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STOCK PHOTOGRAPHY Over the past 25 years, I have assembled a portfolio of over 35,000 35mm color slide images of the natural world, including flora, fauna and landscapes. Many of these images have been taken in the Upper Great Lakes Region of Michigan, Minnesota, and Ontario, but many images were taken during travel and work in Alaska, the Yukon and Northwest Territories, Manitoba, Maritime Provinces, and the Western States.  Specialties include: Ruffed Grouse, Sharp-tailed Grouse, Spruce Grouse, butterflies, wildflowers, boreal forest birds and wildlife, northern forest owls, and landscapes of the Upper Great Lakes Region.
 
Publishing rights are available to use these images as illustrations in commercial advertising, magazines, books, newspapers, calendars, the Web, and desktop publishing.

WILDLIFE: Moose (Bulls, Cows with calves), White-tailed Deer (Bucks, Does,Fawns), Dall Sheep, Stone Sheep, Black Bear, Polar Bear, Northern Fur Seals, Mountain Lion, Gray Wolf, Lynx, Coyote, Bobcat, Red Fox and Kits, Arctic Fox, Raccoon, Porcupine, Beaver, Pine Marten, River Otter, Opossum, Striped Skunk, Snowshoe Hare, Cottontail Rabbit, Yellow Bellied Marmot, Richardson's Ground Squirrel, Prairie Dog, Red Squirrel, Northern Flying Squirrel, Eastern and Least Chipmunks, Woodland Mice, Voles and Shrews.

BIRDS: Those species with (N) indicate that images are available of nesting birds. Common Loon(N), Pacific Loon(N), Red-necked Grebe(N), Pied Billed Grebe, American Bittern, Tricolored Heron, Snowy Egret, Great Blue Heron, Wood Stork, Roseate Spoonbill, Sandhill Crane, Trumpeter Swan, Canada Goose(N), Mallard, Woodduck, Harlequin Duck, Common Merganser, Hooded Merganser, Limpkin, American Coot, Killdeer(N), American Woodcock(N), Ring Billed Gull, Mew Gull, Ross' Gull, Black Legged Kittiwake, Red Legged Kittiwake, Arctic Tern(N), Black Tern(N), Common Murre, Horned Puffin, Tufted Puffin, Golden Eagle, Bald Eagle(N), Northern Harrier, Broad Winged Hawk(N), Red-tailed Hawk, Rough-legged Hawk, American Kestrel(N), Ruffed Grouse(N), Spruce Grouse, Willow Ptarmigan, Greater Prairie Chicken, Sharp-tailed Grouse, Wild Turkey(N), Barn Owl, Great Horned Owl(N), Short-eared Owl, Barred Owl, Great Gray Owl, Snowy Owl, Eastern Screech Owl, Northern Saw-whet Owl(N), Boreal Owl, Northern Hawk-Owl, Whip-poor-will(N), Hairy Woodpecker, Black Backed Woodpecker(N), Pileated Woodpecker(N), Gray Jay, Clark's Nutcracker, Common Raven, Black Capped Chick-a-dee, Mountain Chick-a-dee(N), Boreal Chick-a-dee(N), White Breasted Nuthatch, Red Breasted Nuthatch(N), Eastern Bluebird, Mountain Bluebird(N), Northern Shrike, Bohemian Waxwing, Northern Parula(N), Kirtland's Warbler, Ovenbird(N), Chipping Sparrow(N), Pine Grosbeak, Common Redpoll, Hoary Redpoll, Purple Finch. Bird Specialities include: Northern Forest Owls of the northern conifer and hardwood forests, as well as images of the winter migrants of gray great owls, northern hawk owls, boreal owls, and snowy owls. A large collection (over 1,200 images) of the ruffed grouse taken during all aspects of the natural history of the bird. Male birds drumming and strutting on logs, nesting females, bird portraits, and images of chicks. A collection of images of sharp-tailed grouse taken during springtime courtship displays on dancing grounds. A collection of images of spruce grouse taken in Michigan, Yukon, and British Columbia. Males strutting, females and chicks.

BUTTERFLIES: A collection of approximately 80 species of butterflies, filmed in 25 states, including the Upper Great Lakes Region, Western States and 10 Canadian Provinces.

WILDFLOWERS: A collection of native Michigan wildflowers, including a number of "special concern, threatened, and endangered species". Includes images of the Calypso, Ram's Head, Pink/Stemless, Yellow, and Showy ladyslipper species.

FISH: Underwater images of brook trout and spawning steelhead (rainbow trout). Images of trout eggs and newly hatched fry.

LANDSCAPES:
SCENES AND ASSOCIATED FLORA AND FAUNA FROM THE FOLLOWING REGIONS AND LOCATIONS:
Michigan: Isle Royale National Park, Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park, Tahquamenon Falls State Park, Hiawatha National Forest, Keewenaw Peninsula, Seney National Wildlife Refuge, Lake Superior and Jordan River State Forests, Great Lakes Shorelines and a number of Upper Great Lake Lighthouses.
Lake Superior Watershed: A collection of landscape images and that of the wildlife and wildflowers found in the natural areas of the United States and Canadian forest and park areas, along the Superior shorelines, thoughout the seasons.
Alaska: Images from Denali National Park, Pribilof Islands, Kenai Peninsula, and Interior Alaska, north of Fairbanks, in areas of the Yukon River National Wildlife Refuges.
Yukon and Northwest Territories: Images taken during travel along the Dempster Highway from Dawson, YT to Inuvik, NWT.
Canadian Rocky Mountain National Parks: Images taken in Revelstoke, Yoho, Banff, and Jasper National Parks in Alberta and British Columbia.
Rocky Mountians in United States: Images from Glacier, Rocky Mountain, and Yellowstone National Parks, and the Beartooth Wilderness Area of Wyoming.
Churchill, Manitoba, Canada: Images of the spring bird migrations and the autumn polar bear migration through the Churchill Area.

RICK BAETSEN P.O. Box 623 Walloon Lake, Michigan 49796-0623 Phone/Fax 231.535.2123 email: info@rickbaetsen.com

VIDEO FOOTAGE Since 1994, Bonnie Heuvelhorst, my spouse, has been capturing on video film, butterflies, wildlife, and other things of nature, that we have had the chance to experience in our travels. Her footage has been used in Public Television documentaries. Footage has also been utilized by National and State Conservation agencies for educational presentations. Her footage of butterflies was used in interpretive/educational videos released nationally. She has donated the use of her wildlife footage to several conservation organizations. She used her footage in a video she produced titled "The Butterflies of Michigan", produced for the Michigan Dept. of Natural Resources. Bonnie has lived in northern Michigan, nearly all her life. She attended Lake Superior State University and received B.S. degrees in Medical Technology and Biological Sciences. She enjoys camping, kayaking, hiking, and traveling to and exploring new natural and wilderness areas. She has recorded the following list of subjects on Hi-8 video film. We can have the footage transferred to other video formats. If you should have a need for or have an interest in any of the listed footage, please contact Bonnie or Rick at the listed phone number, email address or mailing address.

STOCK VIDEO FOOTAGE:
WILDLIFE: Moose, Dall Sheep, Stone Sheep, Black Bear, Porcupine, Beaver, Pine Marten, River Otter, Snowshoe Hare, Red Squirrel, Least Chipmunk, Shrew.
BIRDS: These species with (N) indicate footage available of nesting birds. Common Loon(N), Pacific Loon(N), Pied Billed Grebe, Tricolored Heron, Snowy Egret, Great Blue Heron,White Ibis, Wood Stork, Roseate Spoonbill, Trumpeter Swan, Mallard, Woodduck, Harlequin Duck, Common Merganser, Red Breasted Merganser, Hooded Merganser, Limpkin, American Coot, Wilson's Phalarope, Golden Eagle, Bald Eagle, Ruffed Grouse, Spruce Grouse, Willow Ptarmigan, Sharp-tailed Grouse, Barn Owl, Barred Owl, Great Gray Owl, Northern Hawk-Owl, Black Backed Woodpecker(N),Downy Woodpecker, Gray Jay, Clark's Nutcracker, Common Raven, Black Capped Chick-a-dee, Mountain Chick-a-dee(N), Boreal Chick-a-dee, White Breasted Nuthatch, Red Breasted Nuthatch(N), American Robin(N), Mountain Bluebird(N), Northern Shrike, Bohemian Waxwing, Northern Parula(N), Ovenbird(N), Chipping Sparrow(N), Pine Grosbeak, Common Redpoll, American Goldfinch, Evening Grosbeak, Dark Eyed Junco(N).   INSECTS: Wolf Spider with young, Crab Spider.
BUTTERFLIES: A collection of footage of over 100 species of butterflies, filmed in 25 States, including the Upper Great Lakes Region, Western States, and 10 Canadian Provinces.
WILDFLOWERS: A small collection of footage of some of the members of the ladyslipper family, including: Showy Ladyslipper, Yellow Ladyslipper, and Calypso Ladyslipper.

BONNIE HEUVELHORST P.O. Box 623 Walloon Lake, Michigan 49796-0623