a gravel parking lot would make a better one. When I first arrive she was sitting on the nest facing away. I did not want to get closer and disturb her just to get a better shot. After a few minutes
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Lots of action at Bolsa Chica Wetlands recently. We watched an osprey return with its catch, only to be bothered by a crow for a period of time. Eventually the crowed realized the osprey was not dropping the fish, and after squawking for his buddies to show up to no avail, the crow left. Flying
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