Happy New Year! As I have for the past four years, I spent the past few days of 2012 reviewing my photos from the year and picking out my favorites (you can find previous year’s favorites under the Favorite Photo Read More …
For the past few days we have had a new visitor to our backyard. This afternoon I was finally able to catch a photo of this juvenile Red-Shouldered Hawk. Today alone we spotted him (her?) sitting on our backyard fence Read More …
Last week I took a chance dodging the rain storms here in the Bay Area to go out for a sunrise hike in a nearby East Bay Regional Park. While I was hoping for an epic sunrise with patch clouds Read More …
Mystery Abstract Revealed So I had multiple guess on what this mystery abstract is: Guesses ranged from pine cone to metallic chicken. I can see how the sheen could lead someone to believe it’s metallic. But leave it to one Read More …
Every now and again we’ll find a pile of gray bird feathers in our backyard, evidence that our local Cooper’s Hawk caught himself another meal. Yesterday my in-law mentioned how she saw the Cooper’s Hawk sitting on the bird bath Read More …
Earlier this morning, as I was driving back home from a meeting, I came across a brood of about ten California Quail crossing a divided four lane road near my house. They were heading across my lanes and into the Read More …
A few years ago during a visit to Mendocino, I was walking down the main street of shops when I heard a ruckus from over my head. As I stepped back to look up, I saw a bird dart away Read More …