G Dan Mitchell Photography

Tree and Bird-Filled Morning Sky. Central Valley, California. January 28, 2012. © Copyright 2012 G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved. Giant flocks of migratory birds fill the winter sky above the Central Valley of California. There are times when the number of migratory birds visible in California’ Central Valley approaches the level of unbelievable. [...]

Birds, Brush, and Setting Sun. Merced National Wildlife Refuge, California. January 28, 2012. © Copyright 2012 G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved. Sun sets over Merced National Wildlife Refuge, silhouetting brush and birds. I’m not usually one to shoot straight into the rising or setting sun, but here you are… straight into the setting [...]

Migratory Birds, Dusk. Merced National Wildlife Refuge, California. January 28, 2012. © Copyright 2012 G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved. Flocks of migratory birds fly over the Merced National Wildlife Refuge at dusk, San Joaquin Valley, California. I think that I’m as interested in the landscape of the Central Valley of California as I [...]

Sandhill Cranes, Dusk. Merced National Wildlife Refuge, California. January 28, 2012. © Copyright 2012 G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved. A flock of sandhill cranes against the dusk sky above the Merced National Wildlife Reserve, California. The sandhill cranes are amazing creatures. On the ground they seem rather ungainly, but in the air they [...]

Solitary Bird, Twilight Sky. Merced National Wildlife Reserve, California. January 28, 2012. © Copyright 2012 G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved. A solitary bird perchs against the twilight sky in a tree at the Merced National Wildlife Reserve in California’s Central Valley. On this last weekend of January, 2012, I spent my Saturday photographing [...]