Evan Barrientos Photography

Evan Barrientos Photography Conservation photographer and filmmaker focused on forest restoration and shortgrass prairies.

06/18/2026

Mind blown by Mountain Redbelly Dace, Crescent Shiners, and Rosyside Dace.

06/04/2026

You will not believe what's in a small Appalachian creek! This experience blew me away and I recommend it to everyone! Mountain Redbelly Dace and Rosyside Dace are the two colorful species. If you know the others, please comment!

I returned to check on the Wood Frogs tadpoles in the vernal pool near me. They were busy gobbling up the remains of the...
05/07/2026

I returned to check on the Wood Frogs tadpoles in the vernal pool near me. They were busy gobbling up the remains of their eggs, as well as the eggs of their siblings that failed to hatch. In the following weeks, there was very little rain, so I stopped by to check on them. The water was frighteningly low. It finally rained the next weekend. I hope they made it.

March 30, 2026
Jefferson National Forest
Montgomery County, Virginia

05/06/2026

In 2023 I started working on a film about the Snowy Plovers at Great Salt Lake for the National Audubon Society. Now, I’m delighted to share its trailer and invite you to its premiere. Three years ago, when my coworker, Heidi Hoven, described seeing these overlooked birds trying to nest between people picnicking and partying on the beach, I knew there was a story to tell. That year, Audubon and Tracy Aviary started a project to monitor how recreation is impacting the birds’ nesting success. I proposed making a film that introduces people to Snowy Plovers through the experiences of these devoted conservationists. After several hot days of filming at the lake and a year of editing, that film, “Shoreline Sentinels of Great Salt Lake,” is now ready to share! By creating it, I hope to foster empathy for the Snowy Plovers nesting at Great Salt Lake, and for shorebirds sharing beaches with humans everywhere.

Audubon and Tracy Aviary will host the premiere screening at the Utah Film Center in Salt Lake City on May 30. Project staff and I will participate in a panel Q&A afterwards (I’ll be attending remotely). If you live nearby, I hope you'll get your tickets: https://utahfilmcenter.eventive.org/schedule/69e925c0d764f64896e694ad

Thank you to the staff at Audubon and Tracy Aviary for continuously supporting and funding this project, and to the anonymous donor who also helped fund it.

04/19/2026

I recently learned that TikTok puts a sensitive content warning before this video! 😂 Apparently, "Some people may find this video disturbing." Since it's sage-grouse mating season once again, I thought I'd share it here. Watch at your own risk!

For those unfamiliar, this is a male Greater Sage-Grouse performing a courtship display for females in southern Wyoming. He inflates two air sacs in his chest to produce a unique booming sound. Sage-grouse live only in the sagebrush steppe ecosystem across much of the western United States. Their population has declined drastically in the last 50 years due to habitat disturbance from oil and gas development, invasive species, and other causes.

I had a great time exploring vernal pools at Maple Flats a couple weeks ago. I’ve never been to a place with so many amp...
04/03/2026

I had a great time exploring vernal pools at Maple Flats a couple weeks ago. I’ve never been to a place with so many amphibians! The Northern Cricket Frogs were exceptionally abundant and cooperative. Many thanks to Steven David Johnson Photography for showing me this place. I highly recommend checking out his amazing photography.

March 22, 2026
Jefferson National Forest
Augusta County, Virginia

I had a mesmerizing experience photographing Wood Frog eggs for the first time earlier this month in a vernal pool. It w...
03/30/2026

I had a mesmerizing experience photographing Wood Frog eggs for the first time earlier this month in a vernal pool. It was like photographing another world, full of things I had never seen in my viewfinder before. The suspended bubbles were especially alluring to me. It was hard to photograph such a complex scene well, and I’m only marginally happy with this photo. I’m looking forward to having more opportunities to work on this kind of image.

March 11, 2026
Jefferson National Forest
Montgomery County, Virginia

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