NOTE: CLICKING ON PHOTOS WILL LAUNCH A LARGER VERSION IN ANOTHER WINDOW. Until the past few months, my only entanglement with any owl was through the classic candy commercial (see below). And since I already know how many licks to the center of a Tootsie Pop, I’ve had no reason to re-engage. There even are …
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Photography Lessons from a Fledgling
A few weeks back, I was the first non-employee to arrive at what I’ve come to consider my “home” fields – Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge, south of Seattle near Nisqually, Wash. The sun was beginning to paint pink and orange rays against a darkened sky. Formations of Canada Geese were lifting off from the meadows, …
Snowy and Spooked
BOUNDARY BAY, B.C., Canada -- The first time I ever saw an owl in the wild was just last November, when I looked at a Snowy Owl through another person's spotting scope at the end of the boardwalk at the Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge. I knew we had an irruption of Snowies in the Pacific …
Raptor-ous Photography
As a writer, I've carried the tenet, "write what you know," into my photography. As I've learned that medium, my subject has been sports -- mainly, basketball and, more specifically, girl's basketball. Having left that space, I've turned to more personal subject matter. One of those is birds and the outdoors. The backstory to the …
The Buzz: Glenn Nelson 