Wonderful morning on Canyon Lake, AZ
It has been long overdue and today it turned into reality: we finally went on a boat tour on Canyon Lake with our friend Robert. Diane and Alan were at our house at 3am and…
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Checkerboard
Kayaking after 40 years…
A few weeks ago Marco learned from friends that there are beavers up at a lake about 90 minutes away. However, one has to be there early and has to get on the lake by…
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Surprising visitor
When I was out in our yard with Gizmo after dinner last night he suddenly showed interest in something in the wash right outside of our back yard. I went over and saw a Gila…
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Birding Weekend
Last Saturday and Sunday we drove South to the Santa Cruz Flats to shoot some birds - one reason to drive to the Flats always is the Caracaras that can be found there - another…
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Winter Wonderland in the Desert
After months of no appreciable rainfall, the Phoenix metropolitan area finally received a variety pack of precipitation over the last several days: Rain, hail, snow and something called graupel fell over different parts of the…
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Urban Coyotes
For the last few weeks we have been watching a pack of coyotes at the Veterans Oasis Park in Chandler, AZ. It is interesting to see how they live in such proximity to people and…
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