A Typical Day at Baylands Nature Preserve
A Typical Day at Baylands Nature Preserve Near where we are currently staying is a stretch of public land called Baylands Nature Preserve, managed [...]
Catch of the Day: Surprising Snow
Catch of the Day*: Surprising Snow Cooley Landing Park, Palo Alto, CA 3/2023 You’ve probably been reading about the recent historic snowfalls in California. Where I am now in [...]
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 [...]
Catch of the Day – Black-tailed Jack Rabbit
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, [...]
Pine Siskin and Blue Spruce – Catch of the Day
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 [...]
Catch of the Day – Greater Short-Horned Lizard
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 [...]
Catch of the Day – Vivid Dancer Damselflies
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, [...]
Catch of the Day – Merriam’s Chipmunk on Burnt Redwood
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 – 6/30/21
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 Minute
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 [...]