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Gerrit Vyn

Gerrit Vyn is a photographer, cinematographer, and producer for the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, and was the photographer for The New York Times’s Bestselling book, “The Living Bird.” Vyn’s photographs are frequently used by major conservation organizations and his work appears regularly in books and magazines, including National Geographic, Audubon, BBC Wildlife, The New York Times, and National Wildlife. He is a Fellow of the International League of Conservation Photographers.

Gerrit Vyn's Latest Articles

City Owl, Country Owl

Unlike their more iconic cousins, diminutive northern pygmy owls occasionally manage to raise families in urban forests—some little more than a stone’s throw from the local café.

Male Greater Sage-Grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) displaying on a snow covered lek. Sublette County, Wyoming. March.
Wyoming’s Bird of Paradise

As if in defiance to the many threats they face, sage-grouse perform one the West's most impressive mating rituals.