Salt River Wild Horses: Day 6

January 06, 2015  •  3 Comments
Day 6 of my 365 photo project: the Salt River Wild Horses, Tonto National Forest, Arizona. Please comment or share. #project365 #projectlife365
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Top Wildlife Images of 2014

January 05, 2015  •  2 Comments
I'm very proud that one of my images was selected as a "Top Wildlife Image of 2014" by Nikonians. The image was made during the fall elk rut last September in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado.
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Salt River Wild Horses: Day 5

January 05, 2015  •  1 Comment
Day 5 of my 365 photo project: the Salt River Wild Horses, Tonto National Forest, Arizona. Please comment or share. #project365 #projectlife365
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Salt River Wild Horses: Day 4

January 04, 2015  •  1 Comment
Day 4 of my 365 photo project: the Salt River Wild Horses, Tonto National Forest, Arizona. Please comment or share. #project365 #projectlife365
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Salt River Wild Horses: Day 3

January 03, 2015  •  3 Comments
Day 3 of my 365 photo project: the Salt River Wild Horses, Tonto National Forest, Arizona. Please comment or share. #project365 #projectlife365
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Salt River Wild Horses: Day 2

January 02, 2015  •  1 Comment
Day 2 of my 365 photo project: the Salt River Wild Horses, Tonto National Forest, Arizona. Please comment or share. #project365 #projectlife365
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Salt River Wild Horses: Day 1

January 01, 2015  •  4 Comments
And so it begins. For the next 365 days, I will post 1 picture per day of the wild horses in the Tonto National Forest. Day 1 of my 365 photo project: the Salt River Wild Horses, Tonto National Forest, Arizona. Please comment or share. #project365 #projectlife365
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Happy New Year!

December 31, 2014  •  Leave a Comment
Happy New Year everyone! Tomorrow, January 1, is the first day of my 365 photo challenge. Every day in 2015, I will post a wild horse picture to the blog here.
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365-Challenge: the wild horses of the Salt River

December 30, 2014  •  2 Comments
As 2014 comes to an end, the time has come to think about resolutions for the new year. I have decided to take on one of those "365-Challenges", where I post 1 picture each and every day of the year. But what am I going to take 365 pictures of? What could possibly be interesting enough to keep my interest in the project going for an entire year, an...
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Saguaro lake

December 29, 2014  •  Leave a Comment
Continuing my exploration of the Phoenix area, I visited Saguaro lake. Click here for my images: http://www.vangophotos.com/saguarolake_dec2014 The river starts its journey in the White mountains in eastern Arizona near the border with New Mexico. On its way to the Phoenix area, four dams create four lakes. This the final lake before the Salt riv...
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Mustang

December 26, 2014  •  6 Comments
A few days ago, I went searching for Arizona's mustangs (wild horses) in the Tonto National Forest. To my surprise, I quickly located three separate bands near a river. They were grazing peacefully along the muddy river bank. Being unprepared for the required river crossing, I took off my shoes and waded through the river while carrying my came...
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Sedona's Broken Arrow 4x4 Trail

December 26, 2014  •  Leave a Comment
Do you want to learn how to take better wildlife and nature pictures? Here's my book to get you started Before Christmas, we took out the Jeep to explore one of Sedona's 4x4 trails. It was amazing. The area around Sedona (about 2 hours north of Phoenix) is known for its red rock scenery which has been featured in many Hollywood movies. The s...
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Jump

December 23, 2014  •  Leave a Comment
How does a fox catch a mouse during Yellowstone's winter months? Using its sensitive hearing, the fox listens to the mice walking in their tunnels under the snow. Ever so cautiously the fox sneaks closer, jumps up in the air and buries his head in the snow. Quite often, the fox reappears with a mouse. I made these images on a visit to Yellowstone...
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Road Block

December 20, 2014  •  1 Comment
These bison use the road to find some relief from plowing through the deep snow. Yellowstone national park in winter.
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Standing Tall

December 16, 2014  •  Leave a Comment
Here's one of the many black bears that inhabit the area around Waterton-Glacier national parks, right on the border between Canada and the U.S. This black bear cub was out and about with his mom and sibling in the pouring rain. He ventured off on his own, soon realized he was all alone, and stood up to look for his mom. Mother bears are very prot...
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