A life long passion for watching wildlife has led to understanding their behavior and capturing the moment in photographs. Knowing when a deer flicks its tail just before it lifts its head, when its ears are turned back there are more to come, or a red tailed hawk looking at its surroundings is likely getting ready to take flight are essential to knowing their next move, and if necessary, adjusting my behavior as not to cause undo stress on wildlife. Respecting wildlife is priority…even at the expense of a shot of a lifetime.
As a young child, I remember the 1st time I’d seen a flock of Canada Geese fly over and to this day when I see them overhead I roll my window down in the dead of winter just to hear their sounds. At age 11 my 1st whitetail deer sighting is still vivid in my memory and although seeing whitetails now is nearly a daily occurrence, I never tire of the sighting and spend ever fall/winter in awe as I watch activity during the rut.
It wasn’t until the late 80’s that I started capturing wildlife with my ‘starter camera’ which was a 110 and led to a film slr in the mid 90’s and since 2006, a Nikon D200.
