Nature Quote: “A Bird is a Bird”
A bird is a bird; you hear its song, but you cannot seize the notes to make them continue. It just is, and is gone, and you feel the [...]
A bird is a bird; you hear its song, but you cannot seize the notes to make them continue. It just is, and is gone, and you feel the [...]
Baylands Nature Preserve Palo Alto, CA November 2022 These large rabbits were hiding among some leafless shrubs, which means they were not well hidden. The sun shone behind them, [...]
Flagstaff, AZ October 2022 There is a short loop I can walk in my neighborhood. It goes by houses and on the FUTS, Flagstaff Urban Trail System. The trail [...]
Flagstaff, AZ September 2022 This is the second Greater Short-Horned Lizard I’ve seen since being in Flagstaff. Even though I’ve spent lots of time in horned toad country across [...]
Picture Canyon Natural and Cultural Preserve Flagstaff, AZ September 5, 2022 We are in Flagstaff for two months. Now that my broken arm is healing and we’re over Covid, [...]
Ben Lomond, CA 8/25/22 This Merriam's Chipmunk sat in a crevice of a badly burned but still living large redwood tree. The base of all the redwoods around us [...]
Catch of the Day - 6/30/21UCSC Arboretum and Neary LagoonSanta Cruz, CA “Catch of the Day” is my new name for posts where I share photo highlights from walks [...]
The Bald Eagle Appears at the Last MinuteGualala, CAJune 22, 2021 The view is spectacular. The house is covered in windows on a bluff, facing the expanse of the [...]
Ephemeral Waterfalls Scotts Creek Beach, Davenport, CA April 7, 2018 The miraculous appears when unexpected. I’d been to this beach many times. I’ve walk below many beautiful cliffs along [...]
Photo of the Day: It's Turkey Time! February 27, 2018 Ben Lomond, CA And I don't mean Thanksgiving dinner. It's that time of year when male turkeys strut their [...]