Gerrit Vyn Photography

Gerrit Vyn is a wildlife and conservation photographer and cinematographer best known for his work documenting endangered birds and covering conservation stories around the world for the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Assignment and stock photography. Photographic instruction and workshops. Author. Public speaker. Cinematographer and producer.

Oil Spil

Beaches and Birds

July 2nd, 2010

I started my morning on the formerly stark white beaches of the Gulf Islands National Seashore just east of Pensacola, Florida. The oil impacts on the coastal barrier islands have not yet reached the level I saw in Alabama but the entire tide line was peppered with gelatinous black tar mats. The islands are very […]

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Birds and Oil Booms

July 2nd, 2010

I had a great moment this evening while traveling along the Alabama coast. I came [...]

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Alabama Coast

June 29th, 2010

I visited several areas today around Gulf Shores on the south side of Mobile Bay. As [...]

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