THE BEST OF 2014

Another year has come and gone. It has been another busy one too! Once again I had a pretty busy workshop schedule this year and found that I did not do much domestic shooting. I did sneak out for a bit of shooting down in Washington State and a on a few local hiking trips.

This year I took 6 trips to Ecuador, Costa Rica, Washington, Peru, Costa Rica again and Cuba and managed to come home with a few keepers in the process.

In 2014 I also continued to add to my library of instructional Ebooks with my new title - Flash: A Guide for Nature Photographers.

The Guide to Tropical Nature Photography
Birds of British Columbia
Post Processing: A Guide for Nature Photographers
Flash: A Guide for Nature Photographers

I hope you enjoy this gallery of the best of 2014!

Happy new year!

ECUADOR

The year began in Ecuador where I led 2 sold out workshops. I really didnt shoot much this year but did pick off a few new birds for me.

Common Piping Guan

Gray-breasted Wood Wren

Great Potoo

Lettered Aracari

Many-banded Aracari

Pied Plover

Strong-billed Woodcreeper

Summer Tanager

Yellow-billed Nunbird

COSTA RICA

After spending some time at home and leading my Vancouver Island trips in March it was off to Costa Rica. I would return to Costa RIca again in October for a second workshop. Both trips were very productive!

Long-billed Hermit

Long-tailed Silky Flycatcher

Eyelash Viper

Toad

Pit-Viper

Tree Frog

Montezuma's Oropendola

Passerini's Tanager

Red-legged Honeycreeper

Resplendent Quetzal

Scarlet Macaw

Scarlet-thighed Dacnis

Shining Honeycreeper

Spectacled Owl

Spider Monkey

Spotted Antbird

Spotted Wood Quail

Violaceous Trogon (Gartered)

Black-chinned Woodpecker

Brown-hooded Parrot

Chestnut-colored Woodpecker

Chestnut-capped Brush Finch

Collared Aracari

Common Bush Tanager

Emerald Toucanet

Golden-hooded Tanager

Great Currasow

Great Kiskadee

Green Honeycreeper

Keel-billed Toucan

King Vulture

WASHINGTON STATE

In May I went on a little road / camping trip with my buddy and fellow bird photographer Jess Findlay. We only spent a few days in the field but managed to naila few target species.

White-headed Woodpecker

Black-necked Stilt

Western Meadowlark

Black-necked Stilt

American Avocet

Gray Flycatcher

Red-breasted Nuthatch

Sage Thrasher

Sage Sparrow

ONTARIO

Next up was a quick trip back to Ontario to visit my family. I snuck out once or twice for a few targets like the Yellow-throated Vireo.

Porcupine

Yellow-throated Vireo

Black-throated Green Warbler

Black and White Warbler

CHURCHILL

This years Churchill workshop was crazy. Perfect weather. A great group. And VERY cooperative birds. It doesnt get any better. Plus I finally nailed my nemesis the Smith's Longspur!!!

Smith's Longspur

Parasitic Jaeger

White-winged Scoter

Parasitic Jaeger

Spruce Grouse

Beluga Whale

Black Scoter

American Bittern

Horned Grebe

Semipalmated Sandpiper

Ruddy Turnstone

Ring-billed Gull

Hudsonian Godwit

Long-tailed Duck

Pacific Loon

Common Eider

Bonaparte's Gull

Common Eider

Dunlin

Hudsonian Godwit

PTARMIGAN AND GROUSE SHOOT

In July Jess Findlay and I teamed up again to go camping and find a good location for Ptarmigan and Grouse. Both species worked out!

White-tailed Ptarmigan

Sooty Grouse

PERU

After a nice summer break it was time to head down to Peru and lead another trip. I didnt shoot a lot but we definitely had a very productive 2 weeks of bird photography!