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Photography |
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Salton Sea 12/23/07 |
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Welcome to our Photo Gallery |
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We are photo enthusiasts and have found a new enjoyment in capturing moments. Photography makes it fun to see what you might have otherwise missed. It is a window into a vantage point where boundaries can be overcome as events unfold. |
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Recently Added Photos:
Yellow-billed Magpie, Grape Soda Lupine, and California Poppies contributed to a tapestry of spring color on Figueroa Mountain.
Deer at Malibu Creek State Park
Costa Rica
Osprey at Area III
Hummingbirds
A delayed post: Near Phoenix Arizona along the Apache Trail to Superstition Mountain, Canyon Lake and Tortilla Flat.
Pelicans and Egrets at Bolsa Chica
Bolsa Chica Raptors
Fullerton Arboretum
An Endeavor in Long Beach
A Sunset with Crepuscular Rays
Hummingbirds
Grand Mesa
Colorado National Monument
Hummingbirds
Blue Herons feeding and watching the solar eclipse special effects.
Blue Herons nesting
Bolsa Chica I was one of the well wishers to the dolphin at Bolsa Chica today.
Environmental Nature Center Newport Beach
Listen to the Mockingbird. Although they may have an annoying chirp, you can admire their acrobatic and aerodynamic maneuvering skills.
Osprey at El Dorado Park
Cranes and Raptors in New Mexico
Fullerton Arboretum
Morning at Bolsa Chica
Area III Osprey
Red Egret feast at Bolsa Chica
Return to the Salton Sea
Bolsa Chica
Pelicans at Bolsa Chica
Hummingbirds
Have you ever wondered about the pecking order.? We have had many blueberry flowers this year. Perhaps the Mockingbirds who are eating our blueberries are paying off the Hummingbirds for their bounty.
Hummingbird acrobatics
Have you ever wondered why your well cared for blueberry bush while having many blossoms and flowers, water, fertilization and hummingbird pollinators . . . produced very little fruit, and of small size?
Sunset season again
Choreography of Stilts and Avocets at the San Joaquin Marsh
Sunset
Bolsa Chica Pelican
Alaska
Owl at El Dorado Park and Hummingbirds outside our window
A July 4th weekend visit to Yosemite
A blue jay at our doorstep.
Forrestal Nature Preserve on the Palos Verdes Peninsula.
Egyptian Geese, Ducklings and Osprey at William R. Mason Regional Park
Lower Arroyo Park in Pasadena
A Balloon ride at the Orange County Great Park.
Spring Flowers and Wood Ducks at Fullerton
On a Clear Day you can see Catalina
Bolsa Chica
Young Osprey Preening at Bolsa Chica
Red Egret dancing at Bolsa Chica
Pelicans, Ducks and Herons at Bolsa Chica
Gum Grove Park
Bolsa Chica
Monarch Butterfly Grove at Pismo Beach
Sunset
Fall Colors
Sunset
Sunset
This is the Reddish Egret. It has a unique behavior and dance. It can be distinguished from its cousin the great blue heron by its animated dance of counterpoint.
Bolsa Chica
A dove perching outside our window.
Birds and Stingrays at Bolsa Chica
A view outside our windows
Huntington Gardens
Incubating Terns, Skimmers, and the final Great Blue Heron fledgling taking one last look around, before flying the coup at Bolsa Chica.
Updated: 6/23/10 The Texas Page
An eventful day at the San Joaquin Marsh
Los Angeles County Arboretum; Peacocks, Night Herons and Wood Ducks
Ospreys interactive interludes at Bolsa Chica
Fullerton Arboretum
Bolsa Chica, a new brood of three blue heron fledglings.
Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden
Antelope Valley
Carrizo Plains
O’Neill Regional Park
Ducks and wildflowers of Texas.
Reddish Egrets, White Egrets, Blue Herons. And seagulls cavorting at Fulton, Texas.
Wildflowers and Turkeys in Texas
Los Angeles County Arboretum and Peacock Displays.
Chocolate Lily, Vernal Pool and salamander cavorting at the Santa Rosa Plateau
Bolsa Chica
Bolsa Chica Blue Heron Nest Building
Newport Bay
Herons at Bolsa Chica continuing their nest.
Great Blue Herons rebuilding last year’s nest at Bolsa Chica
Eaglets near Llano preparing to fledge
Hawks cohabiting
Cardinals carrying on and other assorted birds.
Red Egret frolicking at Bolsa Chica
Fullerton Arboretum
Moon at Perigee
A Great Blue Heron at El Dorado Park Area III.
El Dorado Park
Tijuana Slough, Imperial Beach
San Elijo Lagoon
Bolsa Chica
Rose Parade Floats
Osprey at Area III, El Dorado Park.
Bolsa Chica Kingfisher, Red Egret with a bad hair day, Immature Kestrel, Hawk, and Pelicans.
Hummingbirds
El Dorado Park
Descanso Gardens
El Dorado Park
The Reddish Egret frolicking again at Bolsa Chica
China Page
Bolsa Chica and a Juvenile Hawk
A Dove’s nest outside our window. After both eggs hatched they suddenly disappeared. We hope that they were relocated but it will always remain a mystery.
El Dorado Park
San Joaquin Marsh, Irvine
Hummingbirds
Hummingbirds
Dragon Boats
Waves at the Wedge at Newport Beach
Updated 7/11/2009
The Red Egret’s return to Bolsa Chica and a parade of ducklings.
Nearby hummingbirds.
California State University Long Beach 4/5/2009
Osprey and Terns
Temecula
Long Beach
Malibu
A compilation of pictures demonstrating putting your best foot forward and your best days ahead.
Our Patio
Our annual pilgrimage to Huntington Gardens 2/2009
Our Hummingbird neighbors have proliferated and prospered. Here are a few recent pictures of their endeavors:
Usually the best place to see Osprey. This day the Osprey were hibernating. We saw many great sights including Egrets, Canadian Geese, Coots and Hawks.
End of 2008 visits to Pismo Beach, Craig Park, El Dorado Park, South Coast Botanical Gardens and more hummingbirds.
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