Northern Cardinal

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Northern Cardinal, Mc Dowell Mountain Regional Park, Arizona.

Northern Cardinal, McDowell Mountain Regional Park, Arizona.

I was finally able to capture a decent image of a male Northern Cardinal Sunday morning.  These bright red guys sure look out of place in the monochromatic desert.

Grand Canyon Photography

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Patrick photographing from the South Rim, Grand Canyon National Park, Alaska.

Patrick photographing from the South Rim, Grand Canyon National Park, Alaska.

Janine and I, along with fellow Alaska photographer Patrick Endres just got back from a wonderful couple nights backpacking in the bottom of the Grand Canyon.  We had a wonderful, wide range of weather including rain – it is actually snowing a bit today as I write this.  This was from the evening before – way down in the distance you can actually see Bright Angel Canyon, the location of our campground.  I’ll post more images as I have internet.

On The Road Again

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Bright Angel Campground along Bright Angel Creek, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona

Bright Angel Campground along Bright Angel Creek, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona.

Well after such a busy winter, it was really nice to have a whole month at home!  It went way too fast!

Tomorrow I begin a fun, busy stretch of travel.  I begin with a week in Cordova helping out a with a couple of photo tours during the shorebird migration.  I’m home for a day before flying to Arizona where we are going to meet up with a good friend and fellow photographer from Fairbanks for some backpacking in the Zion and the Grand Canyon.  We were able to obtain permits for Bright Angel Campground pictured above from a trip two years ago – I can’t wait to go back!

Then in June I’m back in Alaska for a trip across the state to the North Slope.  Followed by my bear tour and a trip into Prince William Sound.  So, I’ll post when I can, but I may miss blocks of time due to lack of internet.  In the meantime, here are photo from our last Grand Canyon trip.