About

Hello, and welcome!

I am a retired ornithologist who worked 30 years for the Canadian Wildlife Service, a small section within Environment and Climate Change Canada. I worked on a variety of research and conservation projects including studies of the effects of toxic chemicals on birds, species at risk, population monitoring and studies and protocols for research and monitoring of the effects of wind farm developments on birds.

I recently worked as an expedition team guide/lecturer for the Norwegian expedition cruise company Hurtigruten (now known as Hx). This work took me to Antarctica, the Falkland Islands, South Georgia, many South American countries, the Caribbean, the U.S.A., Iceland, Svalbard, Greenland, Alaska and all three coasts of Canada. It was a real joy to interact with our diverse guests aboard the ships and to be a part of their travel experience as we traveled to some of the most fascinating parts of the planet. And I got to work alongside many amazing other expedition team members from all walks of life and from many countries around the world.

I now live on Canada's East coast, in the Halifax area where I am fully retired and enjoying wildlife photography as a hobby. I grew up in the Canadian prairies, have lived in 5 of Canada's provinces as well as in Europe and Australia. But no matter where I live there is one constant in life - there will always be birds. Whether it's penguins on a giant ice flow in the Antarctic Sound, kittiwakes clinging to cliffs in the high Arctic, or melodious songbirds in the back yard, birds are everywhere. But just looking at birds does not completely satisfy my yearnings to know more. Photography gives me the ability to capture a moment in life and to go back and re-live that moment over and over! Photography also gives me the ability to stop fast action that the eye cannot perceive and reveal intricate details, actions and behaviours that otherwise go unseen.

On this web site I show some of my images that result from this endless pursuit which help me to peek deeper into the lives of wildlife and gain a deeper understanding of how their behaviours, unique lifestyles, fragility and, sometimes, their resilience fit into the nature that surrounds us and which we share.