I previously shared a post with my "Life List" birds from our trip to Southern Baja in March. Here I'm sharing photos of some [...]

River Otters: The Beautiful Fierceness of Nature Arcata, California July 2026 I spotted a family of river otters playing along the edge of Klopp [...]

What is a Glorian? This is the question I have been holding and paying attention to for the last six years. It is not [...]

"We need Beauty to endure the unendurable." - James Janko The More Lifers You See, The Fewer You Find Baja California Sur, Mexico March 2026 Puttering around our hotel [...]

FINDING REFUGE Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge, California January 2026 I came to see the sandhill cranes. For many years, I’ve traveled once or twice [...]

Truly, we live with mysteries too marvelous to be understood. How grass can be nourishing in the mouths of the lambs. How rivers and [...]

Arcata Wildlife Sanctuary Arcata, California December 2025 Klopp Pond at the Arcata Marsh is a favorite hangout for Greater Scaup. Since late summer, groups [...]

Arcata Wildlife Sanctuary Arcata, California December 3, 2025 It was high tide—a fall King tide just before the full moon—when the water rises to [...]

Arcata, California October 2025 It began with delight and wonder: a large praying mantis hung from the side of our hummingbird feeder. She [...]

Arcata, California October 22, 205 This small, robust falcon — a female merlin (Falco columbarius) — graciously posed for me on the tip of a bare branch, surveying Arcata [...]