Author: wildlens
Week 21 – American White Pelican
This is one of those weeks where I really struggled to chose a "best photo". I spent Memorial Day weekend with some friends camping on Sheep Creek Reservoir just on the Nevada side of the Duck Valley Indian Reservation. This ...
Bluebirds in Jordan Valley
Jordan Valley is a remote small town of 300 people nestled along the Idaho-Oregon border in the western foothills of the Owyhee Mountains. About 5 miles outside of town is where Alfred Larson, the subject of our upcoming film Bluebird ...
Seabird Monitoring on the Aleutians
*** Mikaela Howie is the newest member of our "Eyes on Conservation" team. She will be working on a long-term project whose main objective is to monitor the nesting productivity and population trends of seabirds breeding on the Aleutian Islands ...
Another day, another trail… part 2
Accompanying us on our bluebird trip Monday to Prairie, Idaho was an extended family with members visiting all the way from Alaska. With the family were four kiddos; all of whom were very excited to see bluebirds up close. It ...
Week 20 – Ruby-crowned Kinglet
I decided to go Morel mushroom and wildflower hunting with a few friends last weekend. We headed north from Boise towards McCall, Idaho and stayed along the shores of Lake Cascade. Man were the wildflowers going off! Camas Lilies were ...
Another day, another trail…
Another day, another bluebird trail for Mr. Alfred Larson. Yesterday Wild Lens accompanied the Bluebird Man on yet other bluebird trail in southwest Idaho. Al has several trails, but the two big ones we'll be documenting for our film Bluebird ...
Week 19 – Dusky Grouse
Yellowstone National Park is a magical place. Back in the summer of 2006, Yellowstone was my introduction to the west. Just before my senior year of college, some friends and I packed our bags for a road trip to the ...
Documenting Bluebird Copulation
In order to tell the story of the complete nesting-cycle of bluebirds in Bluebird Man, one of the critical scenes we needed to capture was bluebird copulation. At this early stage in the breeding cycle, male and female bluebirds pair ...
Week 18 – Turkey Vultures
Did you know that a group of Turkey Vultures is called a "venue" and that Turkey Vultures circling in the air are known as a "kettle"? A group of birds can have many different names, with my personal favorites being ...
