Monte Taylor is a Canon Professional Photographer. He began his interest in birds and nature at the tender age of 9 years. That interest grew into wildlife photography which he has pursued now for over 50 years.
His images have been published in National Geographic, National Audubon Society Field Guides and Magazines, Birding, Western Birds, and numerous other books, magazines, periodicals, CD's, and research papers over the last 30 years.
His accomplishments include photographing nearly all (over 835 bird species) of the expected species, including many of the rarest, in North America including the Bahamas. To that he has added many of the large mammals, cetaceans, and sea mammals and expanded into species from Japan and eastern Asia (China, Hong Kong, Thailand). He has also been in the number one position on the most photographed birds in the American Birding Association area (North America) for the last several years!
At present he has over 620,000 stock images of these species (and sub-species) in different poses, age groups, and activities.
His travels have taken him to each state and province on the North American continent, north of Mexico (and Mexico as well), including many trips to Japan and east Asia (Japan, Hong Kong, China, Thailand, and the Bahamas). His most favorite places are Alaska, California, southeastern Arizona, Florida, Ohio, Texas, Japan, British Columbia, Ontario, and Nova Scotia, Canada.
http://www.tsuru-bird.net (Bird and Mammal Website - including Cetaceans and Others from North America, Japan, China, Hong Kong, Thailand and the Bahamas)
http://www.tsuru-bird.net/image.htm (Individual Species list / links)
Photo Credits - Published Articles / Images
edit'National Geographic' books
'National Audubon Society' Field Guides
American Birding Association 'Birding' Magazines
American Birds' Magazines
'Western Birds' Magazines
'Kaufman Birding Series Field Guides' books
'Peter Thayers Birders Diary' CD
eNature (enature.com)
Smithsonian Institute videos
BioDiversity Institute (bdi.org)
Oriental Bird Images (orientalbirdimages.org)
Wikipedia.com Online Encylopedia Website
and, numerous other books, CDs, magazines, research papers, wildlife area posters, and educational publications
Camera Equipment
editCanon 1D Mark IV Body (Digital)
Canon 1D Mark III Body (Digital)
Canon 40D Body (Digital)
Canon EOS 1N Body (35 mm film)
Canon 600 mm / f 4.0 USM Lens
Canon 500mm / f 4.0 USM IS Lens
Canon 400 mm / f 2.8 USM Lens
Canon 400 mm / f 4.0 DO IS USM Lens
Canon 300 mm / f 2.8 USM Lens
Canon 100mm-400mm / f4.0-5.6 Lens
EX-580 II / EX-580 flash systems
Canon 1.4x and 2.0x EF II teleconverters + extension tubes
Wimberley Gimbal Tripod Head
Gitzo carbon-fiber tripod