Good Nature Travel Blog

  • Nature Photography

    Wildlife Photo of the Week: The Colors of Fall

    Nov 24, 2017 · Kendal Bower

    Every Friday, we choose our favorite photo of the week from our Wildlife Photo of the Day website. This week we selected a chipmunk in Washington. Photographer Tim Nicol watched this little rodent perch on a dried sunflower. Have you taken some amazing wildlife photos during your travels?

  • Nature & Wildlife

    Turkeys: Smart and—Perhaps—Beautiful Birds

    Nov 23, 2017 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    Despite what you may have learned in elementary school, there were probably no turkeys at the first Thanksgiving. The written menu listed fowl, but this most likely meant ducks, goose, grouse, passenger pigeons, swans—or maybe even bald eagles.

  • Nature Photography

    Wildlife Photo of the Week: Chickadee in the Snow

    Nov 17, 2017 · Kendal Bower

    Every Friday, we choose our favorite photo of the week from our Wildlife Photo of the Day website. This week we chose a black-capped chickadee. Photographer Jola Charlton snapped this photo on a snowy day in Washington. Have you taken some amazing wildlife photos during your travels?

  • Nature Photography

    Wildlife Photo of the Week: Rooting

    Nov 10, 2017 · Kendal Bower

    Every Friday, we choose our favorite photo of the week from our Wildlife Photo of the Day website. This week we chose a warthog in Tanzania. Photographer Steve Grodin was fortunate to be able to watch this warthog looking for dinner in the Serengeti. Have you taken some amazing wildlife photos during your travels?

  • Videos

    Video: One Tree’s Wildlife Visitors in One Year

    Nov 9, 2017 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    I love trees, and I’m not alone. There are those of us that write letters to them, that single-handedly plant forests of them, or—in my case—write books about them. The reasons we have for so loving our trees are many.

  • Nature Photography

    Wildlife Photo of the Week: Descending Salmon Eggs

    Oct 20, 2017 · Kendal Bower

    Every Friday, we choose our favorite photo of the week from our Wildlife Photo of the Day website. This week we chose a brown bear’s catch of the day. Photographer Elizabeth Leonard was bear-watching at Brooks Falls when this grizzly caught a salmon jumping upstream. Have you taken some amazing wildlife photos during your travels?

  • Videos

    Rare and Raw: Wild Wolverine Video

    Oct 12, 2017 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    Wolverines are exceedingly rare. It’s estimated that less than 250 of them still roam the Lower 48, almost exclusively in the rugged Rocky Mountains and North Cascades in the West.

  • Nature Photography

    Wildlife Photo of the Week: Hurry Up and Wait

    Oct 6, 2017 · Kendal Bower

    Every Friday, we choose our favorite photo of the week from our Wildlife Photo of the Day website. This week we selected a polar bear relaxing in Canada. Photographer Daric deMeulles was in a Polar Rover in Churchill, Manitoba watching polar bears.

  • Nature Photography

    Wildlife Photo of the Week: It’s Mine

    Sep 22, 2017 · Kendal Bower

    Every Friday, we choose our favorite photo of the week from our Wildlife Photo of the Day website. This week we selected a scene out of Japan. Photographer Leigh Lofgren was visiting Hokkaido when she captured the moment this white-tailed eagle flew down to grab a fish from the sea.

  • Nature Photography

    Wildlife Photo of the Week: Oh I Wonder, Wonder…

    Sep 15, 2017 · Kendal Bower

    Every Friday, we choose our favorite photo of the week from our Wildlife Photo of the Day website. This week we chose a brown bear in Alaska. Photographer Dan Schlotter was visiting Katmai National Park when he came across this brown bear sitting on the water’s edge.

  • Antarctica & Arctic

    On Land in Greenland: A Photo Essay

    Sep 12, 2017 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    Because Greenland is the largest island in the world, it makes sense that many people’s travels there are boat-based, as mine were four years ago. There is little infrastructure: roads are rare, and places to stay are few. Now, however, there is a remote and beautiful place to stay on land.

  • Nature Photography

    Wildlife Photo of the Week: Jaguar

    Sep 8, 2017 · Kendal Bower

    Every Friday, we choose our favorite photo of the week from our Wildlife Photo of the Day website. This week we selected a thirsty jaguar in Brazil. Photographer Marcelo Melo was traveling along a river when he came across this big cat on the riverbank. Have you taken some amazing wildlife photos during your travels?