Photography Exhibitions: Photofairs New York 2023
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Views: Favorite Birds Of Wildlife Photographers
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Anna’s Hummingbird, Calypte anna
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Photograph by Gretchen Kay Stuart
“I’ve always been enchanted by hummingbirds,” Stuart says. “Their tiny size and iridescent plumage make them seem as though they are born out of fairy tales.”
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Evening Grosbeak, Coccothraustes vespertinus
Photograph by Melissa Groo
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The evening Grosbeak tends to hover north of Groo’s home in Central New York State. So she was delighted when a flock of them recently appeared outside her house. “When they roam further south in winter in search of food, I’ve been blessed with their presence, sometimes over months,” she says. “This past winter and into very early spring, I had a flock of up to 15 visiting my platform bird feeder daily, hoovering up black oil sunflower seeds.”
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Northern Pygmy-Owl, Glaucidium gnoma
Photograph by Gerrit Vyn
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In Western Oregon where Vyn lives, the tooting of the northern pygmy-owl is the sound of spring. “Even when you don’t see them, while hiking through the forest or sitting in a lush patch of sword ferns on the forest floor and looking up into the canopy, just knowing they are somewhere up there, watching, deepens the experience and magic of place,” he says.
National Geographic Traveller – October 2023
Michigan Travel: A Tour Of The Upper Peninsula
The Upper Peninsula is a forested region in Michigan bordering 3 of the Great Lakes and extending outward from Wisconsin. It’s connected to Michigan’s Lower Peninsula by the roughly 5-miles-long Mackinac Bridge, which spans the Straits of Mackinac.
Sandwiched between the 2 peninsulas is Mackinac Island, a car-free vacation destination with the iconic 1887 Grand Hotel and the Victorian-era Fort Mackinac.
National Geographic Traveller – SEPT 2023
Travel & History: National Geographic — August 2023
Seeking to solve the Arctic’s biggest mystery, they ended up trapped in ice at the top of the world
In 1847, Sir John Franklin and a crew of 128 men disappeared while searching for the fabled Northwest Passage. A National Geographic team sought to find evidence of their fate—but the Arctic doesn’t give up its secrets easily.
BY MARK SYNNOTT
Jacob Keanik scanned his binoculars over the field of ice surrounding our sailboat. He was looking for the polar bear that had been stalking us for the past 24 hours, but all he could see was an undulating carpet of blue-green pack ice that stretched to the horizon. “Winter is coming,” he murmured. Jacob had never seen Game of Thrones and was unaware of the phrase’s reference to the show’s menacing hordes of ice zombies, but to us, the threat posed by this frozen horde was equally dire. Here in remote Pasley Bay, deep in the Canadian Arctic, winter would bring a relentless tide of boat-crushing ice. If we didn’t find a way out soon, it could trap us and destroy our vessel—and perhaps us too.
A MYSTERY LOCKED IN ICE
BY SOREN WALLJASPER,
In 1845, British explorer Sir John Franklin and his crew of 128 men set out in search of the Northwest Passage—a fabled sea route from the Atlantic to the Pacific that would hasten trade between Europe and Asia. None of Franklin’s crew survived. The Norwegian ship Gjøa in 1903-06 made the first successful passage. In 2022, a National Geographic team attempted to retrace Franklin’s expedition to find fresh evidence of its undoing.
Profiles: Photographer John Fielder In Colorado
John Fielder has been capturing the beauty of Colorado for 40 years. From majestic sunrises over the Rockies to colorful Colorado wildflowers bordering alpine lakes, his photos portray Colorado in all its glory.
John Fielder is Colorado’s Premier Photographer
Travel Preview: Outside Magazine – July/Aug 2023
Time Outside Can Feel Like an Escape. But Your Mindset Matters.
There are both healthy and harmful ways to get away from it all, psychologists point out
13 Lesser-Known Public Lands Adventures to Plan Now
It’s becoming harder to find a slice of nature all to yourself. But there are plenty of secluded sweet spots around the country if you know where to look. From national monuments and lakeshores to forests and scenic waterways, here are some stunning, uncrowded wildlands that are definitely worth exploring.
BBC Earth Wildlife Views: Sir David Attenborough Tours Seven Continents
From ‘Seven Worlds One Planet’.
Sky Views: ‘Astronomy Photographer Of The Year’ Finalists (2023)
Sperrgebiet by Vikas Chander
Bogenfels, Namib Desert, Namibia
Ball of Rock by Rich Addis
Wallasey, Wirral, Merseyside, United Kingdom
Celestial Equator Above First World War Trench Memorial by Louis Leroux-Gere
Vimy, Pas-de-Calais, France
Boomers Daily 