Friday Fotos on Facebook - April 17, 2026

April 17, 2026: This week's Friday Fotos theme is "cartoons". Showing Arizona's silly side! Purchase this image HERE

Finalist: 18th Annual Arizona Highways Magazine's Photo Contest 2026

Snowy Egret: Finalist: 18th annual Arizona Highways Magazine's photo contest.

To purchase this photo, click HERE

Published in Sunday's The Arizona Republic - December 28, 2025

In the section called Valley & State in The Arizona Republic newspaper, my Grand Prize winning photo in the Arizona Highways Magazine's photo contest was published along with a writeup by Bill Goodykoontz. A QR code is printed on the page to listen to the podcast interview that Bill Koodykoontz did with me and Jeff Kida.

View the article and listen to the podcast HERE Valley 101 PHOTOGRAPHY CONTEST PICTURE PERFECT (on page 2B)

Friday Fotos Theme: Red and Green - Dec. 20, 2025 Facebook page for Arizona Highways Magazine.

My photo was included with other participants in the bi-weekly Arizona Highways Magazine's "Friday Fotos" on Facebook. Here is the image of a male House Finch that was published on their page. Theme: Red and Green: A male House Finch. Purchase image HERE

Grand Prize Winner - Arizona Highways Magazine 2025

My photo of a Great Blue Heron flying across a misty pond garnered the top prize this year in the Arizona Highways Magazine's photo contest.

Listen to the podcast interview by Bill Goodykoontz with me and Jeff Kida on Valley 101. Date of the interview was Dec. 1, 2025.

Listen HERE

Guests:

Jeff Kidda

Tam Ryan

Host: ⁠Bill Goodykoontz⁠

Producer: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Amanda Luberto⁠, Madison Knutson

Friday Fotos: June 27, 2025

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This week's Friday Photos theme is "Staying Cool". My photo of a Pied-billed Grebe was included with many other images for Friday Fotos.

Arizona Highways Magazine has a theme to follow for Friday Fotos and many local photographers participate each week.

Finalist images in the 17th Annual Arizona Highways Magazine's photo contest. The next step is for final winners to be chosen for 1st Place, 2nd Place, 3rd Place and Honorable Mention. The prize will be a gift certificate to use at Tempe Camera in Tempe, Arizona.

Friday Fotos: February 21, 2025

February 9, 2025 - A coyote strolls through a pond at Gilbert Riparian Preserve, in Gilbert, Arizona. This image was included in the Friday Fotos series on Arizona Highways Magazine's Facebook page on February 14, 2025. Image available for purchase HERE

Friday Fotos: 9/13/2024 Arizona Highways Magazine

Today's "Friday Fotos" theme is "stripes" on the Facebook page of Arizona Highways Magazine. Both of the images that I shared were posted with the other photographers who had their images shared in their "Friday Fotos".

Phoenix Desert Botanical Garden

Zebra Longwing butterfly - Phoenix Desert Botanical Garden.

My photo of a Great Egret will be featured as a 1" grid photo in a 2025 Arizona Highways Magazine's calendar. Thank you, Arizona Highways Magazine! 😊

Finalist in Arizona Highways Magazines' 16th Annual Photo Contest

One of my photos of Great Egrets made it into the Finalalists for the 16th annual Arizona Highways Photo Contest. There are some amazing images this year! The next judging will be for 1st, 2nd, 3rd and Honorable Mention. Wish me luck! I'll need it after seeing all of the wildlife photos submitted this year. Congratulations everyone!

The link to view all of the Wildlife Finalists HERE

PUBLISHED in Arizona Game and Fish Calendar 2024

My photo of two juvenile Black-necked Stilts was pubished in the 2024 Arizona Game and Fish Calendar. The image won an Honorable Mention and it is located in the back of the calendar along with other photographer's images. To purchase this image, click HERE

Friday Fotos: "Together" Arizona Highways Magazine - November 17, 2023

The Friday Fotos theme this week on Arizona Highways Magazine's Facebook page is "together". My photo of Snowy Egrets facing off in a territorial dispute was included with many other images for Friday Fotos.

The image is for sale at this link: HERE

Friday Fotos:

Photo taken on Sept. 16, 2023 File# Great Egrets 1903-091623-2

This week's Friday Fotos theme on the Arizona Highways Magazine's Facebook page was "white". One of my photos of two Great Egrets flying side by side was included this week.

Purchase image HERE

Friday Fotos: Aug. 18, 2023 Arizona Highways Magazine on Facebook

One of my photos of a Green Bottle fly was included in the Friday Fotos posts. The category was "macro". https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=682057080631258&set=a.682060463964253

Friday Fotos - July 28, 2023 - Arizona Highways Magazine

This week's Friday Fotos theme on Arizona Highways Magazine's Facebook page is "Spirals".

My photo of Bear Grass at the Phoenix Desert Botanical Garden was included with many other images. See the Bear Grass image on the Arizona Highways Magazine's page HERE

Friday Fotos - Arizona Highways Magazine

Friday Fotos featured on the Arizona Highways Magazine's Facebook page.

June 30, 2023

White-faced Ibis

View image on the Facebook page for Arizona Highways Magazine: HERE

Friday Fotos - October 7, 2022

This week's theme on the Arizona Highways Magazine's Facebook page is "Butterflies" Here is my submission that was included with many other beautiful photos. Purchase image HERE

View image on the Arizona Highways Magazine's Facebook page: HERE

Friday Fotos - September 16, 2022

Arizona Highways on Facebook - Friday Fotos Theme: Perfect Moment

This image is available for purchase HERE

Friday Fotos - August 26, 2022

A featured image on the Facebook page of Arizona Highways Magazine for their weekly Friday Fotos.

Theme: "Unusual Shapes"

Snowy Egret (All frazzled up)