Author: wildlens
Week 8 – Bald Eagle
I had the pleasure of spending sunday with a few friends at the Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area just north of Salt Lake City, Utah. We had come to see the Bald Eagles congregating along the open water to scavenge ...
Week 7 – Cedar Waxwing
Finally!! To me waxwings have to be considered one of the more elegant songbirds (there are two species: Cedar and Bohemian Waxwings). They are seen in large flocks all over the United States in winter feeding mostly on berries and ...
Week 6 – Prairie Falcon
Sunday I took a drive out to my old stomping grounds in the Morley Nelson Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area (NCA). I had spent the past two winters here conducting point counts for raptors as part of ...
Week 5 – Black-billed Magpie
I got to tell you that photographing in this horrid inversion we've been experiencing here in Boise is no picnic. This week saw the return of that inversion after a good week break: how long will it stick around this ...
Month 1 Video – Hooded Mergansers
The second part of this 52-week project I started in the beginning of January 2013 is a 12-month video project. I will be shooting video clips of wildlife every month of 2013. These clips can be of any wildlife species, ...
Week 4 – Hooded Merganser
Boise has had a nasty inversion for the better part of January with almost no sunshine to speak of in the valley. However, while I was out hiking along the Boise River downriver of Glenwood Street on Sunday, the sun ...
Week 3 – American Kestrel
Being a graduate student in the Raptor Biology department at Boise State University has its perks. While I sit at my desk attempting to write my thesis on wintering raptors in the Morley Nelson Snake River Birds of Prey National ...
2012 in Review: Thank You Everyone!
2012 was the first full calendar year of existence for Wild Lens, and we wanted to recap the year and extend a special thank you to everyone who supported us in 2012! Our first feature length documentary "Scavenger Hunt" continues ...
Week 2 – Hermit Thrush
I spent Saturday afternoon strolling around Hull's Grove in the foothills surrounding Boise. It was a beautifully sunny, crisp winter day with temperatures in the single digits during the morning. Earlier in the day I had seen a number of ...
