Author: wildlens
On The Bluebird Trail
I love piñyon-juniper country. Period. Having spent a considerable amount of time working in the Great Basin, you gain an appreciation for the simple, dominating presence of the piñyon pine/juniper woodlands dotting the landscape. Walking through this country, the smell ...
Photographic Highlights from Alaska
Having finally gone through all of my photos from my recent trip to Alaska studying Ptarmigan, I thought I would share some highlights with everyone. This trip was the first real opportunity I had to put my new camera to ...
Ptarmigan and Bluethroats, Oh My!
I have just returned to Fairbanks after spending two weeks in the field surveying Ptarmigan as part of Katie Christie's PhD research at the University of Alaska. What an amazing experience! The sheer number and diversity of wildlife on Alaska's ...
First Glimpse of Ptarmigan
I am currently in my last night of stay at the Toolik Field Station in the northern foothills of the Brooks Range, Alaska. I am here volunteering and filming for Katie Christie's PhD project studying Ptarmigan for the next two ...
Ptarmigan in Alaska: Part 1
I arrived in Fairbanks, Alaska on Friday, May 11th just in time to see the sun setting around 11pm local time. My flight had left Seattle about three and a half hours prior, at which point I had also been ...
Filming Greater Sage Grouse
This past week allowed some time for Matthew and myself to head down to Nevada to assist one of our videographers in the filming of Greater Sage Grouse. Tatiana Gettelman is a wildlife biologist working with Sage Grouse in northeastern ...
Centennial Marsh Wildlife Management Area
I've been pretty excited these past few weeks as I researched and planned to purchase my first DSLR camera from Canon. I have not historically been a person well-versed in camera knowledge, and have pretty much been relegated to shooting ...
The REAL Debate over Lead-based Ammunition
Up until this point the debate over lead-based rifle ammunition has revolved around the question of a ban on the use of the product. As you'll see in this video, biologists and hunters are trying to shift this debate away ...
A Trip to Washington with the Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation: part 2
*** This is the conclusion of my attempted interview with the Congressional Sportsmen's Foundation, a Washington lobbying group representing a variety of hunting organizations. A warning: there is some use of profanity below. *** An hour passes with no phone ...
