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Wildlife Portrait

A female cougar with a notched ear gazes across a windswept Patagonian landscape at Torres del Paine during golden hour.

Portrait Of A Patagonian Predator

Puma concolor (Cougar)

An adult cougar walks across sparse grassland and shrubland in winter, with distant mountains visible under midday light.

Stalking Across Patagonian Winter

Puma concolor (Cougar)

An adult cougar walks across sparse grassland in the Patagonian steppe, pausing to look toward the camera.

Petaka Pauses in Patagonia

Puma concolor (Cougar)

An adult caracara with a distinctive crest and dark plumage stands on windswept grassland under midday light.

Caracara plancus plancus (Southern Crested Caracara)

A subadult tiger rests on the ground in a dry forest setting with golden light filtering through the trees.

Rolling in Dappled Forest Light

Panthera tigris (Tiger)

A subadult tiger walking through dry deciduous forest in golden hour light.

Tigrrrrr!

Panthera tigris (Tiger)

A Golden-breasted Starling perches on a low shrub and looks directly at the camera in the savanna landscape of Tsavo East National Park, Kenya.

Golden-breasted Starling

Lamprotornis regius (Golden-breasted Starling)

A gerenuk with elongated neck and upright ears faces the camera in Tsavo East National Park, Kenya, with green grassland in the background.

Gerenuk does its best Lee van Cleef Impression

Litocranius walleri (gerenuk)

An adult grey crowned crane stands in grassland under bright midday light in Masai Mara, Kenya.

Balearica regulorum

A Lilac-breasted Roller (Coracias caudatus) rests on a leafy branch in Tsavo West National Park, Kenya, its pastel plumage contrasting softly against the midday sky. © 2025 Chris Smith. All rights res

Lilac-breasted Roller Perches on Branch

Coracias caudatus (Lilac-breasted Roller)

An adult Pied Kingfisher (Ceryle rudis) perches on a branch in Tsavo West National Park, watching for fish in the waters below during the midday heat. © 2025 Chris Smith. All rights reserved.

Pied Kingfisher Waits for Prey

Ceryle rudis (Pied Kingfisher)

Waiting for lunch

Waiting for lunch

Colaptes auratus collaris (Coastal Red-shafted Flicker)