Rick Cameron
@rickcameron.bsky.social
Scratcher of heads, rubber of bellies
I've been re-editing old pictures recently, I updated the color version of this young great blue heron at Horse Lake but also like it in black-and-white.
📷: Canon 7D | Canon 100-400mm
🗓️: January 1, 2011
📷: Canon 7D | Canon 100-400mm
🗓️: January 1, 2011
December 28, 2025 at 6:37 PM
I've been re-editing old pictures recently, I updated the color version of this young great blue heron at Horse Lake but also like it in black-and-white.
📷: Canon 7D | Canon 100-400mm
🗓️: January 1, 2011
📷: Canon 7D | Canon 100-400mm
🗓️: January 1, 2011
“Duckweed Disguise”
📷: Canon 7D | Canon 500mm + 1.4X
🗓️: June 12, 2011
📷: Canon 7D | Canon 500mm + 1.4X
🗓️: June 12, 2011
December 28, 2025 at 5:40 PM
“Duckweed Disguise”
📷: Canon 7D | Canon 500mm + 1.4X
🗓️: June 12, 2011
📷: Canon 7D | Canon 500mm + 1.4X
🗓️: June 12, 2011
Despite the pouring rain, this red-winged blackbird collected a beakful of bugs to take back to the nest. Both redwings and yellowheads, male and female alike, heavily worked this section of Long Lake to feed the relentless hunger of their young.
📷: Canon 7D | Canon 500mm + 1.4X
🗓️: June 6, 2010
📷: Canon 7D | Canon 500mm + 1.4X
🗓️: June 6, 2010
December 25, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Despite the pouring rain, this red-winged blackbird collected a beakful of bugs to take back to the nest. Both redwings and yellowheads, male and female alike, heavily worked this section of Long Lake to feed the relentless hunger of their young.
📷: Canon 7D | Canon 500mm + 1.4X
🗓️: June 6, 2010
📷: Canon 7D | Canon 500mm + 1.4X
🗓️: June 6, 2010
Another shot from long ago in Maine, a groundhog rather enjoying an apple. It was soaked through with rain, its fur clumped around the guard hairs.
📷: Canon 7D | Canon 100-400mm
🗓️: July 14, 2010
📷: Canon 7D | Canon 100-400mm
🗓️: July 14, 2010
December 25, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Another shot from long ago in Maine, a groundhog rather enjoying an apple. It was soaked through with rain, its fur clumped around the guard hairs.
📷: Canon 7D | Canon 100-400mm
🗓️: July 14, 2010
📷: Canon 7D | Canon 100-400mm
🗓️: July 14, 2010
Merry Christmas!
December 25, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Merry Christmas!
“Idyll”
A tranquil scene as a cinnamon teal sleeps on a rainy day at Ridgefield.
📷: Canon 7D | Canon 500mm f/4 + 1.4x
🗓️: June 6, 2010
A tranquil scene as a cinnamon teal sleeps on a rainy day at Ridgefield.
📷: Canon 7D | Canon 500mm f/4 + 1.4x
🗓️: June 6, 2010
December 25, 2025 at 2:10 AM
“Idyll”
A tranquil scene as a cinnamon teal sleeps on a rainy day at Ridgefield.
📷: Canon 7D | Canon 500mm f/4 + 1.4x
🗓️: June 6, 2010
A tranquil scene as a cinnamon teal sleeps on a rainy day at Ridgefield.
📷: Canon 7D | Canon 500mm f/4 + 1.4x
🗓️: June 6, 2010
A house wren peers out of a wren-sized hole in an old tree at Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge
📷: Canon 7D | Canon 500mm f/4
🗓️: May 31, 2010
📷: Canon 7D | Canon 500mm f/4
🗓️: May 31, 2010
December 24, 2025 at 5:38 PM
A house wren peers out of a wren-sized hole in an old tree at Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge
📷: Canon 7D | Canon 500mm f/4
🗓️: May 31, 2010
📷: Canon 7D | Canon 500mm f/4
🗓️: May 31, 2010
Years ago when we took a family trip to the other Portland and I saw familiar faces in the ponds, I wondered if I was the only visitor here. I didn't have a magic computer in my pocket back then but after 15 years I finally looked it up and they are indeed native to Maine.
December 24, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Years ago when we took a family trip to the other Portland and I saw familiar faces in the ponds, I wondered if I was the only visitor here. I didn't have a magic computer in my pocket back then but after 15 years I finally looked it up and they are indeed native to Maine.
On our walks Bear and I frequently see Hallelujah Jordan, arms raised in permanent praise to the glory that is the Sonoran Desert. I've thought about renaming him as one of his arms has fallen off in recent years but decided against it. He has changed but his joy is everlasting.
December 22, 2025 at 9:25 PM
On our walks Bear and I frequently see Hallelujah Jordan, arms raised in permanent praise to the glory that is the Sonoran Desert. I've thought about renaming him as one of his arms has fallen off in recent years but decided against it. He has changed but his joy is everlasting.
With such a good look at the beak of this juvenile redtail I was reminded of the Simpsons episode where Lisa visits the dentist and he holds up a gruesome device and says "this happy little fellow is the gouger".
📷: Canon 7D | Canon 500mm f/4 + 1.4X
🗓️: January 4, 2013
📷: Canon 7D | Canon 500mm f/4 + 1.4X
🗓️: January 4, 2013
December 22, 2025 at 7:09 PM
With such a good look at the beak of this juvenile redtail I was reminded of the Simpsons episode where Lisa visits the dentist and he holds up a gruesome device and says "this happy little fellow is the gouger".
📷: Canon 7D | Canon 500mm f/4 + 1.4X
🗓️: January 4, 2013
📷: Canon 7D | Canon 500mm f/4 + 1.4X
🗓️: January 4, 2013
I was re-editing some photos to go along with a saguaro post and realized this bittern image wasn't even online. The auto tour at Ridgefield was a magical place, you could shut your car off and sit in the rain and the cold and the wildlife would come right up to you.
🗓️: January 4, 2013
🗓️: January 4, 2013
December 21, 2025 at 1:05 AM
I was re-editing some photos to go along with a saguaro post and realized this bittern image wasn't even online. The auto tour at Ridgefield was a magical place, you could shut your car off and sit in the rain and the cold and the wildlife would come right up to you.
🗓️: January 4, 2013
🗓️: January 4, 2013
I love living in a land of small dragons but you do have to get used to being constantly judged as you hike. Silently judged, but judged.
📷: Sony A6700 | Sony 100-400mm+1.4X
🗓️: May 27, 2024
📷: Sony A6700 | Sony 100-400mm+1.4X
🗓️: May 27, 2024
December 19, 2025 at 9:12 PM
I love living in a land of small dragons but you do have to get used to being constantly judged as you hike. Silently judged, but judged.
📷: Sony A6700 | Sony 100-400mm+1.4X
🗓️: May 27, 2024
📷: Sony A6700 | Sony 100-400mm+1.4X
🗓️: May 27, 2024
A few years back I was delighted to find a katydid sampling the wares in our yard. It brought back fond memories of the katydids in Oregon, once I found they loved eating our rose petals it not only changed how I pruned the roses but changed by opinion of roses altogether.
November 30, 2025 at 9:14 PM
A few years back I was delighted to find a katydid sampling the wares in our yard. It brought back fond memories of the katydids in Oregon, once I found they loved eating our rose petals it not only changed how I pruned the roses but changed by opinion of roses altogether.
“500”
If my notes are correct I recently made my 500th visit to our local preserve. To celebrate I took Bear up to the spot that became so meaningful during my leave of absence a couple of years ago.
📷: Nikon Z 7II | Nikon 24-70 f/4
🗓️: November 26, 2025
If my notes are correct I recently made my 500th visit to our local preserve. To celebrate I took Bear up to the spot that became so meaningful during my leave of absence a couple of years ago.
📷: Nikon Z 7II | Nikon 24-70 f/4
🗓️: November 26, 2025
November 29, 2025 at 7:27 PM
“500”
If my notes are correct I recently made my 500th visit to our local preserve. To celebrate I took Bear up to the spot that became so meaningful during my leave of absence a couple of years ago.
📷: Nikon Z 7II | Nikon 24-70 f/4
🗓️: November 26, 2025
If my notes are correct I recently made my 500th visit to our local preserve. To celebrate I took Bear up to the spot that became so meaningful during my leave of absence a couple of years ago.
📷: Nikon Z 7II | Nikon 24-70 f/4
🗓️: November 26, 2025
“Life & Death, Intertwined”
Bear and I came across this snake wrapped around a lizard, one life ending so another can continue.
📷: Sony A6700 | Sony 100-400mm+1.4X
🗓️: November 9, 2025
Bear and I came across this snake wrapped around a lizard, one life ending so another can continue.
📷: Sony A6700 | Sony 100-400mm+1.4X
🗓️: November 9, 2025
November 28, 2025 at 6:13 PM
“Life & Death, Intertwined”
Bear and I came across this snake wrapped around a lizard, one life ending so another can continue.
📷: Sony A6700 | Sony 100-400mm+1.4X
🗓️: November 9, 2025
Bear and I came across this snake wrapped around a lizard, one life ending so another can continue.
📷: Sony A6700 | Sony 100-400mm+1.4X
🗓️: November 9, 2025
Happy Black Cat Friday to those who celebrate, in memory of our sweet Emma and the tree she loved too much.
November 28, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Happy Black Cat Friday to those who celebrate, in memory of our sweet Emma and the tree she loved too much.
“A Bear & A Frog”
I'm pretty sure this is how one of Aesop's fables starts. So far the frog has tolerated Bear's prodigious love and still has all of its limbs and no head wounds, a rare sight in this house.
📷: Nikon Z 7II | Nikon 24-70 f/4
🗓️: November 24, 2025
I'm pretty sure this is how one of Aesop's fables starts. So far the frog has tolerated Bear's prodigious love and still has all of its limbs and no head wounds, a rare sight in this house.
📷: Nikon Z 7II | Nikon 24-70 f/4
🗓️: November 24, 2025
November 27, 2025 at 9:04 PM
“A Bear & A Frog”
I'm pretty sure this is how one of Aesop's fables starts. So far the frog has tolerated Bear's prodigious love and still has all of its limbs and no head wounds, a rare sight in this house.
📷: Nikon Z 7II | Nikon 24-70 f/4
🗓️: November 24, 2025
I'm pretty sure this is how one of Aesop's fables starts. So far the frog has tolerated Bear's prodigious love and still has all of its limbs and no head wounds, a rare sight in this house.
📷: Nikon Z 7II | Nikon 24-70 f/4
🗓️: November 24, 2025
“Thanksgiving”
What a blessing the little ones have been throughout my life.
📷: Nikon Z fc | Nikon 16-50mm DX
🗓️: November 23, 2025
What a blessing the little ones have been throughout my life.
📷: Nikon Z fc | Nikon 16-50mm DX
🗓️: November 23, 2025
November 27, 2025 at 8:51 PM
“Thanksgiving”
What a blessing the little ones have been throughout my life.
📷: Nikon Z fc | Nikon 16-50mm DX
🗓️: November 23, 2025
What a blessing the little ones have been throughout my life.
📷: Nikon Z fc | Nikon 16-50mm DX
🗓️: November 23, 2025
Perched high on boulders beside the trail were several volunteers greeting visitors to the park. They patiently answered questions they must get asked over and over and over, like "What trails are good for beginners?" and "Why didn't the eagles fly Sam & Frodo to Mordor?"
November 26, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Perched high on boulders beside the trail were several volunteers greeting visitors to the park. They patiently answered questions they must get asked over and over and over, like "What trails are good for beginners?" and "Why didn't the eagles fly Sam & Frodo to Mordor?"
The Light & The Dark
📷: Nikon Z 7II | Nikon 24-70 f/4
🗓️: October 24, 2025
📷: Nikon Z 7II | Nikon 24-70 f/4
🗓️: October 24, 2025
November 1, 2025 at 7:31 PM
The Light & The Dark
📷: Nikon Z 7II | Nikon 24-70 f/4
🗓️: October 24, 2025
📷: Nikon Z 7II | Nikon 24-70 f/4
🗓️: October 24, 2025
“It's Time to Leave the Capsule If You Dare”
I was delighted when a tiny tarantula dug an equally tiny burrow beside our patio. The hole was covered after a few days but she may have been molting as within a week or so she came back out and was a regular fixture each night.
I was delighted when a tiny tarantula dug an equally tiny burrow beside our patio. The hole was covered after a few days but she may have been molting as within a week or so she came back out and was a regular fixture each night.
October 12, 2025 at 11:30 PM
“It's Time to Leave the Capsule If You Dare”
I was delighted when a tiny tarantula dug an equally tiny burrow beside our patio. The hole was covered after a few days but she may have been molting as within a week or so she came back out and was a regular fixture each night.
I was delighted when a tiny tarantula dug an equally tiny burrow beside our patio. The hole was covered after a few days but she may have been molting as within a week or so she came back out and was a regular fixture each night.
“Empty Conduit”
There's a street nearby known as The Oracle of Scottsdale because of the insightful if cryptic messages it offers to pilgrims who brave the journey. I've not been able to work out what it was trying to tell me, perhaps it was a message for Bear.
There's a street nearby known as The Oracle of Scottsdale because of the insightful if cryptic messages it offers to pilgrims who brave the journey. I've not been able to work out what it was trying to tell me, perhaps it was a message for Bear.
October 6, 2025 at 4:23 AM
“Empty Conduit”
There's a street nearby known as The Oracle of Scottsdale because of the insightful if cryptic messages it offers to pilgrims who brave the journey. I've not been able to work out what it was trying to tell me, perhaps it was a message for Bear.
There's a street nearby known as The Oracle of Scottsdale because of the insightful if cryptic messages it offers to pilgrims who brave the journey. I've not been able to work out what it was trying to tell me, perhaps it was a message for Bear.
One of the last pictures I took of Ellie in the dog park at Irving Park before we had to leave my beloved if war-ravaged Portland. So thankful for our many years in that wonderful city and the Irvington neighborhood we called home.
📷: Sony A6500 | Sony-Zeiss 24mm f/1.8
🗓️: March 11, 2018
📷: Sony A6500 | Sony-Zeiss 24mm f/1.8
🗓️: March 11, 2018
September 28, 2025 at 5:57 PM
One of the last pictures I took of Ellie in the dog park at Irving Park before we had to leave my beloved if war-ravaged Portland. So thankful for our many years in that wonderful city and the Irvington neighborhood we called home.
📷: Sony A6500 | Sony-Zeiss 24mm f/1.8
🗓️: March 11, 2018
📷: Sony A6500 | Sony-Zeiss 24mm f/1.8
🗓️: March 11, 2018
Friday thunderstorms moved through and we got drenched, with more steady rains on Saturday, and even a short shower this morning. You can hear the desert singing in the rain as the cacti soak up and store what they can, the washes fill and flow, and harbor seals come out to play.
September 28, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Friday thunderstorms moved through and we got drenched, with more steady rains on Saturday, and even a short shower this morning. You can hear the desert singing in the rain as the cacti soak up and store what they can, the washes fill and flow, and harbor seals come out to play.
“Me? A Scientist?”
I've been asked to join a citizen science group exploring the continued decline of the Sonoran alligator. I'm honored and happy to help but also confused, what can I possibly know about it?
📷: Sony A6700 | Sony-Zeiss 24mm f/1.8
🗓️: September 6, 2025
I've been asked to join a citizen science group exploring the continued decline of the Sonoran alligator. I'm honored and happy to help but also confused, what can I possibly know about it?
📷: Sony A6700 | Sony-Zeiss 24mm f/1.8
🗓️: September 6, 2025
September 27, 2025 at 12:48 AM
“Me? A Scientist?”
I've been asked to join a citizen science group exploring the continued decline of the Sonoran alligator. I'm honored and happy to help but also confused, what can I possibly know about it?
📷: Sony A6700 | Sony-Zeiss 24mm f/1.8
🗓️: September 6, 2025
I've been asked to join a citizen science group exploring the continued decline of the Sonoran alligator. I'm honored and happy to help but also confused, what can I possibly know about it?
📷: Sony A6700 | Sony-Zeiss 24mm f/1.8
🗓️: September 6, 2025