Jason O’Rourke

@jasonophoto.com

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A double-crested cormorant turns to face the camera, with water gliding over its back in Central Park, New York.
An abnormally large Hawaiian monk seal on her side… rumors suggest she weighs as much as 1,000 pounds, but scientists say her blubber isn’t that heavy. She is a big girl!
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A Callisaurus… also known as a Western Zebra-tailed Lizard, perches on a clump of sand from a footprint made by someone walking across the white sand dune.
One of Oahu’s most famous Hawaiian monk seals, Honey Girl, is stretched out sleeping on a deserted North Shore beach, with waves crashing behind her.
Totality as seen at the base of Whiteface Mountain in Wilmington, New York.
A baby monk seal snuggles with its mother on the Big Island of Hawaii.
An endangered Hawaiian monk seal wakes up from an afternoon nap, looks across the tide pool and sees me, with my large telephoto lens, taking her photograph. To me, she looks annoyed.
5 male Hawaiian monk seals take an afternoon snooze on a beach on Oahu’s west side.
A pink hibiscus against a dark background at Laniakea Beach on Oahu’s North Shore.
A fox squints over a snow bank at the camera with a thicket in the background.
La’akea, a juvenile Hawaiian monk seal, takes an afternoon nap on Oahu’s North Shore.
A photo of me with a 32”x48” print of my Lava Drip image, which features glowing lava as it makes the ocean entry on the Big Island of Hawaii.
A goat munches on grass at the edge of the cliffs in Waimea Valley on the island of Kauai.
An unidentified juvenile male Hawaiian monk seal with a cookie cutter shark bite on his left cheek, making him very identifiable to volunteers today.
A Hawaiian monk seal nicknamed Sole peers out of the reef at me.
A heart-shaped tidal pool fills with blue ocean water on Oahu’s west side.
The Waikiki Beach and skyline, with an outrigger canoe in the foreground and the hotel lights framed as a bright red heart.
A hawk takes a dip at the edge of the water, ruffling its feathers for a quick bath?
A newly born Hawaiian monk seal pup looks at the camera past her resting mother in the foreground.
A pair of juvenile Hawaiian monk seals rest on the rocks in a tide pool on a remote Hawaiian beach.
A snow covered pond under blue skies just north of NYC.
Lava dripping into the ocean on the Big Island, in Hawaii’s Volcanoes National Park.
The north entrance to the 72nd Street subway station, with snow draped across it and yellow cabs on the street.
An endangered Hawaiian monk seal nicknamed Ipo snoozes on a sandy beach.
A Hawaiian monk seal nicknamed RIP (short for Rabbit Island Pup, tagged red R70 for an official ID of RR70) announces his presence to the younger monk seals in a tide pool on Oahu.
Hawaiian monk seal RB12 (nicknamed Sadie) snakes her way back to the ocean, and I snapped this shot in mid-wind, catching her looking right at the camera.
Fireworks exploding above and reflected in the Charles River in Boston. Happy New Year!
Shaka Santa and Mrs. Claus at the fountain of Honolulu Hale for the Christmas holiday season.
A rainbow stretches across the pool at the bottom of Kauai’s Wailua Falls.
Hawaiian monk seal RQ21 rests at sunset on a quiet Maui beach.
Hawaiian monk seal Aukai rests on a remote North Shore beach on Oahu.
A freshly-molted one-year old Hawaiian monk seal, Holokai (Monk Seal RG40) rests on a beach on Oahu’s North Shore.
An endangered Hawaiian monk seal, designated as P20 and a 2-year old female, rests at the water’s edge at sunset on Kauai.
A view of the Na Pali coastline, with me sitting in the foreground, with the tripod and my 200-500mm lens tracking waves on Kauai.
The Oculus and One World Trade lit up against the night sky in NYC.
A Nene, Hawaii’s native goose, poses at Kilauea Point National Wildlife Refuge.
A Hawaiian monk seal (R313) wakes up from a nap as the setting sun came under the clouds and lit her resting spot.
A hawk hovers in a blue sky in Colorado.
A gold dust day gecko keeps a watchful eye on me while drinking water or nectar from a bird of paradise flower.
Hawaiian green sea turtle Hiwahiwa rests on Laniakea Beach on Oahu’s North Shore.