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Rick Poley

26
Photos
I have an extensive collection of digital files.

NATURAL HISTORY: Animals, habitats and plants, closeups to overviews, with behavioral images, ID portraits of animals, especially birds, insects, mammals. Marine intertidal zones, freshwater wetlands. Scenic landscapes, weather phenomena.

GENERAL STOCK: U.S. travel destinations. Outdoor recreation, especially camping, RVs, kayaking, canoeing, fishing. Environment: water and sewer conveyance systems, treatment incl. construction, installation, operation; petroleum contamination, cleanup; hazardous waste remediation; solid waste collection, minimization, recycling, disposal; pollution prevention; water conservation. Agriculture, especially vegetables, tropical fruits.

SPECIALTIES: North American birds, especially wading birds, ducks, pelicans, geese, sandhill cranes, least terns. FL Keys and Mexican specialties: intertidal marine life, nesting sea turtles. FL ecosystems. Large mammals: bison, deer (Key, mule, whitetail), elk, moose, mountain goats, bighorn sheep, pronghorns, wild horses. South FL: natural history, environmental issues (above).

GEOGRAPHIC AREAS U.S.: FL (especially Keys, Everglades). AK (Denali NP, Haines, Hyder, Kenai Penin.); AZ (Grand Canyon, Saguaro NPs); CA (Big Sur, Joshua Tree, Redwoods, Sequoia, Yosemite NPs; Lower Klamath, Tule Lake NWRs); GA (Cumberland Is. NS); ME (Coast); MI (Isle Royale NP, Pictured Rocks NLS); MT (Glacier NP); NC (Smoky Mtns. NP, Blue Ridge); NE (Platte R.); NM (Bosque del Apache NWR); OR (Coast, Columbia Gorge, Mt. Hood); PA (southeastern, DE Water Gap); SD (Custer SP); TN (Smoky Mtns. NP); TX (Big Bend NP, Padre Is. NS, Davis Mtns., Gulf Coast, Rio Grande region); UT (Bryce, Capitol Reef, Zion NPs); VA (Assateague, Chincoteague NWRs; Shenandoah NP); VT (Green Mtns.); WA (Olympic, Mt. Rainier NPs); WI (central, northern); WY (Grand Teton, Yellowstone NPs). Western Canada: Alaska Hwy.; Jasper, Kluane NPs.

CREDITS: Magazines (incl. photo/text packages): Birder's World, Cricket, Ducks Unlimited, ENR, Girl’s Life, Minnie, MotorHome, National Geographic World, National Parks, Natural History, Nature Photographer, Nature's Best, Odyssey, Sierra, Trailer Life, Wildlife Conservation, more. Book Publishers: Britannica, Rodale, more. Calendars: Audubon, BrownTrout, Self-Realization, more. Advertising: Boston Shoe Stores, FAME-BASF, Iseki Inc. National Park Service, PBS&J Consulting Engineers, more. Agents: Index Stock (NY), Visuals Unlimited (Amherst NH).

RELATED CREDENTIALS: Engineer (B.S., P.E.). Member, NANPA. Certified scuba diver.

COMMENTS: Photo/text packages available. Tightly edited, accurately labeled submissions sent promptly. Private photo instruction available.

Portfolio

26 photos
Cowgirl & Threatening Skies
Rick PoleyMan & Nature
Snow Geese Lift-off at Bosque
Rick PoleyEarth, Sea & Sky
Wood Stork at Sunset
Rick PoleyAvian
Arches Window Reflection
Rick PoleyEarth, Sea & Sky
Red Mangrove Reflections
Rick PoleyEarth, Sea & Sky
American Oystercatchers in Flight
Rick PoleyAvian
Marbled Godwit
Rick PoleyAvian
Reddish Egret
Rick PoleyAvian
Cape May Warbler
Rick PoleyAvian
American Goldfinch feeding on wild sunflowers
Rick PoleyAvian
Sandhill Crane Calling
Rick PoleyAvian
Swallowtail Kite in Flight
Rick PoleyAvian
Nesting Wood Storks Greeting
Rick PoleyAvian
Brown Pelican With Breeding Plumage
Rick PoleyAvian
Resting Brown Pelican
Rick PoleyAvian
White-crowned Pigeon squabs feeding on "pigeon milk".
Rick PoleyAvian
Male Red Billed Streamertail
Rick PoleyAvian
Great Crested Flycatcher with Cicada
Rick PoleyAvian
Loggerhead Shrike with Snake
Rick PoleyAvian
Black-whiskered Vireo feeding on pitch apple avrils
Rick PoleyAvian
Nesting White-eyed Vireos
Rick PoleyAvian
Cape May Warbler & Green Anole
Rick PoleyAvian
Yellow-throated Warbler
Rick PoleyAvian
Flowering Aloe Vera
Rick PoleyFlora & Fungi
Tetons Reflection, Moulton Ranch
Rick PoleyMan & Nature
Maroon Bells thru Aspen Leaves
Rick PoleyEarth, Sea & Sky