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We were absolutely captivated by how this particular fox kit was always near its mom. It was continually affectionate and loving towards her.

Great horned owl profile portrait

Evening light does magical things to the image of a great horned owl.

A sleepy baby badgers yawns before falling asleep at the opening of the badger den.

Cheetah Nap

In spite of the 100 degree in the shade five young cheetahs were all napping upon each other. This one in particular seemed to be completely relaxed as it used its sibling as a pillow.

A Great Gray Owl flys toward us while seeking a perch to survey a meadow for voles, Yellowstone National Park.

California ground squirrek sounding the predator alarm.

We always carefully monitor the actions of a prey species because they are the best way to determine if a predator is nearby. Just moments before this California ground squirrel began making an alarm call a bobcat had trotted by the colony. This squirrel survived; however, another one did not.

A male western bluebird flies out of its nest hole.

A curious great horned owlet stares at us

Coy...

This grizzly "cub of the year" surveys its surroundings as it moves through a grassy meadow on a fall morning in Wyoming.

We were very lucky to find this fox in Yellowstone National Park and even more fortunate that it was so accepting of our presence that it alllowed us to photograph it before it moved off to hunt.

While hiking in the early morning near Morro Bay we spied a male California Quail in perfect light perched on an old dead branch. He cooperated very nicely for his portrait.

Parental Supervision

A grizzly sow keeps and eye on her cub and what is going on around them obviously alert to any threats while they graze in a meadow. We captured this image from our vehicle after a late spring snowstorm in Yellowstone National Park.

While hiking through pastures and small groves of trees in Point Reyes National Seashore we heard the plaintive call of an owlet to its parent. We followed the calls until we spotted this juvenile Great-horned owl in an old dead tree. We photographed and observed from a respectable distance and were surprised when a Cooper's Hawk flew overhead. Immediately the Great-horned adopted a defensive mantling posture until the perceived threat few away.

A mother badger moves her cub to a new den site.

Sometimes one can find wildlife in the most unlikely of places such as this Burrowing Owl in Berkeley, California.

Two massive bull elephant seals fight for dominance on the California coast.