Wildlife Photography across the Water: Images of the year 2011-California

Tuesday, 17 January 2012

Images of the year 2011-California

I love going to California and we are lucky that my wifes company is based there and that normally means 1 or 2 trips a year, I have been at various times of year but spring there is awesome and so it proved last year, Everywhere i went there were countless birds, The light was great and then there are the sea otters which are one of my favorite things to photograph, Spring in northern California is also a beautiful place as everywhere is covered in spring flowers and there are miles and miles of purple flowers carpeting the beach areas-spectacular, This week will see me there at a new time fo year so we will have to wait and see if it holds up to the spring time, Here is a small collection of images taken last spring

Ground Squirrel

Pacific Grove

Whimbrel

American Avocet

Nutter

Sea Otter

Sanderling

Brewers Blackbird

Western Grebe

Anna's Hummingbird

Burrowing Owl

Whimbrel

Harbour Seal

Juv Common Loon

Harlequin Duck

Willet

Pheasant

American Avocet

Clark's Grebe

Snowy Egret

Horned Grebe

There were a few new species for me which is always nice, Its one place that i can highly recommend going especially in the spring, I always cover plenty of ground when i am there and know some very good places from North of San Francisco down past the Big Sur so a big area but all of them very productive, I have going for many years now and have really done my homework on the place, Last year i added a couple of new areas and i hope to do the same this year, The above images were all taken in the same 1 week trip

Dave

2 comments:

Kids Resources18 January 2012 at 12:16
Lovely pictures and awesome photography.
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WPATW18 January 2012 at 19:59
Fab pictures Dave - oh for California light here now

Martin
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David Courtenay, a self taught wildlife and nature photographer, has been capturing images for over 30 years. He has had a passion for wildlife since early childhood and remembers being glued to the television whenever Survival, Wildlife on One and other natural history documentaries were shown. In the 2006 he swapped his established career for the life of a wildlife photographer, such a move demands a measure of uncompromising passion and commitment.

David has travelled extensively throughout Europe as well as spending more than 7 months in India working with local guides and trackers in search of Bengal Tiger, Asian One horned Rhino and Asian Elephant. He has also photographed Wildlife in Australia, Malaysia, Thailand, Sumatra, Africa, Canada and America. Working closely with Conservation companies he tries to raise funds to help Wildlife that has been put on the endangered list by poaching and habitation loss

Martin Dyer has had a passion for avian wildlife since childhood, particularly raptors. Photography was also another keen interest and it was with the specific availability and control of the whole process that digital offers that Martin was then able to combine the two in 2003. Based in the UK, Martin is a regular visitor to Scotland, specifically the Isle of Mull to watch the Eagles resident there. Other trips to Europe and around the UK are usually part of Martin’s agenda in a typical year.

However, as a firm believer on making the most of the local patch, Martin has spent a lot of time and hard work creating a wildlife garden which is reaping the rewards with many new species and varieties of wildlife. A keen member of a number of wildlife photographic groups, Martin is keen to expand his portfolio into other areas of wildlife, and has already established a wide portfolio of images of fungi.