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Getting ready!

Chipmunks are irresistible with their charming eyes and their chubby cheeks stuffed with food. They are known to enjoy a variety of foods, and particularly sunflower seeds. During late summer and early fall, they begin carrying extra food back to their burrows for winter and we can observe them going back and forth from their favorite plants to the nest.

Getting ready!

Chipmunks are irresistible with their charming eyes and their chubby cheeks stuffed with food. They are known to enjoy a variety of foods, and particularly sunflower seeds. During late summer and early fall, they begin carrying extra food back to their burrows for winter and we can observe them going back and forth from their favorite plants to the nest.

Getting ready!

Chipmunks are irresistible with their charming eyes and their chubby cheeks stuffed with food. They are known to enjoy a variety of foods, and particularly sunflower seeds. During late summer and early fall, they begin carrying extra food back to their burrows for winter and we can observe them going back and forth from their favorite plants to the nest.

Nap Time

A Canada lynx curls up for a nap behind the willows in northern B.C. after feeding on a dead caribou; you can’t see it in the photo, but this tough survivor had an injured eye and a missing ear tuft.

Eaglet testing wings

Winging it

Bay-breasted Warbler

Shot on a Nikon Z8 with a Nikon 180-600 f/5.6-6.3 lens.

Black-throated Green Warbler

Shot on a Nikon Z8 with a Nikon 180-600 f/5.6-6.3 lens.

Blackburnian Warbler

Shot on a Nikon Z8 with a Nikon 180-600 f/5.6-6.3 lens.

Feeding Time

Something you don’t get to see every day: a Canada lynx feeding on a deer it buried in the snow, with the last light of sunset catching its face. Lynx mainly hunt snowshoe hares, but they will take down larger prey — even deer — when the opportunity comes.

Coyote on the hunt

Coyote captured crossing through a field on the hunt for it's next meal.

Handsome buck

Handsome buck spotted wandering in the field on a snowy winter day.

Along the Shoreline

A Spotted Sandpiper struts along the lake's sandy shoreline foraging for breakfast.

Common loon waterfall

I captured this photo of a common loon just as the loon lifted its bill out of water creating a tiny waterfall.

City Lights, Wild Eyes

As the city hums with the rush of evening traffic, a Red Fox pauses along a paved urban walkway, illuminated by the vibrant, out-of-focus glow of streetlights and headlamps. This image captures the quiet, parallel world of urban wildlife—creatures that have learned to navigate, adapt to, and thrive within human-dominated landscapes. Taken from a low, respectful vantage point to connect directly with the fox's level, the photograph highlights the stark contrast between the raw, untamed beauty of the animal and the artificial, geometric concrete of its modern territory. Shot entirely with ambient city light, it serves as a powerful reminder of the resilient biodiversity sharing our urban spaces.

Winter Lynx

A Canada Lynx in the willows on a snowy day in Northern B.C. A Canada lynx is a stealthy northern predator built for deep‑snow hunting, living almost entirely off snowshoe hares.

Cold winter days

When your nose is cold on a frosty winter morning and you remember you have a soft fluffy tail

feeding time

High in the forest canopy, a male Red-bellied Woodpecker feeds its newly fledged juvenile, capturing a critical transition period in avian life. While these woodpeckers are a resilient year-round presence in their expanding Canadian range, witnessing the delicate, precise beak-to-beak transfer of food remains a fleeting spectacle. This image emphasizes the contrasting plumages between the vibrant adult and the muted juvenile, framed naturally by the textured bark of the branch and dapples of summer sunlight breaking through the leaves. Shot with a high-performance telephoto lens to prevent disturbing the family, the photograph documents the demanding behavioral reality of post-fledging parental care.

The Flycatcher’s Prize

A striking Great Crested Flycatcher pauses on a weathered birch stump, triumphantly clutching a large moth in its beak. Renowned for their acrobatic aerial hunting, these neotropical migrants play a vital role in Canada's forest ecosystems during the breeding season. This image captures a fleeting moment of perfect stillness immediately following a successful hunt. Photographed from a distance to ensure zero interference with the bird's natural foraging patterns, the composition balances the crisp detail of the flycatcher's plumage and its prey against a beautifully soft, dappled green boreal backdrop.

Mayfly Delivery

A male Yellow Warbler returns to a beautifully woven nest hidden in a maple tree, its beak overflowing with a massive cluster of freshly hatched insects to feed its eagerly awaiting chicks. Capturing the frantic, high-energy nesting season of Canada's migratory songbirds requires patience and, above all, a commitment to ethical photography. To ensure the absolute safety and comfort of the nesting family, this image was captured from a strict, respectful distance using a $600\text{mm}$ $f/4$ telephoto lens from a static position. By maintaining a deep physical distance, the birds exhibited completely natural behavior, entirely undisturbed by human presence, allowing for an intimate glimpse into the demanding reality of avian parenthood.

Freeze Over

This muskrat is savoring its final days on the pond before it ices over for the long, cold winter ahead in Northern B.C.

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Getting ready!

Chipmunks are irresistible with their charming eyes and their chubby cheeks stuffed with food. They are known to enjoy a variety of foods, and particularly sunflower seeds. During late summer and early fall, they begin carrying extra food back to their burrows for winter and we can observe them going back and forth from their favorite plants to the nest.

Getting ready!

Chipmunks are irresistible with their charming eyes and their chubby cheeks stuffed with food. They are known to enjoy a variety of foods, and particularly sunflower seeds. During late summer and early fall, they begin carrying extra food back to their burrows for winter and we can observe them going back and forth from their favorite plants to the nest.

Getting ready!

Chipmunks are irresistible with their charming eyes and their chubby cheeks stuffed with food. They are known to enjoy a variety of foods, and particularly sunflower seeds. During late summer and early fall, they begin carrying extra food back to their burrows for winter and we can observe them going back and forth from their favorite plants to the nest.

Nap Time

A Canada lynx curls up for a nap behind the willows in northern B.C. after feeding on a dead caribou; you can’t see it in the photo, but this tough survivor had an injured eye and a missing ear tuft.

Eaglet testing wings

Winging it

Bay-breasted Warbler

Shot on a Nikon Z8 with a Nikon 180-600 f/5.6-6.3 lens.

Black-throated Green Warbler

Shot on a Nikon Z8 with a Nikon 180-600 f/5.6-6.3 lens.

Blackburnian Warbler

Shot on a Nikon Z8 with a Nikon 180-600 f/5.6-6.3 lens.

Feeding Time

Something you don’t get to see every day: a Canada lynx feeding on a deer it buried in the snow, with the last light of sunset catching its face. Lynx mainly hunt snowshoe hares, but they will take down larger prey — even deer — when the opportunity comes.

Coyote on the hunt

Coyote captured crossing through a field on the hunt for it's next meal.

Handsome buck

Handsome buck spotted wandering in the field on a snowy winter day.

Along the Shoreline

A Spotted Sandpiper struts along the lake's sandy shoreline foraging for breakfast.

Common loon waterfall

I captured this photo of a common loon just as the loon lifted its bill out of water creating a tiny waterfall.

City Lights, Wild Eyes

As the city hums with the rush of evening traffic, a Red Fox pauses along a paved urban walkway, illuminated by the vibrant, out-of-focus glow of streetlights and headlamps. This image captures the quiet, parallel world of urban wildlife—creatures that have learned to navigate, adapt to, and thrive within human-dominated landscapes. Taken from a low, respectful vantage point to connect directly with the fox's level, the photograph highlights the stark contrast between the raw, untamed beauty of the animal and the artificial, geometric concrete of its modern territory. Shot entirely with ambient city light, it serves as a powerful reminder of the resilient biodiversity sharing our urban spaces.

Winter Lynx

A Canada Lynx in the willows on a snowy day in Northern B.C. A Canada lynx is a stealthy northern predator built for deep‑snow hunting, living almost entirely off snowshoe hares.

Cold winter days

When your nose is cold on a frosty winter morning and you remember you have a soft fluffy tail

feeding time

High in the forest canopy, a male Red-bellied Woodpecker feeds its newly fledged juvenile, capturing a critical transition period in avian life. While these woodpeckers are a resilient year-round presence in their expanding Canadian range, witnessing the delicate, precise beak-to-beak transfer of food remains a fleeting spectacle. This image emphasizes the contrasting plumages between the vibrant adult and the muted juvenile, framed naturally by the textured bark of the branch and dapples of summer sunlight breaking through the leaves. Shot with a high-performance telephoto lens to prevent disturbing the family, the photograph documents the demanding behavioral reality of post-fledging parental care.

The Flycatcher’s Prize

A striking Great Crested Flycatcher pauses on a weathered birch stump, triumphantly clutching a large moth in its beak. Renowned for their acrobatic aerial hunting, these neotropical migrants play a vital role in Canada's forest ecosystems during the breeding season. This image captures a fleeting moment of perfect stillness immediately following a successful hunt. Photographed from a distance to ensure zero interference with the bird's natural foraging patterns, the composition balances the crisp detail of the flycatcher's plumage and its prey against a beautifully soft, dappled green boreal backdrop.

Mayfly Delivery

A male Yellow Warbler returns to a beautifully woven nest hidden in a maple tree, its beak overflowing with a massive cluster of freshly hatched insects to feed its eagerly awaiting chicks. Capturing the frantic, high-energy nesting season of Canada's migratory songbirds requires patience and, above all, a commitment to ethical photography. To ensure the absolute safety and comfort of the nesting family, this image was captured from a strict, respectful distance using a $600\text{mm}$ $f/4$ telephoto lens from a static position. By maintaining a deep physical distance, the birds exhibited completely natural behavior, entirely undisturbed by human presence, allowing for an intimate glimpse into the demanding reality of avian parenthood.

Freeze Over

This muskrat is savoring its final days on the pond before it ices over for the long, cold winter ahead in Northern B.C.