A few words about how Naturewide Images came about: I was raised in the northern suburbs of Chicago, developing an early interest in tropical fishes, reptiles, and amphibians. I began looking at birds rather seriously during my sophomore year of college. After graduating from the University of Wisconsin, I moved to Arcata, California to get my Master's Degree in Fisheries Biology at Humboldt State University. I stayed at Humboldt for 10 years, teaching several Fisheries classes, labs for others, and curating the University's fish museum.
In 1980, I moved from Northern California to Houston, Texas to become a founding partner in Peregrine Tours, a small birding tour company. Six years later, I began a 12-year stint leading birding tours for Wings, Inc., working primarily in Texas and Latin America. Later, I worked with Fermata, Inc. performing site assessments and helping to design birding trails, including five of the Great Texas Coastal Birding Trails and Great Texas Wildlife Trails, and the Coastal portion of the Virginia Birding and Wildlife Trail, as well as projects in Maryland, Kansas, and West Texas. While living in Houston, I formed Naturewide Images as a sales outlet for my bird photography. My favorite photographic subjects were owls and nightjars, but I also aimed my lenses at waterfowl, shorebirds, large wading birds, hummingbirds, and songbirds. Subsequently, I've concentrated on photographing insects, especially Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies) and butterflies.
Naturewide Images has enjoyed publishing success, providing photographs for advertising, packaging, and a variety of publications including: World Wildlife Fund and Audubon calendars, Nature Conservancy News, Audubon, Smithsonian, Handbook of Birds of the World, Texas Highways, Texas Parks and Wildlife, Arizona Daily Star, Houston Chronicle, Dragonflies of North America, and various field guides to birds and insects. Photo Credits.
Elk: Fern Canyon, Humboldt Co., CA
In order to document my observations, provide additional venues for photo sales, and because I enjoy writing, I have authored or co-authored approximately 40 publications including two books on birds and birding trails in East Texas, as well as articles in both technical literature and popular newspapers and magazines. Writing Credits.
Banana Slug: Del Norte Co., CA
Acquiring images of a diversity of natural history topics allows me to make both slide and PowerPoint presentations to various clubs and several nature festivals. These events include the Texas Butterfly Festival, Dragonfly Days, and the Southwest Wings Birding Festival have concentrated on insects. See Nature Presentations.
Brilliant Metalmark: Monterrey, Mexico
My partner Karen and I live at the interface of the Chihuahuan Desert and the lowest Emory and Blue oaks at an elevation of approximately 5,100 feet. We are located in Ash Canyon south of Sierra Vista, Arizona in one of the country's premier butterflying and birding areas. Since early November of 2003 when we moved to SE Arizona, we have observed over 150 species of birds in our yard. See the link for Yard List-Birds. Many of the 101 species of butterflies as well as a few of the moths that have visited us may be viewed at Butterflies and Plants I, Butterflies and Plants II, and Butterflies and Plants III. Our small wildlife pond and the many plants we've added attract a diversity of birds, butterflies, dragonflies, and even a few mammals. Photos of some of these are at Attracting Wildlife.
Male Widow Skimmer: Montgomery Co., TX
After leading bird tours for over 25 years, I continue to lead bird, dragonfly, and butterfly excursions at a number of nature festivals, and, most recently, for Elderhostel. I also lead a small number of private tours, mainly, but not limited to SE Arizona. If you are interested in a private event, please contact me for details.
Primroses: Tucson, AZ (PhotoShop filter)
Yaqui Dancer (Argia carlcooki) is a damselfly that was recently documented in northern Sonora, Mexico and Arizona. Pictures not presented in the original publication may be viewed at Yaqui Dancer.
Black-tailed Rattlesnake: Sierra Vista, AZ (22 July 2006)
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