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Category Archives: My favorite Parks
Remembering old friends: A virtual visit to some of my favorite National Parks
They’ve been there my whole life, waiting for me to get to know them. And everyone I’ve come across, I’ve been amazed by in one way or another. Today, as they shut down, my thoughts wander to our national parks… … Continue reading
Anatomy of a photo #86: Coyote tongue
This is a continuation in my series of catching animals having a little slip of the tongue… or in some cases, like this one, a not so little slip. This is not about showing close up detailed images of animal … Continue reading
Posted in Anatomy of a photo, coyote, My favorite Parks, nature photography, tongues, wildlife photography
Tagged animals, coyote, Hazel-Atlas, nature, parks, photography, tongues, wildlife
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Cape Breton and its highlands
I’ve just left the most amazing place- Cape Breton Island, the eastern and northern most part of Nova Scotia. I’ve spent the last few days exploring it by car and by foot, and feel sorry that I have to leave, … Continue reading
Posted in Canada, My favorite Parks, nature photography, Nova Scotia, photography
Tagged nature, Nova Scotia, outdoors, photography, travel, weather
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Welcome to Maine
The trees are growing bare, but there is still some color hanging in there, giving us at least a taste of fall before the winds of Hurricane Sandy make it up here in a few days to strip the branches … Continue reading
Posted in My favorite Parks, nature photography, Photo Essay, photography, porcupine, wildlife photography
Tagged Acadia national park, Maine, nature, photography, Porcupine, squirrel, wildlife
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Christmas Bird Count… For kids!
Audobon just celebrated its 112th year of its citizen science project- the Christmas Bird Count. It began small, but now is worldwide, taking place on every continent. More people are involved in the Christmas Bird Count than watch the Superbowl. … Continue reading
Touring Tafoni in Salt Point State Park
New Walk down to Stump Beach. And keep going. The beach is nice, but there’re bigger grains of sand to fry. Cross the creek and head a short ways south along the bluffs. Rising above the sweeping waves is the tafoni. … Continue reading
The Peregrine and the Gull
New I was paddling my kayak through the Giacomini Wetlands, and I was watching two juvenile Northern Harriers (Marsh Hawk, Circus cyaneus) as they dove and swooped upon each other in the skies above. I lost them for a few … Continue reading
Morning trail
New This image is nothing special, but it is one I enjoy. It’s from an early morning hike on along the road to Limantour Beach in the Point Reyes National Seashore. I want to keep it simple this morning, just … Continue reading
Kayaking Drake’s Estero: A tour of photos
New If you’ve kayaked Tomales Bay, you have not kayaked Drake’s Estero. The Estero is unlike anywhere else I know of, especially if you are strong of mind and body and decide to kayak a little farther. An amazing astounding … Continue reading
Anatomy of a photo #75: Pigeon Guillemot with eel grass
New I came across this football shaped bird one morning while kayaking one of my favorite waterways- Drake’s Estero, in the heart of the Point Reyes National Seashore. (Much more on Drake’s Estero later. I’m working on a photo essay … Continue reading
Anatomy of a photo #72: The White-tailed Kite’s Tongue
New I captured this photograph (it is one of many) of a White-tailed Kite (Elanus leucurus) cleaning its beak, after I had watched it devour a mouse. For eighteen minutes, I lay on the damp, almost marshy ground, unmoving while I … Continue reading
Posted in Anatomy of a photo, My favorite Parks, photography, raptors, tongues, wildlife photography
Tagged bird, nature, photography, tongue, wetland, white-tailed kite, wildlife
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The Klamath Basin: My introduction to lava tubes, and I am told where to find the eagles
New I had only seen the narrow strips of land within my headlights on my drive into Lava Beds National Monument, so when I woke, it was to an unfamiliar landscape. Volcanic rock, scrub and trees dominated the nearby landscape, … Continue reading
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