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 [...]
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 [...]
Sunday, September 11, 2022 I jump around in time on my blog, often sharing something from the past, but this post is current. Last [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Grebes are a special group of diving aquatic birds found in both marine and, more commonly, fresh water. They differ from ducks in a [...]
(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. [...]
Return to the Cormorants Natural Bridges State Park Santa Cruz, CA Spring 2022 Notice, I did not say “Return OF the Cormorants” although they have returned to their nesting [...]
New Kids on the Block July 4, 2022 Ben Lomond, CA The new kids are Merriam's Chipmunk pups, a litter of five. Before the 2020 fires raged through this [...]
Barn Swallows, (Hirundo rustica) Baylands Nature Preserve, Palo Alto, CA July, 19, 2022 It’s rare to see swallows sitting still on a branch! Here is a male adult barn [...]