Babies Are Growing Fast!
West Cliff Drive, Santa Cruz, CA, May 13 - June 1, 2018 The baby cormorants are exploding in size, seemingly overnight. There are a few small newly hatched chicks [...]
More Wildflowers; Spring 2018
Wildflowers Spring 2018 Here is this year’s photographic crop of wildflowers that I have not yet posted. Most of these flowers were seen in open space on Skyline Blvd., [...]
The Babies are Hatching!
May 12, 2018, West Cliff Drive, Santa Cruz, CA The eggs at the Brandt's Cormorant colony are beginning to hatch! Gray, reptile looking chicks are showing their heads and [...]
THE FAUNA – The Gualala (Mendocino County) Trip
THE FAUNA The Gualala (Mendocino County) Trip Part 2 April 29 – May 4, 2018 We did not see an abundance of wildlife this trip. There were brief sightings [...]
THE FLORA – The Gualala (Mendocino County) Trip
THE FLORA The Gualala (Mendocino County) Trip April 29 - May 4, 2018 Last week we left for a few days to visit Chris's sister in Gualala, California. On [...]
Colonies of Nesting Cormorants
Colonies of Nesting Cormorants April 2018 I've been periodically visiting two nesting colonies of two different species of cormorants: Brandt’s and Pelagic. There is a third species found in [...]
2017 Wildflower Bouquet #2
Here are some of the wildflowers I have stumbled upon in Santa Cruz County during the last month. Two of the flowers were new to me, the musk monkeyflower [...]
2017 Wildflower Photo Bouquet #1
Here are some highlights from this year’s spring bounty of wildflowers. The most spectacular display has already been posted from the Carrizo Plain superbloom in March 2017. Go to: [...]
Don’t Hurt the Mushrooms!
I walk through the forest for exercise and the feeling of aliveness in my body, to breathe in the refreshing exhalations of the trees, and to see what might [...]
Carrizo Plain National Monument – March 2017
Carrizo Plain National Monument, CA March 2017 The main event was yellow. Pale yellows, golden yellows, lemon yellows, schoolbus yellows. Acres of yellow carpeted the wide flat plain, yellow [...]