Catch of the Day – The Butterflies Are Back!
Lighthouse Field State Beach Santa Cruz, CA November 15, 2022 In 2020 there were none. Last year they rebounded somewhat. A fellow bystander said there were [...]
Wildflowers of the Colorado Plateau
Wildflowers of the Colorado Plateau The Arboretum at Flagstaff Flagstaff, AZ September 2022 Photographing at an arboretum can feel like cheating. Like photographing animals [...]
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 [...]
Flag and Flowers
Sunday, September 11, 2022 I jump around in time on my blog, often sharing something from the past, but this post is current. Last [...]
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, [...]
The Hobbit Owls of the West
Sonny Bono National Wildlife Refuge Calipatria, CA March 2022 I don’t normally go to extremes to get photographs. I am an image opportunist, a scavenger [...]
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 [...]
The Pied-billed Grebe
Grebes are a special group of diving aquatic birds found in both marine and, more commonly, fresh water. They differ from ducks in a [...]
Nature Quote: “Wild Enchantment”
(Russian Ridge Open Space, San Mateo County, CA) "Here she stopped and, closing her eyes, took a deep breath of the flower-scented air of the broad expanse around her. [...]