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 [...]
Ephemeral Waterfalls
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!
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 [...]
Photo of the Day: Three Egrets at Dusk
Feb. 25, 2018. West Cliff Drive, Santa Cruz, CA. Looking down into a cove at sunset, seven snowy egrets played at water’s edge. The last daylight reflecting off the [...]
Katydid and Buddha
PHOTOGRAPH OF THE DAY! November 2, 2017 I discovered this insect - what I believe to be a Mexican Bush Katydid (Scudderia mexicana) - walking on one of my [...]
Great Blue Heron at Seashore
May 23 at Gazos Creek State Beach, Pescadero, CA.