An article reflecting on 30 years of stunning images at Nature’s Best Photography. Flattered to be a part of the 30 years with this bald eagle image included in the 2014 collection.

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I love seeing the sandhill cranes return to Colorado in the spring, when snow-capped peaks, colorful sunsets and sunrises, and vast expanses of valley frame the birds so nicely. 😉🏔️

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Cowabunga!!!! We watched a troupe of about two dozen squirrel monkeys jumping from tree to tree. It was like watching a live game of Donkey Kong! 😆🐵 Wheeeeeee!!!

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Interested in a trip of a lifetime? I have one spot available on my July brown bear trip. Link in the comments for more info or DM me.

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Happy World Wildlife Day!! 🐻🐻‍❄️🦅🐇🐿️🦊

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Happy International Polar Bear Day!
Keep our Arctic animals in your thoughts. They are going to need extra voices in their corner the next few years.

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Male Smew on a lake in Southern Norway

400 mm
1/1600 s
f 5,6
ISO 800
ev 0,0

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Female Goldeneye

400 mm
1/1250 s
f 5,6
ISO 800
ev 0,0

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Imposing behavior of a male Smew

400 mm
1/1600 s
f 5,6
ISO 800
ev 0,0

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Eurasian Bittern jumping off its fishing spot in the reeds.

420 mm
1/2000 s
f 8
ISO 3200
ev 0,0

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#rohrdommel
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For a few minutes, the golden morning light touches this young Long-Eared Owl in its daytime hiding place.

420 mm
1/1600 s
f 4
ISO 2000

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Great Crested Grebe in winter plumage on the idyllic Lake Eibsee, Bavaria (GER).

420 mm
1/4000 s
f 4
ISO 3200
ev -1,0

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#haubentaucher
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Dunlins on the beaches of Vardø on Varanger peninsula (NOR)

420 mm
1/2500 s
f 6 e
ISO 1000
ev -0,3

#dunlin
#alpenstrandläufer
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#birdsofvaranger
#birdsofnorway
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What are you looking at 👀

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A Great Crested Grebe in winter plumage on Lake Garda, Italy.

420 mm
1/1600 s
f 4
ISO 640
ev 0,0

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Flapping his wings after a bath this male Northern Shoveler displays the full beauty of the species.

420 mm
1/2500 s
f 5,6
ISO 320
ev 0,0

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Time for a drink.

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The food supply in the mud of a brackish lagoon lures this water rail out of its cover and into the morning sun.

420 mm
1/1600 s
f 4
ISO 500
ev 0,0

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Pachyderm shot of the week 📸

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Great Egret with the last catch of the day.

420 mm
1/1600 s
f 4
ISO 4000
ev 0,0

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#silberreiher
#birdsofgermany
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Hunting for breakfast

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Every time this Great Egret spotted a fish through the transparent ice cover, it would chase it, flapping its wings, to the next open spot - and then strike.

420 mm
1/2500 s
f 4
ISO 200
ev 0,0

#greategret
#silberreiher
#birdsofgermany
#birdslife
#birdsphotography
#featured_wildlife

Hare in a morning dew before sunrise

420 mm
1/2500 s
f 4
ISO 4000
ev -1,0

#hare
#feldhase
#animallife
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#naturephotography
#sonyphotography

In early August, I still saw many Golden Plovers on the Varanger peninsula. Their colors really come into their own in the evening sun.

420 mm
1/1250 s
f 4
ISO 1000
ev 0,0

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#birdsofvaranger
#birdsofnorway
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A flirting pair of Razorbills in the snow on the arctic bird island of Hornøya. Photographing with a tele over a snow cornice created the nice whiteout effect.

600 mm
1/2500 s
f 5,6
ISO 800
ev 0,0

#razorbill
#tordalk
#seabirds
#birdsofvaranger
#birdsofnorway
#birdsphotography
#featured_wildlife

The Black Grouse lek in southern Norway is one of the highlights of spring.The males‘ hissing and gurgling calls, which last for hours, are forever etched in my memory.

400 mm
1/1600 s
f 8
ISO 4000

#blackgrouse
#birkhuhn
#phototoursnorway
#birdsofnorway
#birdsphotography
#featured_wildlife

A beautiful Eurasien Jay in an old pine tree, illuminated by the morning sun.

420 mm
1/2000 s
f 4
ISO 640
ev -1,0

#eurasianjay
#eichelhäher
#birdsoftuscany
#birdsofitaly
#birdsphotography
#featured_wildlife

A lone Little Sandpiper is still hanging around on the beach of the Arctic coastal town of Vardø in northeast Norway at the beginning of August.

420 mm
1/2000 s
f 4
ISO 160
ev -0,3

#littlesandpiper
#migratorybirds
#birdsofvaranger
#birdsofnorway
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Fox Friday

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Backlit P-dog

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