User:Tsuru8



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
'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
Canon 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