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And it’s a wrap….

10,000 Birds

It has truly been an incredible honor joining the team here at 10,000 Birds. There in no question that the bird of the year for me, at least from a purely photographic stand point is the Black Skimmer. While California Quail are quite common all around North America, getting a really nice shot, out in the wild is always a challenge.

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A Day in Anchorage

10,000 Birds

Because when you’ve painstakingly built your life list over the years, visiting the corners of North America for specialties and pushing your ABA list to 600 or so, Alaska almost always remains as the last place a birder can visit where bucket-loads of lifer, the sort of haul you really only get in the early years, are still possible.

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