Kim Holloman
Photographs and field notes of nature and wild spaces.
Recent field notes
American white pelicans at sunrise
Unlike brown pelicans, American white pelicans don't dive for fish — they feed cooperatively, swimming in a loose line or circle to herd fish into the shallows where the whole group can scoop them up together. Bear River is one…
Mount Moran at first light
Mount Moran doesn't have foothills to soften its rise — it comes straight out of the valley floor, which is why it dominates the skyline the way it does from the lakeshore. This was a still morning, with barely enough…
Leaf-footed bug on a leaf
A November macro find on a leaf already well past its prime, chewed through by whatever had visited before this one arrived. The triangular shield-shaped back and long, spindly legs are typical of the leaf-footed bug family, a large and…
Green frog at the garden pond
A small backyard pond has hosted a green frog on and off for a couple of years, and by mid-October this one was still holding its spot on the rocks at dusk. The ridge running down each side of the…
Red-headed woodpecker
Fully adult red-headed woodpeckers are unmistakable — no other North American woodpecker has a solid crimson hood all the way down the neck. This one was working a dead limb along the river, alternating between hammering and pausing to look…
Carpenter bee on lavender
Late-season lavender still had a few carpenter bees working it in late October. The bare, glossy black abdomen is the giveaway — it's what separates carpenter bees from the similarly fuzzy bumblebees at a glance. Eastern carpenter bees are solitary…