The Featured Collections

Featured Collection: Birds

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"Standing on the Cat's Tail" [Red-Winged Blackbird at Merced National Wildlife Refuge, California]

Female Red -Winged Blackbird – Merced National Wildlife Refuge, California

"Li'l Falcon" [American Kestrel at Merced National Wildlife Refuge, California]

American Kestrel – Merced National Wildlife Refuge, California

"Wait For Us!" [Marbled Godwit In Morro Bay, California]

Marbled Godwit – Morro Strand State Beach, Morro Bay, California

"Let's Get the Flock Outta Here!" [Ross's Geese at Merced National Wildlife Refuge, California]

Flock of Ross’s Geese – Merced National Wildlife Refuge, California

"Hollywood Finch" [House Finch In San Simeon, California]

House Finch – San Simeon, California

"I Can't Work Like This" [Egret And Coot At Merced National Wildlife Refuge, California]

Great Egret and American Coot – Merced National Wildlife Refuge, California

"Pair" [Barn Swallows At Piedras Blancas Motel, California]

Barn Swallows – San Simeon, California

"Three Of A Kind" [Marbled Godwits In Morro Bay, California]

Marbled Godwits – Morro Strand State Beach, Morro Bay, California

"Positive Polly And Negative Nellie" [Barn Swallows At Piedras Blancas Motel, California]

Barn Swallows – San Simeon, California

"Winter Guest" [Marbled Godwit in Morro Bay, California]

Marbled Godwit – Morro Strand State Beach, Morro Bay, California

"Puff Ball" [Western Snowy Plover at Morro Strand State Beach, Morro Bay, California]

Western Snowy Plover – Morro Strand State Beach, Morro Bay, California

"First Winter" [Western Gull in Morro Bay, California]

Western Gull – Morro Bay, California

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Locations and Events

Two Days in San Francisco

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We arrived in San Francisco the afternoon of Wednesday the 21st of December. We arrived early, so before checking into our hotel we headed over to the Holy Virgin Cathedral Russian Orthodox Church on the recommendation of the wise people of the Internet as an interesting place to see. As we walked by we noticed that the front door was open and stepped inside. The church was full of people, both in the main sanctuary as well as an outer vestibule. We stood and watched the service with interest. After a time, the service seemed to be closing down and…

Locations and Events

Featured Location: Morro Bay, California

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Morro Bay is a small fishing community located on the Pacific ocean half way between San Francisco and Los Angeles. It’s probably best known for it’s landmark volcanic cone, Morro Rock, at the harbor entrance and perhaps only slightly less known for the three tall stacks of the old power plant at the harbor’s edge. Morro Rock is a 581-foot high volcanic plug, the hardened remnants of magma that was inside a volcano over 20 million years ago. Over time the rest of the volcano eroded away leaving the relatively tiny Morro Rock behind…

My Travels

2016 Florida Adventure

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From time to time I’ll post stories of journeys I’ve taken in the past. This is from a trip to Florida in February of 2016 that inclujded Everglades National Park, Key West, the Kennedy Space Center, Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, & Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge. 2016 started with a February trip to Florida for some wildlife photography and exploring. We boarded the redeye in San Francisco at nearly midnight and arrived in Ft. Lauderdale the next morning at about 7am. There, we rented a car for a five-day excursion. We had done our research…

Photo Spotlight

Mystery of the Desert

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In the southeast corner of Arizona stands a destination that proves that good advertising works. How good? In 1977 our family took a trip to Costa Rica. Rather than flying out of Los Angeles my father decided to make a road trip out of our summer vacation. He loaded mom and two kids (10 and 14) into the old Impala and headed from Los Osos, California, through the southwestern United States, and ending up at the New Orleans International Airport for the flight out. Somewhere in the middle of the Arizona desert we saw a yellow billboard on the side…