Darian Santner

Phainopepla! I said this word over and over to myself as I watched these guys spar over territory in the shrubby wash.

#socal
#sonorandesert
#urbanwildlife
#californiawildlife
#birdphotography
#birds

Happy widgeon!



#americanwidgeon #ducks #waterfowl #oregon #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #urbanwildlife #nikon

An Oregon endemic, the Oregon slender salamander of the Cascade mountain forests.



#salamanders #batrachoseps #oregonwildlife #amphibians #macro #fieldherping #wildlifephotography #pacificnorthwest #herpphotography #oregonherps

I’ve spent what one might consider a silly amount of time this last few months trying to photograph ducks, which is way harder than it should be. It’s hard to beat a hooded merganser drake for handsomeness though.



#ducks#waterfowl#birdphotography#oregonbirds#wildlife#wetlands#urbanwildlife

California mountain kingsnake from the oak Savannah of Washington state.


#zonata#kingsnake#pnwherps#snake#fieldherping#wildlifephotography#reptilephotography#nikonwildlife

Female long nosed leopard lizard in breeding colors, in Oregon’s Great Basin desert.

#gambelia#lizards#oregonherps#insituherps#fieldherping#reptilephotography#oregondesert#Easternoregon#wildlifephotography#nikonwildlife#greatbasin

Northern red legged frog in Oregon’s Columbia river gorge.

#redleggedfrog#frogs#amphibians#oregonherps#fieldherping#wildlifephotography#wideangle#macro#oregon#nikonwildlife

Pied billed grebe closely eyeballing my floating photography blind.

#grebe#oregon#oregonbirds#wildlifephotography#birdphotography#wetlands#nikonwildlife

Seems like many people got to see great gray owls this winter in the US. They are impressive every time.

#greatgrayowl#owls#oregonbirds#oregon#birdphotography#wildlifephotography#nikonwildlife#raptors

This Pacific treefrog spends a portion of the year living on my mailbox.

#frogs#herpphotos#oregonherps#amphibians#macro#wildlifephotography#pacifictreefrog#pseudacris

Female surf scoter on the Oregon coast.

#surfscoter #ducks #wildlife #oregonbirds #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #oregon

Northern Pacific Rattlesnake from this summer.

#rattlesnake #crotalus #oregon #oregonherps #fieldherping #wildlife #reptilephotography #macro #wildlifephotography #nikonusa

Kingfishers are common in my area, but difficult to get close enough to photograph. I realized this one was repeatedly using the same hunting perch, so I setup my @tragopan.bsky.social Grouse blind and waited him out!

#beltedkingfisher #oregonbirds #birdphotography #oregon #tragopanblinds