Aerial PhotographyArgentinaWhales

Aerial Photos of Mating and Courtship Among Southern Right Whales at Peninsula Valdes, Argentina

Each winter and spring, Southern Right Whales (Eubalaena australis) gather along Argentina’s Península Valdés, particularly in the calm, protected waters of Golfo Nuevo and Golfo San José. From about June through November, these gulfs serve as breeding and nursery grounds where adults, juveniles, and mothers with calves congregate. The whales…
November 1, 2025
Aerial PhotographyFiji

Aerial Photos of the Coral Reefs of Fiji

Beneath Fiji’s clear waters lies a vibrant maze of coral reefs built by tiny coral polyps. Hard corals, also known as stony corals, act as reef architects secreting calcium carbonate skeletons that fuse into massive limestone frameworks over centuries. Intertwined with these sturdy builders are soft corals, flexible flower-like organisms…
October 31, 2025
Obituary

Coleman Park Colla (1935-2025), Obituary

The family of Coleman Park Colla wishes to announce his passing on September 3, 2025. Coleman was born on December 24, 1935, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Stanley Albert Colla and Alice Adele Colla. He spent his childhood in Oakmont (now Haverford), Pennsylvania, where his grandparents and cousins lived nearby, and…
September 3, 2025
BirdsFlorida

Burrowing Owls in Cape Coral, Florida

Two things appear to abound in Cape Coral, a gulf coast town not far south of Fort Myers: retirees in golf cars and burrowing Owls (Athene cunicularia floridana) . The former inhabit the bungalows that line the streets and canals.  The latter inhabit burrows in yards, along street medians, in…
June 14, 2024
Utah

Hite Crossing Bridge over the Colorado River, Utah

The Hite Crossing Bridge lies in the spectacular middle of nowhere, spanning the Colorado River in southern Utah near the north end of Lake Powell. It is the only crossing of the Colorado River on a 295 mile stretch (110 miles north at Moab and 185 miles south at Glen…
February 9, 2024
Pelicans of La JollaSeabird

La Jolla Seabirds in Late December

Our long run of perfect weather mornings changed, and my string of uninterrupted days photographing in La Jolla came to an end, in mid-December around Christmas.  Still, I enjoyed several nice mornings including a few with good flight behavior. Most interesting were two days in which a large bait ball…
January 3, 2024
La JollaSurf

La Jolla Cove Big Surf December 29, 2023

La Jolla Cove experienced big surf December 29, 2023. Indeed, all of San Diego was getting giant waves for the entire weekend. I was out photographing several times, and the best waves I saw were just before sunset on December 29, straight out from La Jolla Cove.  It was getting…
December 29, 2023