One Month in the Life of Golden Eagles in the Nest.

 Last year I worked on a project with Washington Dept. of Fish and Wildlife.  Part of this project involved putting up a wildlife camera on a golden eagles nest.  I have had the photos (all 7000 of them) on my computer ever since and finally decided to look through them and find some of the better ones.  I picked one from each day from when the camera was put up to the day the birds fledged.  It turned out to be almost exactly a month.  All of these photos are property of Wa Department of Fish and Wildlife and are not mine. 

 

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Skiing at Snoqualmie Pass

Kurt, Forest and I spent the day up at Snoqualmie pass today and were happy to find some nice snow conditions for skiing.  Unfortunately the photo conditions were typical of the Pacific Northwest in winter. 

A few photos from around Seattle

 I went over to my favorite bird watching site in Seattle the other day.  Here are the results.  Nothing great, but a few nice shots. 

Savannah sparrow

Killdeer

 

Killdeer

 

Juvenile red tail hawk?  Not positive about this, but im not sure what else it could have been.

My Favorite Photos of 2010. My year in review.

Figured since I don't have any new content in the last couple of weeks, I would add some of my favorite photos from the year.

The year started with an amazing trip to Southern California for the Rose Bowl.  After the game, which was worth forgetting, we headed to Ventura and Channel Islands National Park.  Certainly Southern California's little gem.

 Back to the Northwest for some amazing winter trips in the mountains. 

The Olympics in Vancouver.

 

Bolivia

 

Golden Eagle work with Fish and Wildlife.

Golden eagle on the back of full size pickup truck.

Close up of golden eagle

Me and the golden eagle

Two golden eagle chicks in the nest.

More climbing (or maybe not) in the North Cascades.

Nearing the summit of Mt. Baker after climbing the North Ridge

Summer in the North Cascades.

A sooty grouse on Mt. Baker

 Wedding season.  My good friends Matt and Jess.

Election season, and a chance to photograph the president.  

Barack Obama

And an ex President.

Bill Clinton.

The fall in the North Cascades.  

Mt. Baker at sunrise with a lenticular cloud over the summit.

My beautiful wife who supports my crazy adventures.

A trip to Galliano Island, BC.  Pretty much rained the whole time, but I did manage to take my wife to a swamp to photograph frogs.  In retrospect that sounds really bad.  Who the hell would put up with that? 

A pacific tree frog.

 Back to the North Cascades for work.  I spent almost an hour bothering this guy.  He cooperated with this photo, which I love. 

Hoary Marmot

Fall is football season.  Autzen Stadium night game. 

 

The a trip to Kauai.

 

An early ski trip to Crystal Mountain.  If my dog can learn to fly, then dammit, i'm going to learn to ski in 2011.  

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Why YOU should go to Bolivia!

The Bolivia trip I did last year was truly a life changing trip.  Its likely I will be going back to Bolivia this year and I wanted to post some photos to show you why Bolivia really is one of the best trips a person who enjoys the outdoors can do.

To start with Bolivia is safe.  I travel everywhere with a lot of expensive camera equipment, and Bolivia last year was no exception.  The first couple of days I left it all in my room rather than carry it around, because I was worried about having it stolen.  On day three I realized that even in Bolivia's biggest city there was a surprisingly small amount of crime.  To put it simply, if you use common sense in La Paz you are likely safer than you would be in any major American city.  The people are kind warm friendly and honest.  No one on our trip had anything stolen or heard of anyone having things stolen.  This does not mean we were careless, but I was no more careful here than I would be North America.

Bolivia is cheap.  When I say cheap what I mean is once you get there it is really inexpensive to buy things.  If you are willing to eat street food then you can get lunch for a lot less than a dollar.  A good dinner at a very nice restaurant is likely $10.  Hotels are also a  good deal and there are plenty of hotels that would meet that standards of North America for cleanliness and comfort. 

Bolivia is Beautiful.  I don't need to say anything here.  Just look at the photos.

Bolivia is fun.  The people of Bolivia are some of the happiest people I have met.  They add to the enjoyment of what would be a great vacation anyway.  La Paz is a big city and the night life is a blast!  Great bars, great restaurants and great clubs. 

Bolivia has great trekking.  Just look at the photos.

Bolivia has great climbing.

So sign up for a Bolivia trip on the AAI website and join me in the country I have fallen in love with.

http://aai.cc/Programs/Location/South-America/

See you there!

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