Paul Bannick Photography

Paul Bannick Photography http://www.paulbannick.com/about/

Paul Bannick is an award-winning wildlife author and photographer specializing in the natural history of North America with a focus on birds and habitat. Coupling his love of the outdoors with his skill as a photographer, he creates images that foster the intimacy between viewer and subject, inspiring education and conservation. Paul is both the author and photographer of four books, Owl: A Year i

n the Lives of North American Owls (Braided River) and The Owl and The Woodpecker, Encounters with North America’s Most Iconic Birds (Mountaineers). His first book, The Owl and the Woodpecker, published in October of 2008, continues to be one of the best-selling bird books in North America. The University of Washington’s Burke Museum created a traveling exhibit based on The Owl and the Woodpecker, which began touring North American cities in March of 2011. Paul's latest books, "Snowy Owl: A Visual Natural History" and Great Gray Owl: A Visual Natural History" were published in September of 2020

Bannick’s work has won awards from several prestigious photography contests, including those hosted by Audubon Magazine and the International Conservation Photography Awards. Paul’s photography can be found prominently in bird guides from Audubon, Peterson, The Smithsonian, Stokes, The National Wildlife Federation, and in several volumes of the Handbook of the Birds of the world. His work has been featured in a variety of publications from The New York Times, Audubon, Sunset, Nature’s Best Photography Magazine, Birds and Blooms, Ranger Rick, Pacific Northwest (two cover stories), Seattle Times, Alaska Air Magazine, and in many other books, magazines, parks, refuges, and other outlets in North America and Europe. He has appeared on NBC Nightly News, Evening Magazine, King 5 and on dozens of NPR stations and programs, including Travels with Rick Steves and BirdNote.

Woodpecker and Owl keynotes at upcoming festivals, beginning with Jackson Hole tomorrow.
05/27/2026

Woodpecker and Owl keynotes at upcoming festivals, beginning with Jackson Hole tomorrow.

Woodpecker and Owl keynotes at upcoming festivals
05/27/2026

Woodpecker and Owl keynotes at upcoming festivals

I had the honor of speaking about owls on "A Way to Garden, from Margaret Roach". You can hear the podcast or read the ...
05/25/2026

I had the honor of speaking about owls on "A Way to Garden, from Margaret Roach". You can hear the podcast or read the transcript below.

OWLS: THEY ARE birds we more often hear than see, exceptionally well-camouflaged creatures, many of whom move about in the hours of low light for an extra layer of stealth, making them seem even more

Brooding OwlsFemale owls, like this Great Gray, stay on the eggs and young nestlings. During this time males catch all ...
05/21/2026

Brooding Owls
Female owls, like this Great Gray, stay on the eggs and young nestlings. During this time males catch all of their food and deliver it directly the female at the nest.
You can learn more about owl’s behavior during the early part of the breeding season in the award-winning book, “Owl: A Year in the Life of North American Owls”.

Woodpecker Wednesday: Nest BuildingA Williamson’s Sapsucker carves a perfectly round cavity in an aspen snag. Woodpecker...
05/20/2026

Woodpecker Wednesday: Nest Building
A Williamson’s Sapsucker carves a perfectly round cavity in an aspen snag. Woodpeckers prefer creating their nests in standing dead trees that have been softened by rot. Such cavities are later used by dozens of others species including owls, bluebirds, chickadees, nuthatches, parrots, parakeets trogons, wood ducks, martens and many other species.
You can learn more about woodpecker nest building in my latest book, “Woodpecker: A Year in the Life of North American Woodpeckers”.

Phantom of the Northern ForestsGreat Gray Owls (Strix nebulosa) are like clouds as they dissolve into and appear from de...
05/14/2026

Phantom of the Northern Forests
Great Gray Owls (Strix nebulosa) are like clouds as they dissolve into and appear from dense forests to hunt in open meadows. Their complex pattern of gray, brown and white feathers, enables our longest bodied owl to remain hidden against everything from aspen to pine to fir. You can learn more about Great Gray Owls in in two of my books, “Owl: A Year in the Lives of North American Owls” and “Great Gray Owl: A Visual Natural History”.

Woodpecker Wednesday: Nest SanitationWoodpeckers, like this male Black-backed keep their nests clean by removing waste t...
05/13/2026

Woodpecker Wednesday: Nest Sanitation
Woodpeckers, like this male Black-backed keep their nests clean by removing waste throughout the nest cycle beginning. You can learn more about the woodpecker nest cycle in the book, “Woodpecker: A Year in the Life of North American Woodpeckers”.

05/12/2026

The iconic birds take center stage as photographer, author Paul Bannick digs into the life history of woodpeckers at the upcoming Jackson Hole Birding Festival.

My Upcoming Festival ProgramsPlease join me for one of the following festivals in Wyoming, Alaska, Oregon, Arizona or Wa...
05/10/2026

My Upcoming Festival Programs
Please join me for one of the following festivals in Wyoming, Alaska, Oregon, Arizona or Washington. For more information see www.paulbannick.com/evevnts/

Nest Boxes: Great Gray Owl (Strix nebulosa) Several of our owl species will utilize human-made nest boxes or platforms ...
05/07/2026

Nest Boxes: Great Gray Owl (Strix nebulosa)
Several of our owl species will utilize human-made nest boxes or platforms which can help in areas where appropriate snags are scarce. Great Gray, Great Horned, Long-eared, Western Screech, Eastern Screech, Elf and Ferruginous Pygmy-Owls are among the species that will utilize such structures. You can learn more about providing homes and managing habitat for owls in the award-winning book, “Owl: A Year in the Lives of North American Owls”.

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