G Dan Mitchell Photography

Ross’s Geese Take Flight, Dusk. Central Valley, California. February 8, 2012. © Copyright 2012 G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved. A flock of Ross’s geese take flight at dusk above a Central Valley pond, California. Yes, another photograph of geese taking flight above a California Central Valley pond. I can’t help myself! :-) After [...]

Ross’s Geese, Sunset, Central Valley. Merced NWR, California. February 8, 2012. © Copyright 2012 G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved. Ross’s geese in a Central Valley pond, sunset. Here I’m going to go with the slightly guilty pleasure of sharing a photograph with colors so intense they almost don’t fit in the color space [...]

Trees, Pond, and Birds in Twilight Sky. Merced National Wildlife Refuge, California. February 4, 2012. © Copyright 2012 G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved. Migratory birds fly through twilight skies above trees and ponds at the Merced National Wildlife Refuge. On an early February Saturday evening, four of us converged on the Merced National [...]

Bird-Filled Dusk Sky, Central Valley. San Joaquin Valley, California. February 8, 2012. © Copyright 2012 G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved. The edge of a huge flock of geese fills the dusk sky above seasonal winter ponds in California’s Central Valley. I continue to learn the cycles of the migratory winter birds over the [...]

Row of Trees, Evening. Central Valley, California. February 4, 2012. © Copyright 2012 G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved. A row of bare trees stands next to a pond in evening light at the Merced National Wildlife Refuge, Central Valley, California. While photographing migratory birds in early February at the Merced National Wildlife Refuge [...]